The Great Contradiction
Tom Walkom takes some consolation from the fact that yesterday Jim Flaherty said the government was willing to spend some money to give the economy a boast. But, Walkom writes…
2012
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Duncan Cameron highlights the choice between austerity and prosperity facing the governments of both Canada and the U.S.:The economic realities faced by working people…
Team Trudeau tabulation table
Impressive group. Impressive candidate, too, but you knew that already.
it’s open season on wyoming wolves: please help end the slaughter
Please watch this 45-second video, then sign a letter a to Ken Salazar, US Secretary of the Interior. Your click may or may not save the lives of wolves. But…
This Just In
I've got a bit of a busy morning ahead, so just a brief post for now. In a study reported in this morning's Star, geneticist Dr. Gerald Crabtree offers his…
sam gordon, girls playing football, and the last bit of segregation we still tolerate
In case you haven't seen this yet, it's 9-year-old football sensation Sam Gordon, the only girl on her Utah football team. Dave Zirin raises the question: why do we assume…
Exclusive! Must credit wk.com!
Wildrose is going to win a huge majority! The Quebec Liberals are going to a distant third place! The Cons are going to lose in Calgary Centre! This poor, um,…
Look out Yankees!!
Right on AA! You did done good. Now maybe the Jays can once again contend in the AL East! Woo-hoo (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Does Rob Ford have a defence in his libel case? Maybe
The defence of qualified privilege holds that an otherwise defamatory communication can be justified if it is a “responsible communication on a matter of public interest” and: 1) the publication…
The Journalist: More Trustworthy than the Prison Snitch
Montreal (The Skwib) — In their yearly survey of how much trust we have in a variety of occupations, Leger Marketing discovered that journalists were more trusted than quite a…
Random mid-week thoughts
- You may have seen that Quebecor has decided to cut 500 jobs at SunMedia, as well as a plan of instituting paywalls at their papers. So, with that, all…
Toronto needs a mayor
…and here’s one.
The stakes couldn’t be higher
Wow. Telecom giants and repressive regimes are teaming up to use a little-known UN agency to make the Internet more expensive,1 surveilled,2 and censored.3 We need you to take a…
european general strike: "end this downward spiral"
Four European workers explain why their union is participating in the general strike: "Why we are striking against austerity in Europe" in The Guardian. In many sectors, union "leadership", content…
Wazzup, ferry riders?
A few days ago, Mary Polak's Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced the "B.C. coastal ferries consultation and engagement process". They invited, "input on considerations to achieve $26 million in…
Rolling Jubilee: Occupy Turns Tables On Banks, Frees Debt
A bailout for the people, by the people: Occupy is buying up distressed debt from the banks for pennies on the dollar, and then – instead of extorting it out…
Time to Rescind the Pork Appointment #nlpoli
Last December, the federal cabinet appointed intergovernmental affairs minister Peter Penashue’s campaign manager in the 2011 to a plum seat on the joint federal-provincial board that regulates the province’s offshore…
Lorrie Goldstein Out At T.O. Sun
The Toronto Sun Family Blog comes out of retirement to give us the gory details. Jim Thomson is the other name on their list that I recognize. The business strategy…
A caution for Canada’s Conservative Party
Six CPC members of Parliament may be deposed if the Federal Court accepts allegations of widespread voter suppression during the May 2011 election. This action, to be heard in December,…