MTV Breaks Climate Silence
Last week, MTV’s Sway Williams broke the climate silence that has been present throughout the American election during an interview with President Barack Obama: * TRANSCRIPT: Q: Until this year…
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Russian Anti-Gay Lobby Warns About Gay Milk
Other countries take note. If you enact crazy anti-gay laws forbidding any positive portrayals of homosexuality, here’s what you can expect to happen: A popular brand of milk is being…
Mother Nature weighs in
Not going to talk about climate change during the U.S. presidential election? Mother Nature may be taking her revenge, in the form of the storm bearing down on the U.S.…
Darin King and the Tory Charm Offensive #nlpoli
A couple of the exceedingly small changes in the recent cabinet shuffle came out of the Bill 29 fiasco. Felix Collins went from the relatively low profile job of justice…
Queen Charlottes Earthquake Highlights Weaknesses of Neoliberal-Style Government
This weekend’s warm-up natural disaster, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake west of the Queen Charlotte Islands, should but won’t serve as a vital wake-up call to the federal and provincial governments: British…
Porky Tales and the Madness of Con Canada
After disconnecting myself from the 24-hour news cycle for about a week, I decided to check out what Stephen Harper and his Cons had been up to in my absence.Because…
My Ode to Bud
From the time I hit puberty we (I) called my Dad, “DeadEye.” That didn’t change for the next forty years. Dad came back from Britain with less than he arrived…
Rafe Mair is Back In the Saddle and Ready To Go!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Welcome back Rafe, I see that you have mellowed considerably during your time away. I sense absence did not make your heart grow fonder regarding the…
You can stay up until the 9 o’clock gun goes off!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger I grew up in North Vancouver and as a young boy recall my bedtime was set to 9′clock. In Stanley Park was a cannon that…
A History of recent Federal By-Elections in Alberta.
TweetThe November 26 by-election in Calgary-Centre will be the fourth federal by-election held in Alberta in the past twenty-six years. In that time, only one of the by-elections saw the…
Elizabeth May wants CSIS to weigh in on Canada-China treaty
Green Party leader Elizabeth May is spot on again! She’s demanding that CSIS should weigh in on the Canada-China treaty, due to be ratified by cabinet this week. The Harper…
Otto Langer Unleashes on Salmon Inquiry, DFO, Harper on Eve of Report
I often noted half way through the Cohen Commission hearings in Vancouver in 2011 that I would not hold my breath for the Cohen Commission to make any real impact…
Quality Program Fee Increases and IHF Corporate Concentration
This year Independent Health Facilities (IHFs) in Ontario will start paying an annual administrative fee to cover the costs of their quality control program plus a new fee for the…
Robert Reich Warns Progressives – We Can’t Give Up
There are plenty of us who get frustrated and discouraged and even wonder why bother? Robert Reich says that’s the certain path to a truly regressive future. He’s speaking to…
Future Fantasy: Technology and Communication
This morning I was driving through the rain as I listened to CBC radio. I was relaxed after a hard workout at the gym – always a great state for…
What If We’d Had Nothing Better Than Harper and Hillier in 1812?
For years I’ve been something of student of the history of the War of 1812. On the wall behind me are buttons from the great battles of that war including…
The myth of personalization
Much of the hype of the 21st Century Learning centres around “personalization”. Academics such as the UK’s Ken Robinson lament that existing forms of schooling are restrictive and standardized –…
FIPA Treaty to go into Effect Thursday…Is It Right For Canada? Why the Hurry?
This Thursday a new treaty is due to come into effect between Canada and China without debate or public discussion. It is called an Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement…