An Update
With the opening of the legislature today, I expect we’ll see some big developments from the Cam Broten and Trent Wotherspoon campaigns; given that they will be ‘taking the fight’…
2012
5265…President Romney Creating Employment
It does trickle down. Imagine what wonders he will something, something, something when he is elected. God bless him and keep him. WFDS
Groups Call On EPA To Close Fracking Disclosure Loopholes
Seventeen public interest groups, including the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), have petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to close a loophole in U.S. laws that allows hydraulic fracturing operations…
5264…Lowell Green Ain’t Sleeping Tonight
His newspaper, the one he helped found, The Ottawa Sun, reported today that over 20 per cent of Canucks don’t speak English or the dreaded Francais at home. What is…
The Limits of Demography
Here is a piece I wrote for today’s Globe Economy Lab re the Department of Finance report on the costs of an aging society. The key point is that the…
A Handful of Ways to Reduce Poverty
As I was becoming involved with my local Coalition Against Poverty, I found myself surfing the webpages of other poverty reduction groups. The Peterborough Poverty Network has a wonderful poster…
New York Braces for Frankenstorm
New York City is now squarely in the crosshairs of Hurricane Sandy. The NOAA has updated its hurricane track to predict Sandy may slam into the Big Apple on Tuesday…
Ezra, Hate Speech, And Sun TV: Shit That May Or May Not Be Going Down
From Dr. Roy: I was on Sun Tv with Jerry Agar ( replacing Ezra ). From that horrid social networking device know as Twitter: Not sure of the provenance of…
5263…Meanwhile Back In Italy
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is saying ciao to front line politics. The avid hetrosexualist and promoter of women at all levels is 76 and tells the world via…
Responding to Op-Ed Comments
Today’s assignment in PR Writing is to find an organization’s op-ed on a news website and comment on the risks and rewards to the organization in regards to the comment…
The Rush to Ratify: BC Rejected International Investment Deal in ’98 and Should Do So Again
This past weekend trade investment lawyer, Gus Van Harten, spent his time in his basement, rifling through old files. He knew that somewhere, buried in piles of international investment and…
Thanks for asking us anything!
What do you get when you round up an enthusiastic group of digital rights experts, online innovators and advocates of Net Freedom – all with the purpose of taking any…
BC Coastal First Nations Appeal For Help In Enbridge Pipeline Battle
If there was one message that stirred me during Monday’s Defend Our Coast action, it was this: First Nations need you to join the fight to protect British Columbia’s forests…
5262…Bad Week For Cardinals Of St. Louis
First the Giants of San Francisco knock them out of the hunt for the World Series and now this. Every paper in the world reports that Pope Benedict is bringing…
5261…Tim Hudak Retiring In June Of 2013
Says so on the front page of your home delivered Ottawa Citizen. The story actually says that Tim Hudak, the suburban Buffalo boy who grew up to lead the Progressive…
Key Findings From the Mashey Report on Donors Trust
Dr. John Mashey’s report is posted exclusively on DeSmogBlog today. The report, exposing the right wing’s money scrubbing scheme, is extensive in detail to say the least. In a nutshell,…
The Real Threat is in Harper’s Gutting the Legal and Regulatory Framework for Oil and Gas
Kevin Logan- Cowichan Conversations Contributor Here is another Post from Cowichan Conversations Contributor Kevin Logan. Kevin Logan’s career has been diverse, ranging from small business to NGOs through finance and…
Oh, look/regarde
A federal politician doing what federal politicians are supposed to do: you know, be leaders. Promote tolerance. Oppose division and nativism. Show courage. Stephen Harper and Thomas Mulcair? They’re cowards.…