ANALYSIS: Did Quebec’s Student Movement Divide The Left?
Photo: Chicoutimi/Wikimedia Commons Canadian politics can be loud in the streets as much as it can be quiet in the polling station. As the Canadian Press’ Benjamin Shingler stated in…
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Inspiring Ted Talk: Peace
I remember first coming across the Facebook Page that this talk is about, but I didn’t know the context, how it got started, or how it evolved. The video went…
Sask NDP Leadership Candidate Erin Weir Proposes $7 A Day Provincial Child Care Plan
“NDP leadership candidate Erin Weir is proposing a universally accessible daycare and early learning program for Saskatchewan children between the ages of two and five. “The importance of early childhood…
Fracking Linked to Earthquakes
Fracking is still a very unproven technology – there are threats of contamination of air and water supplies as well as rural landscapes becoming industrial wastelands. Now, there’s the threat…
My High School Projects Were Never Like This
Hold onto your hat. The history of everything in two minutes by Zack Hemsey.
Oct. 23:Disgusting
Today’s headline on p. 1 of The Moncton Times and Transcript is a pretty strong example of what our North American newspapers have fallen to. It is pure propaganda for…
Media Watch: Will Cato Dupe Journalists with Counterfeit Gov’t Copycat?
Cato Institute, the right wing think tank co-founded by the Koch brothers, plans to release a document this week that has all the appearances of being a government report on…
Improving Canadian Postsecondary Education
We can read about ‘five ideas to reform post-secondary education in Canada in a University Affairs article by columnist Léo Charbonneau. The strategies (proposed by a Globe and Mail reporter…
Suck On It Mark Steyn
Climate scientist Michael Mann has finally filed his lawsuit: Today, the case of Dr. Michael E. Mann vs. The National Review and The Competitive Enterprise Institute was filed in the…
Authoritarian Rule Comes To Canada. Harper Is Out Of Control!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Generally speaking Canadians have pretty much thrived in a democratic society where the ‘Rule of Law’ is observed along with respect for parliamentary traditions and practices. It…
A judge must be cautious before "jumping" a sentence
Judges are not limited by submissions of the Crown in sentencing. That said, as the Court of Appeal notes today in R. v. Menary, 2012 ONCA 706 ‘jumping’ a sentence…
Is it time for Ontario to put limits on overtime in health care?
Studies have shown that excessive overtime is directly linked to incidents of medical errors. In the U.S., medical error is the eighth leading cause of death – more than motor…
Sustainable Urban Resilience: A Contradiction in Terms?
David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post up today looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument in a nutshell is that…
Sustainable Urban Resilience: A Contradiction in Terms?
David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post up today looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument in a nutshell is that…
Sustainable Urban Resilience: A Contradiction in Terms?
David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post up today looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument in a nutshell is that…
Time To Return Those “Dalton4Leader” T-Shirts
I can’t imagine anyone seriously thought he would run, but Dalton McGuinty has made it official that he will not be entering the Federal Liberal Leadership Race. While the race…
Defending What’s Ours
The police didn’t intervene. From the comments of Victoria’s deputy police chief, Del Manak, it actually sounded as if the cops were on side with the demonstrators. “It’s a peaceful,…
So now we give awards to batshit crazy
….Nutbars who terrorise women in abortion clinics? Seriously? Look, as an anti-monarchist, I hold little value in those petty awards, but they are important to some and so should be…
We are Legion
Like its name, and unlike Wikileaks that is known mostly through its founder Julian Assange, the hactivist group Anonymous is not easily tied to any particular individual. Operating in semi-clandestine…
Doing Government Websites Right
Today, I have a piece over on Tech President about how the new UK government website – Gov.uk – does a lot of things right. I’d love to see more…