Trying to Make Sense of the World: Why Did the Straw Break the Camel’s Back?
The New York Times has a very interesting story about catatraophe theory, and the way things can jog along forever and then suddenly change. Has to do with where lines…
2012
Leadership Questionnaire: Erin Weir
As previously mentioned on the blog, I’ve submitted a questionnaire to all of the leadership campaigns in hopes of helping readers get to know the candidates a little better. Well,…
Federation Of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Calls Harper Gov’ts Education Spending Claims ‘Fairy Tales’
“Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Minister John Duncan is using “Pinocchio accounting” in his latest pronouncements on First Nations education funding, says the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN).…
Montreal-bound
…on Fight The Right book tour. When not in front of a microphone, tomorrow, you may find me at Villa Souvlaki, consuming my body weight in their signature dish. Over…
Gangnam Style Meets AC/DC
Not bad. Reminds me of The Zoobombs.You’re welcome.
Canada officially joins secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); OpenMedia demands government come clean on proposed Internet restrictions
TPPp2_100X100_120904.png October 9, 2012 – Canada became an official signatory to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement today, as citizens express concerns about the deal’s negative implications for Internet openness and…
CCACs could play expanded role as direct home care providers
Doris Grinspun, the executive director of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) has been a tireless defender of public not-for-profit health care. We’ve seen her speak truth to power…
Audio: Damien Gillis Discusses ‘Keepers of the Water’, Carbon Corridor on SFU Radio
Damien Gillis discusses the resistance to the Enbridge pipeline, the recent “Keepers of the Water” conference in Fort Nelson, BC, and the increasing impacts on water, human and animal health…
Québec Students Teach the World a Lesson
At the beginning of May , the British newspaper The Guardian reported that the student struggle against tuition fee hikes in Québec represented “the most powerful challenge to neoliberalism on…
Justin Trudeau and political amnesia
You would think that federal Liberals would by now have immunized themselves against the affliction that almost did them in: the kind of delusional giddiness at the prospect of a…
Harper Conservative’s Were To Ensure Meat Safety After 2008 Maple Leaf Meats Deadly Listeriosis Outbreak!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger The recent E.coli outbreak at the Brooks Alberta XL Meat Plant happened due to cutting back on CFIA Inspectors and relaxing regulations to allow…
The medium size…
The medium sized 22 cats book measures roughly 6 by 8 inches, or 15 by 20 cm. It contains the same 22 images as the small 22 cats book which…
Globe and Mail on higher education in Canada
The Globe and Mail has just launched an in-depth feature on higher education in Canada, an installment of their Our Time to Lead series. For a couple of weeks, you…
More From Allan Gregg: In Defence of Reason
Pollster Allan Gregg, now spending much of his time offering critiques of the Harper regime and its dangerous demagogic inclinations, has written a followup to his talk “1984 in 2012:…
Are Coal Mine Employees Forced To Support Romney?
According to a Federal Election Commission complaint filed by the Democratic Party of Ohio, employees for coal mining company Murray Energy have been coerced by their bosses into not only…
Time to Rethink The Way We Fund Higher Education
This September, like every year, a new group of high school graduates headed to college or university to pursue higher education. But today’s generation of students is in for a…
B.C. Is Special
From The G&M: The Conservatives have always seemed like a party that was a few slices short of a loaf. For years it hung around the fringes of the B.C.…
Mitt Romney Sings His Agenda
Enjoy!
Free-Fall from space
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