national portrait gallery? no, it’s the national harper gallery!
Quick, get a dictionary and look up megalomaniac. See if it shows Stephen Harper’s picture. Then again, maybe Harper had none to spare. I missed it when Kady O’Malley and…
2012
Tory Brent Rathgeber knocks cabinet perks? Maverick move or just maverick shtick?
Your favourite blogger, with Brent Rathgeber, the original blogging Tory. What’s up with Brent Rathgeber? Specifically, is he a maverick, or is he just doing the maverick shtick? Mr. Rathgeber,…
A Media Kit, the first project for PRL 604: Writing for News and Public Relations with Professor Caroline Reff
Public Relations Writing: The Essentials of Style and Format, a required text for PRL 604: Writing for News and Public Relations at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Today…
Video Enbridge (and Postmedia) wants hidden
Enbridge is presently engaged in an expensive advertising campaign. It serves two purposes. One aims at convincing Canadians that what they do is benign and beneficial. The other is to…
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
The first part of this article is dedicated to the women out there trying to date but running into obstacles. The second part will be for the guys and how…
Political Swagger and Justin Trudeau. . . .
Swagger makes me nervous. It always has. In novels and movies swagger is always a harbinger of doom. And undue confidence in “real” life is equally an omen. Whenever someone…
A Followup To Dr. Chris Keefer’s Brave Stance
The other day I posted a link to a remarkable video showing Dr. Chris Keefer interrupting Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver’s announcement at Toronto General hospital to protest Bill C-31,…
NDP Prepares Counterstrike
If I am interpreting this email I got correctly, they will be airing a few ads of their own. I wonder if they will link them to Big Oil in…
The New Roadmap to The United States of Europe (USE)
It’s an ill wind that blows no-one any good, and the eurozone euro crisis is not such a wind, it seems. Having taken major steps in past decades to set…
Termination of an employment relationship
Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union v. Yellow Pages Group Company, 2012 ONCA 448 released today holds: In McKinley v. BC Tel, 2001 SCC 38, 2 S.C.R. 161, the Supreme…
So much hate over a cookie?
On Monday, Kraft foods posted an image of a rianbow Oreo on their Facebook page to show thier support of Toronto's gay pride. This caused an uproar of hate, with…
Climate Justice on the East Coast
At 2:30PM AST today the Margaree Environmental Association (MEA) held a press conference to brief the media and take questions on details of MEA’s legal Appeal of the Department of…
Help OpenNorth Raise 10K to Improve Democracy and Engagement thru Tech
Some of you may know that I sit on the board of directors for OpenNorth – a cool little non-profit that is building tools for citizens, governments and journalists to…
The Revolt of the Few and the Abdication of the Many Has Brought About the Collapse of the Middle Class in America
Years ago, in his book, The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy, Christopher Lasch foresaw the diverging interests of the corporate executive class and the shareholders they…
4803…I Want To Get Fired
Just like Anne Curry of NBC’s Today Show. The New York Post, citing the gossip site TMZ, is reporting that NBC News is ready to give Ms. Curry 10,000,000.00 USD…
Climate Denial in Brazil: A Translation
ricardo augusto felico.jpg This is a translation of the May 2, 2012 “Programa do Jo” on Globo, a half hour interview with the climate skeptic geographer Ricardo Augusto Felicio on…
Solar Tour
On the weekend I had a fantastic tour of the Regina area, along with my parents, seeing the sights highlighted by conversions to solar energy. Solar PV, and active and…
Catch up Time: Holes in the Streets, Severe Storms and Trying to Make up for Past Mistakes
The photo (from the CBC) shows the latest in a series of holes that have developed in Montreal streets over the past few weeks. One opened up on Sherbrooke St.…
Socialism is misunderstood, my response.
Today, I’m going to be responding to this – interesting and poetic – conservative blogger. The post in question is So long, Socon! I am not going to be addressing…
Thomas Mulcair…
… wants to give you Dutch disease. A disease invented by the Dutch to attack Canada’s economy. Holland. Home to legalised drugs, windmills and Hollandaise sauce. Thomas Mulcair wants to…