Mulcair on the euro crisis
This is audio from an interview Mulcair did with Michael Enright on CBC radio this weekend where the eurozone financial crisis came up: That is a brief excerpt but I…
2012
Airport Screeners Unfairly Target Gay Passenger
An inspection of staff behaviour at London’s Gatwick airport has uncovered an incident where a gay passenger was searched under suspicion of pedophilia ”because he had a camera and a…
$#*! the Premier said: Hebron Benefits #nlpoli
November 27, 2008: One of the things that I am proudest of – I mean, the benefits that we negotiated under the Hebron agreement have never been seen in this…
Time for the corporate media to step up
The first thing you read today should be this piece by Alex G. Tsakumis: ‘EXCLUSIVE’ BREAKING NEWS: DAVE BASI CONFIRMS CHRISTY CLARK COMMITTED A BREACH OF TRUST WHILE SHE WAS…
Concentrated media ownership dangerous
Numerous times in past decades, politicians studied media ownership in Canada. Despite expressions of concern, concentration has increased and, with Conservatives determined to end CBC’s meaningful role, the situation will…
Omar Khadr and the Gitmo Cons
It's a Canadian horror story. A young boy is taken from his Toronto home by his Jihadi father, to a place he never should have been. He is riddled with…
British Columbia invests in tobacco industry
Quebec launches $60B lawsuit against tobacco companies, Canadian Press, June 8, 2012 “More than half of Canadian provinces have now sued big tobacco companies in an attempt to recoup health…
Time to wax philosophical about Ralph Klein and the Order of Canada
Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein, back in the day. Below: Former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau, also back in the day. Now that the campaign to give the Order of Canada…
Why Parliamentarians dalliance.
Why did the Liberals, respected Parliamentarians, pull off this stunt in Parliament? How come they showed off their boastful tribal colours in our national legislator just because a particular member…
goodbye to the edmonton journal on sunday.
Tweet The last print copy of the Edmonton Journal’s Sunday edition hit the newsstands today. The decision to cut the Sunday Edition was made weeks ago as part of cost…
John Peterson
Of Toronto, Conservative. Trying to find him for a special delivery. Think he tweets under jpeterson67. Anyone got contact info?
Ontario Employment Law: Contractual Entitlement to Notice and the Question of Mitigation
In Bowes v. Goss Power Products Ltd., decided May 25, 2012, the Court of Appeal for Ontario was faced with an interesting question of law: Is an employee, who is…
Rio+20: 20 years of standing still
Rio+20 has come and gone. It ended in the traditional fashion for UN environmental summits with the nations of the world agreeing that, at least in principle, it would be…
Meet The University Of Ottawa’s Ecojustice Clinic
From William Amos, director of the clinic: “A lot of ecojustice cases end up being David vs. Goliath battles; and that’s simply because the clients we serve in small communities…
In Which I Am Mean On Facebook
BITE ME VEGAN SISSIES.
Preparing for Public Relations “Bootcamp” at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communicationvia http://newhouse.syr.edu/Newsroom/read_news.cfm?id=365 This is my last week at home before moving to Syracuse, NY and starting the graduate program in Public Relations at the S.I.…
4780…Italy Beats England In Soccer
How do I know? Did I watch the game? No. No, I live off Preston Street which is the epicentre for all that is Italian in Ottawa. Every Italian in…
Government recognizes contributions of Canadian government scientist
Too bad it’s not the Canadian government! “China Bestows Rare Honour on Canadian Agricultural Scientist.” The Baicheng Academy of Agricultural Sciences is honouring Government of Canada agricultural scientist Dr. Vernon…
Looks like…
Okay, it’s cruel and, juvenile. Filed under: art Tagged: cowboy, humour, pig, politics, Stephen Harper, torture