Canada outlaws the environment
Yes, that is an absolute hyperbole. Did it get your attention? Yesterday the Canadian House of Commons passed the disastrous bill c-38 that rolls back much of Canada’s environmental protection…
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RCMP and Prairie Bible Institute acknowledge abuses, police aren’t laying charges
There will be no justice for survivors of abuse at Prairie Bible Institute. RCMP say that although 10 former students or staff kids from Prairie Bible Institute reported abuse to…
Five Years Since a Critical Day One
It was an early night to bed on Tuesday, June 19, 2007. I had absolutely no more drinking to do and decided that the last day of this particular spring…
Third pipeline leak in Alberta in three weeks
I don’t see what the problem is. These were ethical oil spills, weren’t they? Related posts (randomly generated) About those radical foreign interests opposed to the latest tar-sand pipeline
With new NDP shadow cabinet, Mulcair plots Harper’s 2015 defeat
Last week’s 24-hour House of Commons vote on Stephen Harper‘s draconian budget Bill C-38, the “Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act”, ended in a dramatic fashion. The New Democratic Party (NDP),…
One big idea: Banking Oversight? Please.
Emerging from their resort world leaders have come up with one idea that just might work. Banking Oversight. No seriously, this is what they are spending money coming up with.…
Sun News Network’s vulgar response reveals CBSC as toothless, demonstrates need for meaningful regulation by David J. Climenhaga
Columnist says that the point of organizations like the CBSC is to shield their members from the threat of meaningful enforcement of even minimum standards.
Sun News Network’s vulgar response reveals CBSC as toothless, demonstrates need for meaningful regulation by David J. Climenhaga
Columnist says that the point of organizations like the CBSC is to shield their members from the threat of meaningful enforcement of even minimum standards.
I Love You Huffpo but What’s Going On?
I have been writing on environmental issues on the popular news blog Huffington Post going on five years now but I am not sure if I will continue. read more
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats on the outs.
4753…Wife Swapping In Ottawa
According to The Ottawa Citizen, relayed to me by Milky, the mid day guy at BOB FM in Ottawa, Kanata, a sleepy suburb of the sleepiest big city in the…
Tory Revenge on Page
Well, that didn’t take long. Recommend this Post
Harpers tar pit
Is the title of a one page article describing Harpers Canada by author Andrew Nikiforuk, in the current AdBusters and my new name for Alberta. Thank you Andrew.
Tweet of the day
I have such amazing staff. Its 7:30pm & almost all of my staff are working hard, many preparing for an exciting policy announcement tomorrow — Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) June 19,…
Contemptuous and contemptible
A lot of people are claiming the immigration and citizenship minister Jason Kenney’s “Asshole-gate” is a tempest in a teapot and now that Kenney has phoned Alberta deputy premier Tom…
Why Is Tom MulCair Protecting Dean Del Mastro?
I get LPoC talking points delivered into my mail-box every day. I usually ignore them, but sometimes they raise legitimate questions: NDP Must Stop Protecting Dean Del MastroOTTAWA— Liberal Access…
Harper gets a rebuke of his own
Regarding Stephen Harper’s rebuke of the European Financial situation the EU Commission President has an interesting reply. ” By the way,this crisis was not originated in Europe…seeing as you mention…
Trans Pacific Partnership: A Few Questions
The Harper government currently lists 18 different sets of free trade negotiations “in play.” (See my recent post on this.) Today the government announced (from the G-20 meetings in Mexico)…
How Crayola confirms graduate school now fits into my career goals
There is some disagreement about whether or not it’s a good idea to go to graduate school for public relations directly out of undergraduate school. An informal survey by the…
Spin
Not long ago, my provincial government decided to do away with a program that created hundreds, if not thousands of jobs in the province, and which brought with it millions…