Stephen Harper and the Silent Coup
I've been writing about Stephen Harper for a long time, and every year the picture on the screen gets darker and more sinister. Just as I always knew it would.…
I've been writing about Stephen Harper for a long time, and every year the picture on the screen gets darker and more sinister. Just as I always knew it would.…
Canada’s Maple Leaf Flag. Below: Lester B. Pearson, the prime minister whose vision gave us the flag; Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the father of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The…
Oh, and, uh, here’s one more thing. This is for Albertan trans folks who filed human rights complaints following the delisting of GRS funding in 2009 and on into 2012,…
On June 7, I gave a keynote address to the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Education Sector Conference. My PowerPoint presentation (with full references) can be found at this link.…
PETA should use a new argument against animal cruelty, Luka Magnotta. Luka Magnotta, the accused killer who dismembered a man and sent body parts in the mail across Canada, shares…
Gotta be the cannibal of the hour: Luke Magnotta. Sorry Dean Del Mastro. Sorry. WFDS
Have you ever noticed the rush of adrenalin through the veins in your arms and hands? It happens whenever you are getting ready to do something that requires an increased…
He is my Facebook buddy and he just FB’d me that he hasn’t made up his mind. The tension builds. Cool, kewl. WFDS
bcblue, a blog of some sort, is all pissy coz as it turns out an NDP staffer in Winnipeg did some snooping around our top cop’s business. NDP intern also…
Let’s face the facts right here and now: with the recent news that the Liberal executive will allow Bob Rae to run for the permanent leadership position (and suffice to…
You might be to Stephen Harper’s twisted mind, at least if you’re opposed to the Athabasca Tar Sands and the associated pipelines and supertanker traffic that threaten northern and coastal…
I’d recently wondered what became of the falcons that were popularized on TV during my youth. There was a project in Regina, at City Hall, to help the birds come…
You can sum up any current financial news in to a few categories. You’ll either find yourself reading about: A solution proposed by those responsible for the problem that when…
Blaming workers for being greedy or selfish only goes so far. Wanting fair wages for honest work is not wrong. The workers at GM in Oshawa wanted a decent living;…
Progressive bloggers, check your stats. The Statcounter for wmtc shows “multiple visits spread out over several days” from an IP address in the House of Commons, and a separate visit…
Maybe I’m starting to sound like a shameless Elizabeth May fanboy but that’s only because…I’m a shameless Elizabeth May fanboy! How can you not be when she gets up in…
Maybe I’m starting to sound like a shameless Elizabeth May fanboy but that’s only because…I’m a shameless Elizabeth May fanboy! How can you not be when she gets up in…
The Libs have decided to let Bob Rae run for the LPoC leadership. Which is OK by me because I basically think he’s served the party well, is not some…
Earlier this week the Ottawa Citizen ran a story in which I’m quoted about a fight between Treasury Board and Canada Post officials over making postal code data open. Treasury…
Like we didn’t already know he was a truth stretching sack of dung. CBC is reporting that the Liberal Executive (thanks for your leadership Mike Crawley) will, indeed, announce Unlce…