4669…Where The MP For Outremont?
Thomas Mulcair. On the subject of civil unrest in his riding for the last 100 plus days? Where is he? WFDS
2012
Feds Shipping Their Trash to BC…..
Disgraced RCMP officer transferred to B.C. Sgt. Don Ray admitted to sexual relations with subordinates and harassment CBC News Posted: May 23, 2012 5:37 PM PT Last Updated: May 23,…
Some Things Are Important
Bernie Farber explains why this one is. Donate here.
4668…John Baird Wot Were You Thinking
In our town, Ottawa, it is rumoured, and has been since his days at Bell High School in the Ottawa ‘burb of Bell’s Corners, that John Baird plays for the…
Israel’s Race Riots
To us, they’re “refugees.” To many Israeli’s, including Netnayahu, they’re “infiltrators.” In Israel’s Knesset, refugees and asylum-seekers are derided as “cancer.” Demonstrators have attacked African migrants in Tel Aviv in…
Quebec, Protests, Activism, and Threats to Power. . .
So-called “radical” political protest and activism, from the great peasant revolts to the ‘velvet’ revolution, has always been, in the final analysis, about the big issues of justice, social and…
An Argument Even Albertans Should Understand
Even today, simply mentioning the Trudeau-era “National Energy Programme” or NEP to an Albertan is putting a match to gasoline. Yet, in yesterday’s Edmonton Journal, the argument was made that…
4667…On The Other Hand The Beer Is Cheap
In Montreal. Sure the State Department is warning Yankees to be careful visiting Montreal but they left the above fact out. And you can bring wine to many restaurants. WFDS
Mulcair Takes on the West
What started out as musings on the health of Ontario’s manufacturing sector has quickly escalated into a full fledged war of words between Tom Mulcair and the western Premiers. It’s…
Mulcair Takes on the West
What started out as musings on the health of Ontario’s manufacturing sector has quickly escalated into a full fledged war of words between Tom Mulcair and the western Premiers. It’s…
Free The Hostages… Give MPs Back Their Right To Debate and Dissent
This story got a lot of play yesterday. Just another Conservative MP behaving like a human being and voicing an opinion. Well, we can’t have that now can we? But…
Key EI Data No Longer Available
As Heather Scoffield of Canadian Press reports here, Statistics Canada are no longer publishing key EI data because HRSDC have stopped providing it. Data on the dollar value of EI…
A Note On Carbon Emissions
From one of Mike De Souza’s fine pieces on Canada’s GG emissions policy, noting a statement made by Environment Minister Peter Kent in the HOC earlier this month: “This reduction…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Duncan Cameron discusses how the Cons have already taken Canada and the world in exactly the wrong direction. But Murray Dobbin points…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 24, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 24, 2012: The Rush For The Exits Doomed Facebook’s Stock – Forbes Contracting for a cloud…
And she believes this crap is brilliant #nlpoli
Arguments are so much more convincing when claims match with the evidence. Otherwise you wind up with a credibility gap. It’s bad enough for ordinary people, but when you are…
New column day
Here, on how we know better in our personal lives than to think money is everything – and how we should expect public policy to follow the same principle. For…
Earthgauge Radio May 24 2012: Special program on Canada’s changing North
Download: earthgaugeradio-podcast-may24-2012-arctic-special.mp3 On Earthgauge Radio this week, we’re taking a look at issues facing Canada’s rapidly changing northern regions. I have three interviews for you on today’s special show: Mary…
An Open Letter To English Canadians: Why I Am Talking A Walk In Downtown Montreal
Today I’m posting an open letter that was shared on Facebook, written by Daniel Weinstock, a Quebecer to his “English-Canadian friends”, with permission to circulate it. It appears there were…