Federal prisoners will be charged more for room and board
I assume everyone realizes First Nations, Metis and Inuit will be affected most. Regardless it's hard to see how keeping poor prisoners from making phone calls helps rehabilitation. This is…
2012
Solidarity with Quebec Student Protesters
Quebec students, outraged over a 75% tuition increase, have sparked the largest protests in Quebec’s history and have already managed the rare achievement of achieving genuine, if minor, concessions that…
Vic Toews Strikes Again
Apparently dissatisfied with the way society currently holds criminals to account, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has decided that its high time to make them literally pay for their crimes.…
4614…NDP Sells Out The West
Sad really considering that the NDP traces its roots back to the Regina Manifesto. Sad that their leader, Thomas Mulcair, would sell out the oil rich west in a futile…
Shark Fins, check. Bear Gall Bladders, check. Dead Baby Tissue, check.
Asians have long had a bad reputation for some of their eating habits. Their love of shark fin soup is contributing to the decline of global shark populations. Their fondness…
The Poster Child for Useless #nlpoli
One of the rationales the provincial government has used to justify Muskrat Falls is the idea that the island will have electricity shortages starting in 2015 and by 2020 there’ll…
Parliament in Review – April 3, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 saw the final day of debate at second reading of the Cons’ budget – and once again featured plenty of work by Peter Julian to introduce…
Who Do Conservatives Hate Alternative, Clean Energy?
More evidence of how far today’s radical right is prepared to go to subvert the adoption of alternative, clean energy. “A network of ultra-conservative groups is ramping up an offensive…
Simply Reading: Web of Angels | Bookstack
“That must be a heckuva book,” the elderly man said. He stood before me, hand in hand with his lady friend, as they walked the boardwalk on an afternoon constitutional.…
Saving The Children | Tales from the Reading Room
Inside our minds great forces rage and collide and strange convoluted processes are developed in order to avoid internal obstacles and keep the status quo. Former versions of ourselves wander…
May is Bike to Work month in Ottawa!
In case you’re looking for additional reasons to jettison your car and haul out the bike, the video below from EnviroCentre Ottawa makes a convincing case. Save money, improve your…
Quebec Students and a Maple Spring
What do you think about the student strike in Quebec? What do you think of the Manifesto for a Maple Spring? Some of the Politics, Re-Spun crew explore it from…
North Carolina Re-Bans Same-Sex Marriage
North Carolina conducted a statewide study yesterday to resolve the question once and for all: Are most North Carolinians narrow-minded bigots? The answer, of course, was yes.
World Bank, Countries Must Value Their Natural Capital
Hey, Steve Harper, are you listening? The World Bank is calling. They want Canada, and every other country, to start putting values, okay price tags, on all their natural capital.…
BC’s adult education program victim of "choice"
The BC government has announced that it will no longer fund many of the adult education courses that were previously available at no cost, unless they are taken online. Among…
Defiant Quebec students reject shabby government offer
Quebec college and university students are now in the 13th week of their militant province-wide strike while voting by overwhelming majorities to reject a government offer that met none of…
Empire State Building Gets a Green Overall
The Empire State Building in New York has received a green overall that has cut 20% of the building’s energy consumption and will save the owners a ton of cash.…
Craig`s timing
When Craig died five years ago today he could not have ordained that his memory would loom large during this week each year as the award in his name is…
Nursing Week Ain’t What It Used to Be
My Nurses Week joy was shattered last night when the son of a patient reamed me out for discussing the patient’s condition and treatment plan — wait for it —…