Why Gerard Kennedy
Today I submitted my intent to be a delegate for Gerard Kennedy at the upcoming Ontario Liberal Leadership Convention. Hopefully I will get the opportunity to support Gerard in Toronto…
January 2013
Piracy 101
A tall, strong and heavily muscled man enters the lecture hall; his nut-brown face is marred by a saber cut across one cheek. It has left a dirty, livid white…
To Read, Perchance To Think
Shakespeare purists will perhaps forgive my titular, out-of-context paraphrasing of a famous line from Hamlet, but it occurred to me yesterday and today as I read two fine essays published…
New column day
Here, on the danger that Stephen Harper’s long-term plan for Canada includes unelected Senators taking a page out of the Republicans’ obstructionist playbook to keep elected officials from doing their…
Canadian Class Warfare
Michael Valpy — whose new address seems to be the Toronto Star — writes that Canadians are becoming markedly intolerant of one another — and Stephen Harper is reaping the…
Oxford: UK study shows Internet access improves education
There are many reasons why we fight for an open and affordable Internet: for innovation, for freedom of expression, for your right to have a voice, and, as reinforced in…
Why Gerard Kennedy
Today I submitted my intent to be a delegate for Gerard Kennedy at the upcoming Ontario Liberal Leadership Convention. Hopefully I will get the opportunity to support Gerard in Toronto…
After 25 Years, It’s Time To Stop Spinning Our Wheels
By David Suzuki In 1988, hundreds of scientists and policy-makers met in Toronto for a major international conference on climate change. They were sufficiently alarmed by the accumulated evidence for…
haliburton wolf killed, others trying to come home
This beautiful wolf, the alpha male of the pack at the Haliburton Wolf Centre, was shot and killed on New Year’s Day. The previous night, some idiot cut both the…
But We’re A Peace-Loving Country
My, my, my, the sins that are committed in our name. Recommend this Post
Another NDP candidate I’d go work for
…who I have known for 30+ years, in another context. Hope he wins. Dix would be lucky to have a guy with a heart as big as Joey’s.
PayWatch: The Clash for Cash
. Overcompensated: CEO Pay Rates Show Growing Inequality in Canada By 1:18pm on January 2, the first official working day of the year, Canada’s top 100 CEOs will have already…
Idle No More and the Anti-Harper Revolt
One can only imagine what Stephen Harper is thinking as he watches Chief Theresa Spence getting weaker and weaker.Is there even a flicker of sympathy in his cold dead eyes,…
Bravery and Democracy #nlpoli
“It is easy to be an armchair critic, tweeted natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy before Christmas, “but It takes real courage to stand for election.” In another context, John Steele…
BC Supreme Court Rules CVRD Eco Depot Opponents Were Right!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger There will be much said and much written about our out of touch CVRD Politicians and their misdirected staff over their blatant misuse of public funds…
Idle No More-Video From Vancouver’s Waterfront Station
Here is a video report courtesy of Damien Gillis and the Common Sense Canadian On January 2, 2013, hundreds of First Nations and non-indigenous people converged on Vancouver’s Waterfront Station…
It’s time for Ezra Levant to apologize or explain his hateful Roma commentary
Canadians struggle to cope with the offensive noise from the Sun News Network. Typical TV viewers may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Commentator Ezra Levant. It’s 2013, and it’s…
Seven
Around this time in 2006 Irene and I were settling in to a room at the Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital, tired, bewildered, but crazy, heart-bursting in love with…
Smack [Our] Ass And Call [Us] Sally! We’ve Been Nominated For An Award!
First, happy New Year all! The ARC Collective is currently enjoying a nice vacation from the blog. This writer, for one, is currently relaxing with daiquiri on a perfect beach…
Idle No More – Scenes from a Vancouver Train Station
On January 2, 2013, hundreds of First Nations and non-indigenous people converged on Vancouver’s Waterfront Station for the latest Idle No More rally. The beating of drums and singing of…