Overcoming Stephen Harper and the Sophisticated Objection
Loosing the Gordion Knot We hear it all the time, especially from our Conservative government. Yes, climate change is a real threat, and, yes, something must be done about it,…
January 2013
The Age of Austerity
Notes: Keynote talk, CCPA Post-Austerity session, Toronto, January 9, 2013 We are living in the “Age of Austerity” or at least so says David Cameron, the UK’s Prime Minister. He…
The Age of Austerity
Notes: Keynote talk, CCPA Post-Austerity session, Toronto, January 9, 2013 We are living in the “Age of Austerity” or at least so says David Cameron, the UK’s Prime Minister. He…
It is soooooo cold!
How cold? Ask this chimp. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
The case of the tankers and the missing insurance money
Thursday, January 24, 2013 Kinder Morgan’s proposal to expand its oil pipeline from Alberta’s Tarsands to Burnaby will dramatically increase the number of oil tankers passing through the Salish Sea,…
Legislator (Female) Wants Jail Time for Rape Victims Who Abort
This is sicker than sick. A Republican state state representative has introduced a bill that would make it a crime for a rape victim who becomes pregnant to have an…
Tough Day For Team Wynne
A couple of flubs-ups from the Wynne campaign in the last 48 hours or so. Here a letter from her team identifying a supporter of hers as Muslim, who is…
The Case For Kennedy
This weekend, Liberals from across Ontario will gather at Maple Leaf Gardens for what is likely to be one of the last grand old leadership conventions in Canada. Having 2,000…
Mississauga News endorses Charles Sousa for Ontario Liberal Leader, says his private sector experience is "invaluable"
Like the Sousa campaign on Facebook!Follow Charles on Twitter! Follow the Sousa campaign on Twitter! A great endorsement from the major paper of Ontario’s third largest city! It’s time to…
Your Online Choice | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Lindsey with your update: read more
Smoke and Mirrors: Obama DOE Fracked Gas Export Study Contractor’s Tobacco Industry Roots
At first, it was kept secret for months, cryptically referred to only as an “unidentified third-party contractor.” Finally, in November 2012, Reuters revealed the name of the corporate consulting firm…
The Cake And The Icing – America’s Women Go To War
It has rankled some American women that they were denied the opportunity to serve in combat in their nation’s military forces. Now the outgoing Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, has opened…
The #ldnont 2013 budget: Gang of Eight
First: The images were treated in Popsicolor and brought into ProCreate for layering and painting. Two wonderful apps. Second: The images have a Creative Commons 3.0 Copyright. Third: It is…
David Peterson on Sandra Pupatello
…on CBC Radio just now. “@sandrapupatello has been in economic portfolios and has a great heart, and a great sense of compassion.” “I share your high view of @sandrapupatello.” “There’s…
Douglas, Deng and Diocletian
(originally written May 21, 2012. Part of Great Upload of 2013.) Tommy Douglas I read a bio of Tommy Douglas recently, figuring as a guy with sinister leanings (sinister in…
The training of Health MInister Fleming…
…. I had a dog like that once – jumped up on people, barked at terrirfied children, stuck his nose iin people’s plates at dinner, left little piles all over…
We Are In The Sights Of A Double-Barreled Shotgun. A Fish Tale
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor We are in the sights of a double-barreled shotgun. One barrel forces us to farm Atlantic salmon, while letting wild salmon die off. The second barrel…
Still a Few Tickets Left for Wine and Cheese Tonight
It’s going to be cold on the top of Mount Royal tonight, but inside Smith House things will be marvelously warm. NDP Outrremont is holding a wine and cheese beginning…