Canada: It’s Worse Than I Thought
Recently I was writing an article about Stephen Harper and how his previous actions imply his future behavior towards First Nations. However, accumulating background information for this suggests that things…
January 2013
Another update re: accreditation process for blogging at the OLP Leadership Convention
I spoke with Christine McMillan by phone today, and I have some more information from her regarding the accreditation process: – The blogger accreditation form will be up at the…
Canada: It’s Worse Than I Thought
Recently I was writing an article about Stephen Harper and how his previous actions imply his future behavior towards First Nations. However, accumulating background information for this suggests that things…
Yo Federal Liberal Leadership Candidates (Esp. Justin Trudeau): Bullshit Cometh Before The Fall
If you take the numbers from the last NDP leadership convention as a guide–and there is no reason not to–about 10% of the people you recruit on-line will be arsed…
On RESPs, EAPs, Grants, Gains, and Morons
Okay, maybe “moron” is a little harsh. I just finished a painful conversation with a banker. We argued for over an hour before he asked a superior and conceded that…
RFK, Jr. & Bill McKibben: Time To Act On Climate Change
Originally published on Ring of Fire New reports have come out this week showing us that 2012 was officially the hottest year on record. North America alone was plagued with…
Canadians caused change in Bill C-30 legislation.
Your efforts to push back against the online spying bill C-30 through http://stopspying.ca stopped its passing in 2012. Bill C-30 is far from dead however, as discussions continue without input…
More Machiavellian Misquotes
Machiavelli today is known to many by sayings that aren’t actually his; pseudo-quotations or mis-attributed sayings that appear on slovenly, un-moderated, un-verified websites that do an enormous disservice to everyone…
Income Support
Responding, again, to David W. Campbell, on EI and local labour market distortions First. A statement that something “has a distorting effect on local labour markets” suggests that there is…
Deep thought
I for one proudly stand in favour of preventing bad things from happening. And I’d think it’s worth being rather concerned that our federal government and its corporate puppetmasters disagree.
EV stats for British Columbia (2012)
The kind people at CEV for BC sent over some statistics on Clean Energy Vehicle rebates issued by the provincial government. While the CEV rebates were available for electric, natural…
Australia Scorches In Record Heatwave As Warming Trends Bite
AUSTRALIA is baking in a heatwave which has broken all historical records for its geographical size and sheer number of extremes. For seven days straight, the country’s average maximum temperature…
How They Stand
It’s been hard to get any kind of quantitative read on how the candidates stack up in the Ontario Liberal Party leadership race to date. Gerard Kennedy may be leading…
Scott Anderson, revealed
About a decade ago, I was asked by Izzy Asper to write a column for the Ottawa Citizen. ”You’re a Liberal,” he said over the phone from his beloved Winnipeg.…
Jan. 9: This blog will be late….
Hey – I have a son I had to take to DocBraces. I have to leave again quite soon to attend the Idle No More Demonstration, (a demonstration which is…
OCDSB elementary school closure
The Director of Education has just announced that all OCDSB elementary schools will be closed on Friday. All Ottawa peeps in the English public system should plan accordingly. (0) Trashy,…
Living Longer, Living Well: Muddled seniors strategy undermines universality of home care
There have been fewer than the usual suspects applauding the release of Living Longer, Living Well, Dr. Samir Sinha’s anticipated recommendations for a new seniors strategy for Ontario. In the…
Tarred and Feathered
It’s one of those “I told you so” findings, as the toxic fingerprint of tarsand oil production is found in distant lakes supposedly unaffected by the decades of strip mining.…
Noted from the U.S.: Remaking politics
“Revealed: The Massive New Liberal Plan to Remake American Politics.” A month after President Barack Obama won reelection, top brass from three dozen of the most powerful groups in liberal…
what i’m reading: chango’s beads and two-tone shoes (and maybe more, again) by william kennedy
I am reading Changó’s Beads and Two-tone Shoes, the latest novel by William Kennedy, one of my very favourite authors, and in my opinion, one of the greatest English-language writers…