Please Forgive Me
Even though I am a man of mature years, I guess I’m really just a kid at heart. See if you can guess this ad’s real purpose before you get…
March 2013
Price-Gouged Canadian Dad Turns Advocate, Creates Toolkit to Help Citizens Push Back Against Cell Phone Companies
CPHSReport_Share-Fist_130306.png After incurring $22K charge, BC’s Matt Buie is working to ensure others don’t live out his cell phone horror story March 22, 2013 – Matt Buie, a Financial Planner…
BC Liberals outsourced public opinion poll from Virginia?
Either that or Enbridge…. 571-441-0157 Country: USA Location: Virginia (Alexandria, Annandale, Arlington) The questions were about my commute to work, the reasons I oppose the pipeline, and what my opinion…
The Transgender Bill Is About Equality, Not Bathrooms
Esquimalt MP Randall Garrison sponsored Bill 279 Esquimalt- Juan de Fuca NDP MP Randall Garrison championed Bill 279 which shows more support for the transgendered than I thought would have…
Federal Budget 2013: CAW demands full national manufacturing strategy for Canada
By: Canadian Auto Workers Union | Press Release: Billions in new federal supports for Canadian industry is a partial, but important, step forward in assisting the country’s embattled manufacturing sector,…
Wab Kinew at UofR Minifie Lecture
On Tuesday I tried to live blog Wab’s lecture from my smart phone, but the WiFi or something else wasn’t working right. The lecture will be online soon, and is…
Massive Pile Up Of Over 100 Cars In Leduc Alberta …
A multi-vehicle crash of approximately 100 cars on the Queen Elizabeth II highway south of Leduc, Alta. — 33 km south of Edmonton — has sent around 100 people to…
Who! Me?
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Big Telecom continues to say the Canadian cell phone market is just fine – experts disagree.
There are things wrong in Canada’s cell phone market, and our report—using your lived experiences and the most recent and available data—is our effort to show what exactly is wrong…
Solidarity spring: A Call to action from Idle No More & Defenders of the Land
By: Idle No More | Press Release: Idle No More has sparked an awakening of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples internationally in support for democracy, human rights and environmental protections. In…
Building the Database: Conservative Union busting campaign.
So I have blogged on what the bare existence of the Supporter category of membership means to the Liberal Party. In a nutshell, it means that the Liberals have woken…
Everything you need to know about Jim Flaherty’s ability to predict future economic events
From a little vid we did in 2009. And it stands up, still.
Toronto’s next mayor
If she runs, I’m there, baby. (P.S. I’m not interested in the Forum hazy numbers – I’m more interested in Lasch’s cagey answers!)
Keystone XL Scandal: Obama State Dept. Hid Contractor’s TransCanada Ties
Mother Jones has a breaking investigation out on another scandal pertaining to the Obama State Department’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline. The skinny: the firm…
Breaking bad news…
Is anyone else mildly freaked out by how many news stories they learn of first on Twitter? Or is it just us Twits? Alltop is breaking funny. Noise to Signal…
First Nations chief urges Jeannette Pilot to end hunger strike
By: Assembly of First Nations Quebec and Labrador | Press Release: WENDAKE, QC – Madam Jeannette Pilot, an Innu from Uashat Mani-Uténam, has undertaken a hunger strike this past January…
Second Day of Spring and Bach’s Birthday: Music to Lift the Spirit
This playful improvisation on Bach is a suggestion of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal.
Joe Oliver’s Most Embarrassing Photo-Op
As you know Joe Oliver has had some pretty bad news conferences eh?Like the time he called environmentalists radicals or dangerous extremists.Or the time he claimed we would be able…
It’s not a surprise that fewer Canadians see him as competent…
…when his hair is green.
Bill Routley Challenges BC Liberals Over Contaminated Soil Controversy
Here is a letter from MLA Bill Routley challenging Environment Minister Lake to step in and do the right thing for the residents of Shawnigan. Cowichan BC NDP MLA Bill…