Members of Canada’s centrist New Democratic Party (NDP)…
Members of Canada’s centrist New Democratic Party (NDP) caucus sing the Stompin’ Tom Connors song “Bud the Spud”, which is about a character who — unlike the fraudulent Conservative senator…
March 2013
On Hate Crimes and Sexual Orientation
I was reviewing for a test on theories of discrimination and hate crimes in Canada with grade 12 students, and one review question was, “When was sexual orientation added to…
Aboriginal Peoples, Stockwell Day and Nauseating Racism. . .
If you had the misfortune of seeing Stockwell Day on Power and Politics this evening then you are probably as nauseated as I am. The so-called “Power Panel” predictably addressed…
Sustainability and MOOCs in Historical Perspective
Stephen Downes: Thank you everyone. Buenos Dias. It’s a genuine pleasure to be able to be back in Bogotá, back in Colombia, and to be able to speak with you…
Cowichan Conversations BC Election Poll
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger As we approach the next BC Election scheduled for May 14th Cowichan Conversations has been running a poll of voters intentions to date. The poll is…
GroupThink ReSpun: The Death of Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez died of cancer on March 5, 2013. He represented an ideological pushback against neoliberal globalization. He pursued a progressive hemispheric trade agenda. He raised oil royalties dramatically to…
Riviere-du-Loup
I decided to stop by Riviere-du-Loup - a small city south of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City. The last time I was here, I was hitch hiking back…
Riviere-du-Loup
I decided to stop by Riviere-du-Loup – a small city south of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City. The last time I was here, I was hitch hiking back…
Riviere-du-Loup
I decided to stop by Riviere-du-Loup - a small city south of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City. The last time I was here, I was hitch hiking back…
Riviere-du-Loup
I decided to stop by Riviere-du-Loup – a small city south of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City. The last time I was here, I was hitch hiking back…
Salmon Confidential – A New Video from Alexa Morton
Alexandra Morton-Marine Biologist This film tells the backstory, behind the scenes of the biggest environmental government coverup ever perpetrated on British Columbians. After you watch this, please make sure all…
A Graphic Depiction of Unfettered Capitalism
The true believers in unfettered capitalism will not like this video: H/t Alex Himelfarb Recommend this Post
Will School Board budget woes lead to more inequity and privatization?
The news from the province for School Boards in BC was another disappointment. A “no increase” budget combined with inflation, rising pension costs, PST conversions costs and ten years of…
Private Nuisance
Antrim Truck Centre Ltd. v. Ontario (Transportation), 2013 SCC 13, released today, has a useful discussion of private nuisance: The elements of a claim in private nuisance have often been…
ThinkHQ Alberta Poll: 38% Wildrose, 26% PC
ThinkHQ released a new poll for the provincial scene in Alberta, done during February though I believe only put up a couple days ago (well, at least it was on…
Arlington West Memorial Santa Monica
“Each Sunday from sunrise to sunset, a temporary memorial appears next to the world-famous pier at Santa Monica, California. This memorial, known as Arlington West, a project of Veterans For…
Coalition of families, artists, educators, and TVO/TFO employees come together to tell Ontario Government public educational broadcasting “still matters”
Concerned with declining government funding for the province’s public educational broadcasters and the recent loss of made-in-Ontario programs on TVO, a coalition of families, educators, artists, and employees are coming…
Buddies: Couillard and Porter
Can’t repeat it often enough: when the health minister is a buddy of the head of a big super hospital project, no one should be surprised. What should be questioned…
Inadvertent Admittance
So, do you all remember how over the past year we’ve been constantly bombarded with warnings about how the interest rate just might go up at any time? do you…
Camels and Climate Change: Will We Be As Lucky?
Lots of space given in the last couple of days to the discovery of fossil bones of ancient camels that once roamed the Arctic about 3.4 million years ago. Camel-like…