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April 2013
Thatcherism: A grand, failed economic experiment
By: Andrew Jackson | Broadbent Institute Admirers and detractors of Margaret Thatcher can agree that she will be remembered as one of the key political architects of our times. Along…
Your voices are helping spread the word about Big Telecom price-gouging
Telus recently introduced a new text message fee, but Canadians are speaking out and demanding the government enforce the rules to stop this type of price-gouging from happening. We’re seeing…
Breaking: Enbridge Pipeline Spills in Minnesota (Updates original)
Enbridge’s Line 2 **Line 67 tar sands** pipeline has leaked an estimated 600 gallons of crude oil at its pump station near Viking, Minnesota. Line 2 was built in 1956…
Whipped -The Denial of Democratic and Effective Representation
Sean Holman Sean Holman of ‘Public Eye Online Fame’ has just released ‘Whipped’ which shines a much needed light on the dysfunctional practice of ‘Party Discipline.’ All parties practice it…
English as the Official Language of the European Union?
There’s a move afoot to have English declared the common language of the European Union and it’s a German who is pushing the idea. Here The Guardian gives a pretty…
Are average Canadians paying too much in taxes?
On April 23, the Fraser Institute released the annual update of their misleading Consumer Tax Index report. The piece is meant to feed the anti-tax sentiment with numbers sprinkled liberally…
Americans Settling In to Reality of Terrorism
The American people might just be getting terrorism fatigue after more than a decade of efforts by their politicians and media to keep them in a heightened state of anxiety.…
Harper government using taxpayer dollars to attack Trudeau – UPDATED
The Tories say that Justin Trudeau is in over his head but I think that the Harper government has lost its mind. As a Grit staffer for many years, I…
It’s a "No Lose World" Once You Have Captured the Political Process
The Great Recession of 2008 devastated broad swathes of the population of the developed world. Foreclosures, unemployment, insolvency, homelessness, the gamut of economic misery. For most but not for all,…
Canadian terror suspect: problem solved
Quote: “One of the two men accused of an al Qaeda-backed plan to derail a passenger train in Canada questioned the authority of Canadian law to judge him, telling a…
‘Whipped’: New Doc Explores Secret World of Party Discipline
I’m pleased to announce that award-winning political journalist Sean Holman is premiering his new 40-min documentary Whipped in Vancouver and Victoria this week. I worked with Sean as the cinematographer…
10 MW Ocean Power Plant Planned for China
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) uses the difference in temperature at different water depths to produce energy, similar to how geothermal works. A green resort in China is going to…
PLQ leads in Quebec, Wildrosers lead in Alberta
Today is a double feature of polls from two corners of the country, one out in Alberta and the other in la belle province. The opposition in both provinces is…
Little girls are better at designing superheroes than you are
“Little girls are better at designing superhoroes than you are” is a part-time project of California based artist Alexandria Law. Of the project she says: “Kids are more impressionable than…
The Carbon Bubble: Are We Exploring for Fossil Fuels We Won’t Need?
Despite an international agreement to reduce emissions from carbon-intensive sources, oil and coal companies continue to pour hundreds of billions of dollars a year into finding new fossil fuel deposits…
How Do You Like Your Odds?
A decade ago, Britain’s Astronomer Royal, cosmologist Martin Rees, wrote “Our Final Hour, A Scientist’s Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind’s Future In This Century – On…
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau fights back with ‘Channel Change’ TV ad
Canadians are fair people. They understand that 40-somethings just elected to new, massively challenging leadership roles need time to continue to grow and do their jobs. In response to Trudeau’s…
Calgary Politicians Paid Off By Developers to Vote The Right Way
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Global TV has caught Calgary developer Cal Wenzel speaking to a large group of developers/builders with the goal of electing Councillors that will ‘Vote the…