Tim Hortons Is Hiring!! (Must Speak Tagalog)
Tim Hortons Is Hiring!! (Must Speak Tagalog) Up the street from me, Tims has only foreign workers. Down the street from me, it also has, more or less, foreign workers.…
April 2013
The Keystone Kops Ride Again #nlpoli
We already knew that the provincial cabinet had abandoned their budget before the document had been debated in the House. That happened last week when the Premier ordered the justice…
Justin Won’t Cross
From the Don’t Fly Porter website: Porter Strikers visited Justin Trudeau at the liberal leadership showcase today and spoke with him about the strike. Justin said he did not know…
Scouts Canada challenges Canadians to be kinder to one another (VIDEO)
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Scouts Canada says Canadians “could be kinder to one another”. Canada’s leading coed youth organization is challenging us to do a “simple act…
The Simple Plan
There comes a point when what goes on has to stop, trends have to be rejected, and a vision set forth. In Alberta I want to put forward the three…
AHS chair to politicians: Do as I say, not as I do!
10-4 Good Buddy! Why is Stephen Lockwood, above, getting to drive this truck, while Chris Eagle’s got the airbrakes ticket? Just wondering. Senior Alberta Health Services officials may not appear…
16 yr-old talked to NEB, before new regulations
I first published a link to this video February 2 and it has been viewed by thousands of Northern Insight readers. Additionally, most major Canadian news operations paid close attention…
United Steelworkers legally challenge RBC temporary foreign worker plan
By: United Steelworkers | Press Release: TORONTO, April 11, 2013 – The United Steelworkers (USW) is legally challenging the federal government’s approval for RBC and/or iGate to hire temporary foreign…
More Canadian Than A Canadian?
A new Target has recently opened it’s doors in my general area. Another one, which is even closer to me, is set to go public before June of this year.…
United Steelworkers: Diane Finley Must Resign Over Temporary Foreign Worker Scandal
By: United Steelworkers | Press Release: TORONTO, April 10, 2013 – The United Steelworkers (USW) is calling for the resignation of Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development,…
Thursday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your day. – Carol Goar discusses how the Cons’ latest attacks on Employment Insurance add just one burden to the backs of workers who have already…
Party Positions on BC’s Carbon Tax
With the release today of the NDP’s fiscal plan in advance of the May 14 election here in British Columbia, we are now finally able to assess where the major…
How Telus lost its credibility.
Co-authored by Catherine Hart Canadians and even the CRTC know our cell phone market is broken. Canadians pay some of the highest prices for some of the worst service in…
INFOGRAPHIC: 13 Oil Spills in 30 Days: The Dirty Business of Moving Oil
by Heather Libby. Originally posted at tkctcktck.org Moving oil is a dirty business, and never has that been more clear than this past month. In the past 30 days the…
conversation with a cab driver
“Oh man, you live in Toronto? I love Toronto! I go there a lot. I have a friend who races horses at Woodbine.” “Woodbine, is that the one near the…
Johnny Rotten: “Flat out sexist, misogynist pig,” says tv interviewer
About 20 some-odd years ago now, I lived in Los Angeles. I knew many interesting people, including one of Lydon’s bandmates, Steve Jones. The Sex Pistols are a wicked band…
#mtlqc13 Priority Resolution – Human Rights
The final panel on policy resolutions at the NDP’s Montreal convention will deal with human rights issues. And the Young New Democrats of Quebec have proposed a resolution which covers…
A great person
I’ve been offline this week from the normal political/social stuff due to the passing of my last grandparent this past Monday. His funeral was today – someone I’m going to…