That RBC war room is doing a great job!
Here they are – and here’s another day of great headlines, showing what a great job they’re doing! “RBC chief denies use of foreign worker replacements” “Royal Bank defends using…
April 2013
Ties That Bind: Ernest Moniz, Keystone XL Contractor, American Petroleum Institute and Fracked Gas Exports
Congress will review the Obama Administration’s nomination of Ernest Moniz for Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) in hearings that start today, April 9. Moniz has come under fire…
Trudeau: Be Afraid
Despite there being a national media obsession with everything Trudeau, there still seems a disconnect on the comprehension side. People continually attaching their own cobbled benchmarks to a landscape that…
Trudeau: Be Afraid
Despite there being a national media obsession with everything Trudeau, there still seems a disconnect on the comprehension side. People continually attaching their own cobbled benchmarks to a landscape that…
Trudeau: Be Afraid
Despite there being a national media obsession with everything Trudeau, there still seems a disconnect on the comprehension side. People continually attaching their own cobbled benchmarks to a landscape that…
Trudeau: Be Afraid
Despite there being a national media obsession with everything Trudeau, there still seems a disconnect on the comprehension side. People continually attaching their own cobbled benchmarks to a landscape that…
As Public Virtue Collapses Around Me, All I Can Do Is Watch and Write
I live in Quebec, Canada’s only French speaking province. Here, the socio-economic system was crafted to be extremely resistant to institutional change. It is what it is. Most of the…
The inspiration for The Fridgularity (discussion post)
A bit of a departure for today’s Skwib. I’m currently engaging in a lively discussion of The Fridgularity over on Goodreads with The Next Best Book Club (TNBBC), and I…
today is equal pay day in ontario
Today, April 9, is Equal Pay Day in Ontario. Please watch this short video to learn why we are still fighting for pay equity. Then visit the Equal Pay Coalition…
How To Green Deserts & Address Climate Change At The Same Time
Two thirds of the globe is turning into desert, at the same time that our population is heading towards ten billion, and we are disturbing weather patterns by pouring heat-trapping…
Remembering All Of The Victims
Yesterday, to mark both Holocaust Remembrance Day and International Roma Day, Bernie Farber and Gina Csanyi-Robah of the Toronto Roma Community Center penned this story about the Porajmos (Devouring), the…
Edging #nlpoli
Over at cbc.ca/nl, John Gushue has an excellent column on the recent prosperity, in particular the apparent contradiction between a supposedly booming economy and the government cuts or the sense…
Not wishing to speak of ill of the dead is a fine sentiment, unless the dead are horrible villains
“No man is an island. Every man’s death diminishes me, for I am a part of mankind. “–John Donne “There is no such thing as society” — Maggie Thatcher. “She…
People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish, Scientists Say This article touches on a core problem for democracy. But add to this the fact that the corporate media and…
People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
People Aren’t Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish, Scientists Say This article touches on a core problem for democracy. But add to this the fact that the corporate media and…
People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish, Scientists SayThis article touches on a core problem for democracy. But add to this the fact that the corporate media and the…
People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
People Aren’t Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish, Scientists Say This article touches on a core problem for democracy. But add to this the fact that the corporate media and…
In Tuesday’s Sun: Trudeaumania – enough already!
Are you sick of media coverage about Justin Trudeau? I know I sure am. And I’m a Liberal! And I know and like the guy! I mean, the Liberal leader-to-be…