Car-Addicted LA is Getting on the Bike-Train
Los Angeles is known to be a car-addled and car-addicted place but not for much longer. They have consciously set out to make their city more pedestrian and bike friendly.…
June 2013
On Corporate Welfare
David Lewis, the one-time head of the federal NDP and father of Stephen Lewis, used the phrase corporate welfare bums in his 1972 federal election campaign to describe the various…
Economic Obsessions
Those of us who are appalled by the Harper government have taken some hope for the future as we have watched the PMO implode. But Edward Greenspon warns that, when…
The delayed masquerade of the Tories.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been saved by the rain on the plain. With Calgary recovering from serious flood conditions, it is no time for a Conservative Convention. Stephen Harper…
Australia’s Rudd returns to power.
Teddy here. ABC (Australia) is reporting the following:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-26/live-blog-labor-leadership/4782312Kevin Rudd has defeated sitting Prime Minister Julia Gillard to return as Prime Minister and Labor leader. The problem has been one of…
Please welcome a new Barry Ontario Prog Blog affiliate
I love the name – Babel-on-the-Bay
If on a Summer’s Day, a Fridgularity
You are reading a blog posting about Mark A. Rayner’s most recent book, The Fridgularity. You had been hoping to find a funny picture, and maybe a microfiction that played…
A Note On Ontario Defamation Law
…re defamation on-line: Single Publication Rule Rejected in Ontario The Court rejected the defendants’ argument that the American “single publication rule” for mass publications should apply. This rule holds that…
Will he bring more than guesses? #nlpoli
Corporate research Associates president Don Mills is in St. John’s on Wednesday to speak to the Board of Trade. He’s already teased up his visit with a news release on…
User-pay disaster relief? A suddenly forgotten idea that needs to stay that way!
Canadian Forces soldiers piled sandbags as the water rose in Medicine Hat last weekend. CBC photo. Below: Chris Alexander, Parliamentary Secretary to the federal Defence Minister; CBC broadcaster Anna Maria…
Stephen Harper and the PMO Monsters
They are without a doubt the most dangerous political gang this country has ever known.Stephen Harper and his collection of ugly monsters in the Con PMO.They are brutish Republican-style operatives,…
Climate Change: President Obama declares war on the Flat Earth Society
The President has a fight on his hands. I wonder if he has been briefed about the Flat Earthers? They are a stubborn and dogmatic lot, forever fighting with those…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Contented cats.
Don’t worry about Vic Toew’s future
He can always make money giving mustache rides to babysitters.
CPC MP John Carmichael Sounds Off
Don’t know if this was issued from Party Central or from straight from The Heart, but John Carmichael’s latest email to supporters says a brisk bye bye to Brent Rathgeber…
Extend EI coverage for all Southern Alberta flood victims: AFL
by: Alberta Federation of Labour | Press Release: EDMONTON, June 25, 2013 – Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan has called on the federal government to extend EI coverage…
Cycling is Smart but some Cyclists need to get Smarter
Despite the many arguments in favour of cycling, increased infrastructure always incites criticism – most of it unwarranted. And the behaviour of some cyclists doesn’t help. Two main criticisms are…