A Boorish Boar
The other day I posted a video in which Don Martin denounces the disgraced Senator Mike Duffy. He makes a reference to the exact point at which Mike Duffy ceased…
June 2013
School choice and segregation
A fascinating report was issued last week by People for Education – an Ontario based non-profit organization that promotes public education. The report looked at demographic data in the Ontario…
Greeks ask Canadians to help stop Canadian mining corp Eldorado Gold
By: Mining Watch Canada | Press Release OTTAWA – The situation around Eldorado Gold Corporation’s mining projects in northern Greece is extremely tense. In the face of negative official response…
Sounds of Summer: Crickets and Night Hawks
While walking in Mount Royal Cemetery on Saturday I was surprised and delighted to here a cricket. Usually they come later in the season, but perhaps the very warm weather…
Very Little MSM Coverage of the Bloody Protests in Turkey
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We have been hearing about the protests and riots in Turkey. Fortunately the internet, especially ‘Twitter’ provides coverage that has been sparsely covered in the Western MSM…
Health care sustainability: evidence shows this debate should have been long over
Over the weekend CPAC was playing excerpts from two conferences – one on drug coverage the other on health care sustainability. The first, Rethinking Drug Coverage, was held in Ottawa…
Will Rob Ford’s troubles help the RaBIT vote?
There will be a vote coming up soon a City Hall on whether to formally recommend to Queen’s Park that Toronto would like a 2-phase timeline for bringing in Ranked…
What’s Ours
As it was purchasing Tumblr, Yahoo was also quietly making changes to the Flickr photo sharing service. Flickr has been one of Yahoo’s few success stories recently, and this was…
New CRTC Cell Phone Rules Signal The End of 3-Year Contracts
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We all know that the big cell phone service providers have been ripping us off. Now, a few changes from the Canadian Radio Television Commission will ease…
PASSING OF THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE EDWARD W. DUCHARME
Peacefully on June 2, 2013 with loving family and friends by his side at the age of 69. Cherished husband of Carolyn Gray. Loving father of Sarah Gill. Beloved son…
6095…Sen Coverup Says Coverup Stressful
That would be Conservative Senator David Tkachuk, chair of the Senate’s Internal Economy Committee, who was partly responsible for the whitewashed report on Senator Mike Duffy, Kanata – PEI. Whitewashed…
Rafe: With NDP Loss, It’s Up to First Nations and Public to Protect Environment
I think most environmentalists are still in a state of shock over the Liberals’ victory – or more correctly, the NDP loss…A battle has been lost, although considering Adrian Dix’s…
The Dissociative State of Nunavut
Dissociation can be an involuntary coping mechanism to help with an overwhelming experience such as trauma or loss. Dissociative behaviour is usually a diagnosis given to an individual, but an…
The Dissociative State of Nunavut
Dissociation can be an involuntary coping mechanism to help with an overwhelming experience such as trauma or loss. Dissociative behaviour is usually a diagnosis given to an individual, but an…
PEF Keynote: Neoliberalism in Quebec
The PEF marked our 15th anniversary at last weekend’s Canadian Economics Association conference in Montreal. Guillaume Hébert from the Institut de Recherche et d’Informations Socio-économiques (IRIS) delivered the following keynote…
6094…Racism In Your Capital
John Hollingsworth shared this on Facebook less than 15 minutes ago. On the approach leaving Quebec to the Champlain Bridge which links Aylmer, a suburb of Hull, which is a…
June 3: A very mixed bag…
Just back from a couple of days in PEI. Quite a revelation. I lived there for three years in my early teaching days – and hated it. This time, as…
Radioactive Waste From the Marcellus Shale Continues to Draw Concern
Amid all the pushback to fracking, most of the attention has focused on what drillers put into the ground. The amount of water used. The chemicals that make up energy…
OpenMedia.ca welcomes new CRTC Code of Conduct reining in 3 year contracts as positive step forward for cell phone customers
8637598334_d8cebe642a.jpg New Code a starting point that begins to addresses citizen concerns on broken cell phone market June 3, 2013 – OpenMedia.ca is welcoming the CRTC’s publication of its new…