Moments from the Liberal Debate #nlpoli
Here are some quick observations from the Thursday night Liberal leadership debate on VOCM: (Read more…)
Here are some quick observations from the Thursday night Liberal leadership debate on VOCM: (Read more…)
Would the Making of the English Working Class get made today? An interesting article by Rowan Cahill from Radical Sydney about whether or not Thompson’s classic work of social and…
Well he may be losing his battle to convince Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, but I see nothing will stop Stephen Harper from launching yet another oily crusade.…
Watch this video from Beyond Boarding – a group of adventure filmmakers who have been following Tahltan Nation opposition to a proposed open pit coal mine in their territory, referred…
Source: CBC News: Saskatchewan Tuition Increase Highest in CanadaSource: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Paul Gingrich: After the Freeze: Restoring University Affordability in Saskatchewan Source: Macleans OnCampus: Sask. NDP Commit…
Source: CBC News: Saskatchewan Tuition Increase Highest in CanadaSource: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Paul Gingrich: After the Freeze: Restoring University Affordability in Saskatchewan Source: Macleans OnCampus: Sask. NDP Commit…
A reader comments at my recent article In the dining room, an OOPs moment: Norm You may have hit on to something really big here. I recently learned that an…
A German waste-to-energy plant, built in 2005 Many urban areas have built or are considering building waste-incineration facilities to generate energy. At first glance, it seems like a win-win. You…
Launched in 1977, the Voyager spacecraft has now completely left our solar system and is officially now in interstellar space … approximately 19 Billion Km from planet Earth. Very cool.…
In my earlier blogposts, I looked at the dual nature of change, and what that means for a left-wing political environment which is wedded to the current economic status quo.…
In the USA today, a black youth was jailed for life after a jury trial convicted him of a March 2013 shooting. The time from homicide to related conviction: 5…
Have you heard about the challenges facing some customers of independent Internet Service Provider TekSavvy? TekSavvy, a leading independent service provider with a customer-base of 235,000 subscribers nationwide, rents network…
Russell Brand’s frenetic comedy can be off-putting but, every now and then, he proves he’s worth a listen.
The greatest misconception the Canadian people have of Stephen Harper, the same misconception that delivered him a majority government, is that he’s a competent manager of the Canadian economy. Says…
This piece was published today in the Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab. Two findings stand out in the National Household Survey (NHS) data released Wednesday, both critical in this post-recession…
The fallout from Kerry’s accident has been very interesting to observe but lost in the black and white good and bad comparisons of historical Russian and U.S. action has been…
As our elected officials in Washington attempt to sell us on the idea that we need to go to war against anyone who uses chemical weapons, they are working to…
BC Energy Minister Bill Bennett (photo: CP) I told you so! My colleague Damien Gillis told you so! Independent economist Erik Andersen told you so! The Campbell/Clark government has taken…
Dead, non-dead, or walking dead? The global financial crisis and neo-liberalism. Filed under: Uncategorized
In 1972 Idi Amin said that he had a dream in which God told him to expel the Indian and Pakistani population of Uganda. It was a terrible act by…