Feeding the Energy Board PAP!
The Enbridge pipeline people have an unfortunate acronym for their public awareness program: PAP. The only problem is that pap is defined in our dictionary as the soft or semi-liquid…
October 2013
Consider The Record
Last week’s throne speech made mention of “polluter pays” legislation. It appears that the Harperites will offer Barack Obama a carrot, if he approves the Keystone XL Pipeline. Unfortunately, the…
Are public sector unions a fair target?
I have no issue with workers organizing collectively to increase their bargaining power in an effort to maximize what they receive in pay and benefits. That’s capitalism. Business seeks to…
Are public sector unions a fair target?
I have no issue with workers organizing collectively to increase their bargaining power in an effort to maximize what they receive in pay and benefits. That's capitalism. Business seeks to…
Are public sector unions a fair target?
I have no issue with workers organizing collectively to increase their bargaining power in an effort to maximize what they receive in pay and benefits. That’s capitalism. Business seeks to…
Inside the Monstrous Heart of the Harper PMO
It's one of the scariest places in Canada eh? The dark heart of the Con conspiracy. The home of the Big Lie. And now Paul Wells has given us a…
TV or Democracy
With the next set of promises recently presented in the House after several days of targeted leaks of some of the content which highlighted ‘more choice of cable & satellite…
Anti-Wind Protest Attracts 300 People
That is all (in more ways than one. Bah hah!)
Stephen Harper and the Bonfire of the Insanities
Uh oh. What bad timing. Just the other day he was blowing his horn and telling his Con caucus that we must "seize the moment" and go "further and faster."…
Will Fracking Be The Catalyst?
In the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot in the news regarding Canada’s First Nations. The UN Special Rapporteur finished his tour and quite correctly stated that…
DC’s problems are hardly just DC’s
Caught up in the ridiculous turmoil over the government shut down and debt limit, it is easy to pessimistically blame Washington, to blame the convoluted hyperpartisan machinations of the parties…
Rape Culture- Men become men through violence against women.
I was surprised that The Toronto Star took on the topic of Rape Culture in a researched way. “Rape culture: What do Steubenville, Rehtaeh Parsons and frosh chants have in…
Hack Pundit of the Week: Jeffrey Simpson
Jeffrey Simpson is so knowledgeable, he doesn’t need to think Leave it to the senior senile sages of Globe and Mail to cough up columns that exist only in the…
3D Printing: The End of China’s Manufacturing Edge?
Mars probe component made by 3D printing That grim phalanx of leaders of the Chinese Communist Party must be poring over research papers prepared for them, wondering how soon 3D…
In Sunday’s Sun: running on empty
As in Monday’s Hill Times column, here.
Deep thought
In times like these, it’s vitally important that we not connect dots like “oil”, “rail”, “deregulation”, “explosion” and “disaster”. Because otherwise, people might start demanding that our corporate reduce the…
You Don’t Deserve to be Misled: City Reserves
Some very bad, intentional, misinformation is being circulated today by email and on Facebook, about how the city manages it's savings accounts, otherwise known as reserves. "Reserves" are a fancy…
You Don’t Deserve to be Misled: City Reserves
Some very bad, intentional, misinformation is being circulated today by email and on Facebook, about how the city manages it’s savings accounts, otherwise known as reserves. “Reserves” are a fancy…
You Don’t Deserve to be Misled: City Reserves
Some very bad, intentional, misinformation is being circulated today by email and on Facebook, about how the city manages it's savings accounts, otherwise known as reserves. "Reserves" are a fancy…