Sick and tired of high prices in our broken telecom market, poor service, and the way Big Telecom continues to block Canadian innovators? Our own Steve Anderson recently spoke out…
This afternoon, I gave a presentation on public policy responding to homelessness in Canada, with a focus on the past decade. I gave the presentation at this year’s annual conference…
When the Chinese government has something serious on its mind it often lets the world know through its official news agencies such as Xinhua. As Washington plodded ever closer to…
Friday, October 18, 2013 British Columbians have been waiting for a new Water Act (our current one is 104 years old and has its problems), and now that wait may…
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Yesterday Canadian Ministers were attending the World Energy Congress delivering keynote speeches. BC’s Minister of Natural gas non-disclosure was in attendance amidst negotiating one of the…
China’s growing demand for imported grain is expected to strain global food stocks. According to data from the United States Department of Agriculture, Chinese grain imports shot up to 22.8…
Watch how the media portrays the standoff between First Nations protesters, and the RCMP in New Brunswick. They talk about the “violent protest”. Was the protest violent until the RCMP…
Friday, October 18, 2013 As anyone who has worked in environmental or social justice knows, sometimes change takes a very, very long time, somewhat like a glacier carving out a…
Polls indicate that Don Iveson will be the next mayor of Edmonton. Of course, polling has been about as on-target lately as the Edmonton Eskimo offence. Polls also said Christie…
Today, Harper and EU President Jose Manuel Barroso initialled a trade and labour agreement between Canada and the world’s most powerful trading bloc. Like I said in my last post,…
I’ll be with Ian Jessop on CFAX 1070 today, discussing natural resource revenues accruing to the British Columbia government. In the last seven years, provincial revenues from ferry fares and…
He’s Miloš Zeman and he’s president of the Czech Republic. He’s something of a character, fond of cigarettes and booze and known to pull something of a Rob Ford every…
All of us here at OpenMedia want to thank Shea Sinnott, our tireless Operations Manager who is now moving on to other opportunities. Shea has been with OpenMedia since nearly…
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Jim Stanford writes an enlightening piece about government debt titled, The only thing we have to fear? Fear of debt itself. Nothing personal The first mistake people make about government…
Nina, a New York pediatrician, is the author of “Wind Turbine Syndrome” and in the eyes of most scientists, the inventor of the an imaginary syndrome allegedly caused by the…
As expected, yesterday's Speech From The Throne was a mixed bag of feel good items and attempts to set political traps for future governments. As expected Harper starts off by…
Your news links for today: Rogers Wireless collection agency sends bills to dead Manitobans (CBC) Canada: Who Will Keep an Eye on the Spies? (Epoch Times) The World’s Policeman Is…
Saskatoon – The Supreme Court of Canada released their decision today that they would hear the case of the SFL and the Charter challenge as against the Provincial Government and…
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My comments about an app. Don’t worry, I didn’t pay for it. Flashy animation credit. You should spend as much time on the design. Under the About icon delivers just…