Former Prime Minister Joe Clark Says Stephen Harper Needs To Tell The Truth!!!
Former prime minister Joe Clark says current PM Stephen Harper needs to “bring people into the facts” and tell the real story about what went on with Senator Mike Duffy…
October 2013
Trailing in disapproval is not losing
As Tories gather in their Potemkin village in Calgary this weekend, the recent EKOS poll on the Harper Tory Senate shenanigans has numbers that should depress even the most ardent…
Burning Books, Burning Bibles
Pastor Marc Grizzard, of Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, NC is back in the news this week, but I’m not really sure if it’s because of something he did…
Why Bitcoins aren’t going anywhere: Drugs and Coffee
Bitcoin is going nowhere. I promise you that it won’t and I’m positive that I won’t be eating my words at a later date. I’m going to tell you why:…
Canada must arrest Dick Cheney for torture, war crimes: Lawyers
A group of lawyers has asked Canada to arrest former US Vice President Dick Cheney for torture and war crimes when he visits Toronto later this week. The post Canada…
Democracy at Putney Church
On October 28, 1647, an extraordinary debate occurred at Putney Church in London. Representatives of the New Model Army rank and file – Agitators – met with members of the…
Canadian Support For Abolishing The Senate Is Gaining Ground – UPDATED
UPDATE I just got the EKOS poll results from Oct. 29, 2013 These poll results show an even stronger support for Senate abolition 53.8% of Canadians support abolishing the Senate.…
Canadian Support For Abolishing The Senate Is Gaining Ground – UPDATED
UPDATE I just got the EKOS poll results from Oct. 29, 2013These poll results show an even stronger support for Senate abolition53.8% of Canadians support abolishing the Senate. Regional supportProvinces…
Canadian Support For Abolishing The Senate Is Gaining Ground – UPDATED
UPDATEI just got the EKOS poll results from Oct. 29, 2013These poll results show an even stronger support for Senate abolition53.8% of Canadians support abolishing the Senate.Regional supportProvinces that support…
Canadian Support For Abolishing The Senate Is Gaining Ground
As Canadians have become more aware of the Senate through exposure to the Senate Scandal, they are, more and more, realizing that there is no place in a modern democracy…
A Loyal Soldier Snubs Peter MacKay’s Handout
The Harper government is reneging on a promise to Canada’s wounded veterans. That’s what happens when the shooting dies down and there’s no more political capital to be wrung from…
Of Gas and Quakes
It’s often interesting when two inter-related news stories come out on the same day. There were two such reports today. One conveyed a warning from Canada’s insurance sector that a…
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Senate reform still desired over Senate abolition or status quo
Despite the Senate scandal deepening, it appears that for now, Canadians still prefer reforming the Senate over abolishing it, as indicated by this Ipsos-Reid poll from a couple of days…
Residential Needs of Adults with Severe Autism in New Brunswick Are Not Being Met
Autism parents, and some supporters, conducted protests in front of the Centracare pyschiatric hospital in Saint John 10 years ago advocating for better, autism spectific, care for a man with…
Naming the Dead: a new project by Bureau of Investigative Journalism identifies people killed in drone strikes
*You may need to raise volume to improve audio quality on this video The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has launched a new project – Naming the Dead – that aims…
Global carbon budget is a harsh reality check for Canadian investors
The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should be a wake-up call for Canada. With a development model based on ever more fossil fuel extraction, Canada’s…
The Economics of Climate Change.
This is an eye opener. From the CNBC business desk: Around one-third of the world’s economy by 2025 will be based in countries at “high” or “extreme” risk from the…
in which i survive three days without internet, or how rogers (maybe) punishes former customers
Sometime late on Thursday night into Friday morning, our internet went down. This is the worst possible time for such an event, as internet is our lifeline to baseball, and…
Japan to remove perilous Fukushima nuclear fuel rods
1,500 spent fuel rods remain precariously perched atop the badly damaged Fukushima Reactor 4 TOKYO – Japanese regulators on Wednesday gave final approval for removing fuel rods from an uncontained…