Winnipeg Jingle Dance: “We deserve to live!”
Winnipeg, Oct. 12, 2013: Jingle dancers ready themselves to welcome the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Photo: Paul S. Graham Winnipeg, Canada: Thousands gathered at the…
October 2013
Advice From Pat Robertson On How To Get ‘A Leg Up’ In Life
If you are feeling a bit down, I hope Robertson’s unintentional humour cheers you up: Recommend this Post
Whenever a new study or article comes out proving that the…
Whenever a new study or article comes out proving that the Canadian job market, compensation packages and standard of living are dwindling for most workers — especially young Canadians —…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Coyne sees the disproportionate influence wielded by the representatives elected by a minority of voters in Canada and the U.S. as evidence…
Concepts
On 2013-10-12 9:02 AM, Matthias Melcher wrote: If we consider, on one hand, all the aggregated connectionpatterns that make up a simple concept or word in an individual,and OTOH, in…
Nova Scotia Election – Why did the NDP lose?
NS Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil As TC suggested in his last pre-election post the Liberals did win big in the Nova Scotia election meaning that Liberal leader Stephen McNeil will…
New book articulates Harper’s unrelenting war on Canadian science
“The War On Science: Muzzled Scientists and Willful Blindness in Stephen Harper’s Canada”, a new book by Canadian author Chris Turner, presents “a passionate and meticulously researched argument” against the…
Oct.12: one million Candians depend on food banks…
..and food banks in New Brusnwick are facing an increasing demand. You can find both stories if you look hard enough through today’s back pages. Canadian poverty, if still below…
When Logic Does Not Factor Into Policy
Yesterday, Canada’s Minister for the Status of Women spoke on the recent decision for Canada to restrict funding related to War Rape and Forced Marriage victims to organizations and programs…
Will History Repeat Itself?
Jeff Rubin, the former CIBC economist turned author, has suggested in his books that as energy costs rise, some manufacturing will return to North America. Indeed, there are growing signs…
I downloaded this image from Facebook. It perfectly sums up…
I downloaded this image from Facebook. It perfectly sums up what Canadians are experiencing under the disgraced Harper Conservative government. The traitorous scum are slowly destroying Canada bit by bit,…
The Staple Theory @ 50: Brendan Haley
As part of our continuing special series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Mel Watkins’ classic article, “A Staple Theory of Economic Development,” we present here an innovative…
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My idea is ranked 40th out of over 1000 ideas suggested, and is in the top 10 for the education section. To vote, simply sign up and agree with the…
‘Premier Brad Wall’s Sask. Party government ‘does not play well with others’ – Says Leader-Post Business Editor
In today’s Saskatchewan, you generally find little criticism of Premier Brad Wall in the main stream media. Executives in Saskatchewan’s corporate media simply love Wall and their editorial policy generally…
Something so basic, yet so different stands between us
You’d think it should be this easy: just take a bread machine, throw in all the ingredients listed in the recipe, push a button, wait, remove loaf and eat. Yum.…
Meet Premier Marois’ pet pitbull.
There is little that is complex about Pierre-Karl Péladeau. He is as basic as the daily content of Le Journal de Montréal. He is his father’s son. He preaches conservatism…
The Enrepreneurial State
In her important new book “The Entrepreneurial State” which got a rave review from Martin Wolf in the Financial Times, University of Sussex economist Mariana Mazzucato attacks the conventional view…
Thanksgiving 2013
This is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. It’s early Saturday morning now and I’m packing groceries from the fridge into shopping bags to bring to our cottage in the mountains. Everyone…
Saturday At The Movies
Yikes – be careful if you’re anywhere near a Russian road, or driver!
The Middle Class Is Front and Centre
Michael Den Tandt writes that the next election will be about the Canadian middle class. Justin Trudeau has made it his mantra. And now the Conservatives — as they try…