Canadians are increasingly raising their voices against Big Telecom according to this Industry watchdog. Let’s keep this going. Send a message to Industry Minister Moore at: https://OpenMedia.ca/Gatekeepers Article by LuAnn…
Quebec’s Chaudière River (photo courtesy of Greenpeace Quebec) Sediment from the Chaudière River, near the site of the Lac-Mégantic train derailment four months ago, shows high levels of contaminants according…
Is there anyone left in the PC government with a lick of common sense? Last week the NDP revealed that the government intends to outsource lab services to a private…
Financial crashes are common in modern market economies. The first notable one occurred in Amsterdam in the 1630s when a bursting speculative bubble on tulips caused enough financial ruin for…
It is repeated so often in the media, you would think it is true: education is the key to social mobility…to a good job with decent pay and benefits, and…
“Twenty years ago, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed into law. At the time, advocates painted a rosy picture of booming U.S. exports creating hundreds of thousands…
Northern Gateway Pipeline Pricetag: Enbridge CEO Lauds Alberta-B.C. Deal, Updating Price CP | By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian PressPosted: 11/06/2013 11:20 am EST | Updated: 11/06/2013 4:02 pm EST I…
I had a great weekend in Whistler at the LPCBC convention with all my BC Liberal friends, and I’ll have a post up about that experience later this week. But…
Be there or be square! Drawn and Quarterly Bookstore, 7 p.m. 211 Bernard West, Montreal
Welcome to the Walled World of the 21st century. In every corner of the globe, advanced nations are building walls and manning the ramparts to keep the hordes at bay.…
When the waves are high, from my backyard I can hear the lake, which is just a few hundred feet away. It sounds like a great, strong wind, or a…
In Berlin this weekend, about a hundred businesses will be affixing decals to their storefront windows. The decals simulate broken glass, memorializing the shattered windows of Jewish stores attacked 75-years…
openmedialogo.jpg Canadians still waiting to see whether government lives up to promise to secure more choice and lower prices in broken telecom market WHO Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca David…
By some accounts Australians have become the wealthiest people on earth, largely from flogging massive quantities to coal to China. Yet not all Australians are well off, especially not the…
Justin Trudeau addresses a progressive think tank in Washington, DC (photo: Chip Somodevllla/Getty) To Justin Trudeau, it’s not that Keystone XL is a bad idea, it’s that Stephen Harper can’t…
Man oh man, I think John needs to stop giving interviews. Or, at least, think first and talk later. Quote, from The National last night: “ will come back. People…
But, as they clips show, a hilarious one.
Last month this blog focused on the twitter chat #CBAfuturesChat, which was a student focused consultation run by the Canadian Bar Association’s Future’s initiative. Now that it’s November, the twitter…
JRAN is a national organization that brings together individuals from diverse backgrounds who are deeply concerned about the changes made in 2012 to Canada’s refugee determination system and refugee health…
