If you take the numbers from the last NDP leadership convention as a guide–and there is no reason not to–about 10% of the people you recruit on-line will be arsed…
Okay, maybe “moron” is a little harsh. I just finished a painful conversation with a banker. We argued for over an hour before he asked a superior and conceded that…
Originally published on Ring of Fire New reports have come out this week showing us that 2012 was officially the hottest year on record. North America alone was plagued with…
Your efforts to push back against the online spying bill C-30 through http://stopspying.ca stopped its passing in 2012. Bill C-30 is far from dead however, as discussions continue without input…
Machiavelli today is known to many by sayings that aren’t actually his; pseudo-quotations or mis-attributed sayings that appear on slovenly, un-moderated, un-verified websites that do an enormous disservice to everyone…
Responding, again, to David W. Campbell, on EI and local labour market distortions First. A statement that something “has a distorting effect on local labour markets” suggests that there is…
I for one proudly stand in favour of preventing bad things from happening. And I’d think it’s worth being rather concerned that our federal government and its corporate puppetmasters disagree.
The kind people at CEV for BC sent over some statistics on Clean Energy Vehicle rebates issued by the provincial government. While the CEV rebates were available for electric, natural…
AUSTRALIA is baking in a heatwave which has broken all historical records for its geographical size and sheer number of extremes. For seven days straight, the country’s average maximum temperature…
It’s been hard to get any kind of quantitative read on how the candidates stack up in the Ontario Liberal Party leadership race to date. Gerard Kennedy may be leading…
About a decade ago, I was asked by Izzy Asper to write a column for the Ottawa Citizen. ”You’re a Liberal,” he said over the phone from his beloved Winnipeg.…
Hey – I have a son I had to take to DocBraces. I have to leave again quite soon to attend the Idle No More Demonstration, (a demonstration which is…
The Director of Education has just announced that all OCDSB elementary schools will be closed on Friday. All Ottawa peeps in the English public system should plan accordingly. (0) Trashy,…
There have been fewer than the usual suspects applauding the release of Living Longer, Living Well, Dr. Samir Sinha’s anticipated recommendations for a new seniors strategy for Ontario. In the…
It’s one of those “I told you so” findings, as the toxic fingerprint of tarsand oil production is found in distant lakes supposedly unaffected by the decades of strip mining.…
“Revealed: The Massive New Liberal Plan to Remake American Politics.” A month after President Barack Obama won reelection, top brass from three dozen of the most powerful groups in liberal…
I am reading Changó’s Beads and Two-tone Shoes, the latest novel by William Kennedy, one of my very favourite authors, and in my opinion, one of the greatest English-language writers…
Damien Gillis, editor of the Common Sense Canadian and co-director of the film in production Fractured Land, hosts a google web video chat discussing how indigenous and non-indigenous peoples can…
Despite the years that they have spent attacking President Obama, the dirty energy industry is incredibly optimistic that the White House is going to give the oil and gas industry…
OMG, Cannot believe it; the season hasn’t even started and the lead story in my Twitterverse is that the Torontos have fired their GM, Brian Burke. Sure they haven’t made…
