Public sector employment still lags in Ontario
There has been a lot of claims about how the McGuinty Liberal government has bolstered teachers and other public sector workers. And in fact they did increase the percent of…
2013
Enbridge: into the truth machine
In an extended campaign, advertising promoting the Enbridge pipeline has become incessant noise. One problem with this particular ballyhoo is that its words are not believable. Listeners don’t need sophisticated…
Cowichan Valley Residents Deserve Better!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Our local CVRD government has often been the target of this blog. Their performance has been costly and dismal. I had a front row seat as…
updates: acupuncture, slow cooker, star trek
I decided to try acupuncture again. In October, I saw my nephew and niece-in-law who practice Traditional Chinese Medicine and other holistic healing methods. They encouraged me to use our…
What I want my children to practice through computer programming
My seven year old is back to computer programming, this time using Scratch, an easy programming language developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is…
Harper government bills that enraged First Nations, Theresa Spence, and birthed #IdleNoMore
Yesterday, Idle No More, the grassroots movement for Aboriginal justice, flexed its muscle with peaceful blockages of bridges and border crossings across Canada. Dr. Pamela Palmater, an indigenous activist and…
A Timeline of Shell’s Arctic Drilling Debacle in 2012
Originally published at Climate Progress. Re-printed with permission. by Kiley Kroh and Michael Conathan This week’s grounding of Shell’s enormous Kulluk drilling rig near Kodiak Island, Alaska has not inspired…
Another MacKay-Fantino Love Child?
They could’ve stuck with the ships Paul Martin had on the books when he left office, but nooooo. The ships, three of them, were to replace the navy’s 45-year old…
Gwynne Dyer Also Gets Gassy
Wow, a week past just jam packed with reality. TruthDig came out with an explanation of how America has slipped into a fracked gas bubble in which bundled gas leases…
Contrasts
Some policies like EI changes get the early Sunday morning roll out. Others get a full court press. You do the math on the why(s).
When Rallies, Flyers and Public Forums Won’t Work
They call themselves Deep Green Resistance Vancouver. They’re a group of local environmental activists calling “for militant action – including sabotage – to defend the environment.” Although they emphasize that…
Manitoba’s shocking poverty rate
A poverty “shoe-down” at the Manitoba Legislature Jan. 4, 2013: Demonstrators calling for an increase in rental rates for income assistance recipients, left dozens of pairs of shoes on the…
Citizens Take Action Against Coal Company For Clean Water Act Violations
A citizens group in Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Emerald Coal Resources LP (ECR) for polluting waterways in their state. ECR operates a coalfield in Waynesburg, which is the…
Climate Change a Failure of Political Will
Politicians who almost universally claim to be so well-informed that they can run countries, cannot also claim to be so ill-informed that they do not appreciate the gravity of the…
5488…Stephen Harper Is A Son Of Anarchy Guy
No guns in Charming and no guns in Canada. But…Stephen Harper and John Baird and their gang are all about creating and keeping jobs in Canada. If they have to…
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, Sadly
Ah’m fixin to git me one of them thar assault rifles. Seriously, how did this guy, James Holmes, ever get his hands on an assault rifle? He’s the accused shooter…
U.S. Coast Guard Probes Ottawa-Beijing’s Tanker Scheme
The U.S. Coast Guard has been ordered to investigate and report on the implications of large scale bitumen supertanker trafficking out of Vancouver. A legislative amendment proposed by Washington state…
The Royal Society of Canada Tells Harper to Unshackle Our Scientists
The President of the Royal Society of Canada, Yolande Grise, warns that the relationship between public policy and science is broken within the Harper regime. Policy and science are in…
Americans’ Forever Blowing Bubbles, This Time It’s Gassy
Is America caught in a shale fracking bubble? An article from TruthDig.com claims it is and that it’s set up the same way as the last one only with bundled…