Campaign Diary Volume 17: Last advance poll at St. Albert Place today
St. Albert place on Canada Day. The fireworks, as a matter of fact, are exploding right over the East Boardroom, where an advance poll will be held from 9 a.m.…
2013
As it happened on Thursday morning
A Twitter pic of the #Elsipogtog protest: And here are photos by Media Coop reporter Miles Howe: Howe, who was arrested at the protest, writes an astounding account of what…
Omar Khadr and the True Horror of Harperland
It's the human rights nightmare that just goes on and on. The case of Omar Khadr, and the travesty of justice that should shame us all.And today the latest chapter…
SYRIZA’s Alexis Tsipras and Slavoj Zizek in discussion at the 2013 Subversive Festival in Zagreb
This is a follow-up to my earlier post on this year’s Subversive Festival in Zagreb. Srećko Horvat hosts Alexis Tsipras leader of Greece’s radical left party, SYRIZA, and the philosopher…
Campaign Diary Volume 16: Final advance poll at St. Albert Place tomorrow
St. Albert place on Canada Day. The fireworks, as a matter of fact, are exploding right over the East Boardroom, where an advance poll will be held tomorrow. (St. Albert…
Musical interlude
Daft Punk – Touch
Is Elsipogtog the spark that will light the fracking fire?
A Vancouver protest in sympathy with the Elsipogtog First Nation (Damien Gillis) Yesterday, Canadian Ministers were attending the World Energy Congress, delivering keynote speeches. BC Minister of Natural gas non-disclosure,…
More On Free Speech Warrior Ezra Levant Oppressing People’s Free Speechiness (IE. Suing Them For Defamation)
Following up on this, stuff from about ten years ago. Shit our hero has been willing to sue people for defamation! (Bolding is mine) After Harper became Canadian Alliance leader…
Friday night blues blogging
This is Tab Benoit performing at the 2007 Blues Music Awards. He loves him some gumbo. This is taken from a show that featured a number of harp players paying…
Video: Will the government move from words to action when it comes to our broken telecom market?
Sick and tired of high prices in our broken telecom market, poor service, and the way Big Telecom continues to block Canadian innovators? Our own Steve Anderson recently spoke out…
Homelessness Policy
This afternoon, I gave a presentation on public policy responding to homelessness in Canada, with a focus on the past decade. I gave the presentation at this year’s annual conference…
China’s Scary Warning to America
When the Chinese government has something serious on its mind it often lets the world know through its official news agencies such as Xinhua. As Washington plodded ever closer to…
Will BC’s proposed Water Sustainability Act really be sustainable?
Friday, October 18, 2013 British Columbians have been waiting for a new Water Act (our current one is 104 years old and has its problems), and now that wait may…
Is #Elsipogtog The Spark That Will Light The Fracking Fire?
Kevin Logan-Cowichan Conversations Contributor Yesterday Canadian Ministers were attending the World Energy Congress delivering keynote speeches. BC’s Minister of Natural gas non-disclosure was in attendance amidst negotiating one of the…
China is Eating the World’s Food Supply
China’s growing demand for imported grain is expected to strain global food stocks. According to data from the United States Department of Agriculture, Chinese grain imports shot up to 22.8…
Police Violence Against #IdleNoMore
Watch how the media portrays the standoff between First Nations protesters, and the RCMP in New Brunswick. They talk about the “violent protest”. Was the protest violent until the RCMP…
Tsleil-Waututh to Kinder Morgan: Kwel hoy’, (“we draw the line”)
Friday, October 18, 2013 As anyone who has worked in environmental or social justice knows, sometimes change takes a very, very long time, somewhat like a glacier carving out a…
Iveson vs. Leibovici a generational battle.
Polls indicate that Don Iveson will be the next mayor of Edmonton. Of course, polling has been about as on-target lately as the Edmonton Eskimo offence. Polls also said Christie…
Where’s the draft text?
Today, Harper and EU President Jose Manuel Barroso initialled a trade and labour agreement between Canada and the world’s most powerful trading bloc. Like I said in my last post,…
Useless App about #ldnont
My comments about an app. Don’t worry, I didn’t pay for it. Flashy animation credit. You should spend as much time on the design. Under the About icon delivers just…