Talking again about minimum wage in Ontario.
Let’s talk about minimum wage again. It’s getting close to September 14th, when advocates of raising Ontario’s minimum wage will be staging actions across the province. In the meantime, the…
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The Bottom Line on the Parti Québécois Proposed Values Charter
I was going to write a long blog post on this but since so much has been written about it I think this captures the spirit and intent of the…
The Bottom Line on the Parti Québécois Proposed Values Charter
I was going to write a long blog post on this but since so much has been written about it I think this captures the spirit and intent of the…
The Bottom Line on the Parti Québécois Proposed Values Charter
I was going to write a long blog post on this but since so much has been written about it I think this captures the spirit and intent of the…
Magic monkey time!
To get the full effect of this magical, awesome monkey moment, you will want to play the soundclip, and then scroll back up so you can only see the monkey:…
Judge sentences Delhi rapists to die for ‘gruesome crime’
“This is not the victory of truth. But it is the defeat of justice,” defense lawyer A.P. Singh shouted at the judge when the sentence was read out. Can you…
Punishing electricity consumers
When Gordon Campbell led BC Liberals into the 2009 election campaign, his platform promised, “We will maintain our competitive advantage from low cost heritage power, for residential and industrial users…
Moments from the Liberal Debate #nlpoli
Here are some quick observations from the Thursday night Liberal leadership debate on VOCM: (Read more…)
Would the Making of the English Working Class get made today?
Would the Making of the English Working Class get made today? An interesting article by Rowan Cahill from Radical Sydney about whether or not Thompson’s classic work of social and…
Stephen Harper and the Great Pipeline Crusade
Well he may be losing his battle to convince Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, but I see nothing will stop Stephen Harper from launching yet another oily crusade.…
We Also Accept First-Born Children
Source: CBC News: Saskatchewan Tuition Increase Highest in CanadaSource: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Paul Gingrich: After the Freeze: Restoring University Affordability in Saskatchewan Source: Macleans OnCampus: Sask. NDP Commit…
We Also Accept First-Born Children
Source: CBC News: Saskatchewan Tuition Increase Highest in CanadaSource: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Paul Gingrich: After the Freeze: Restoring University Affordability in Saskatchewan Source: Macleans OnCampus: Sask. NDP Commit…
Feel a class action lawsuit coming on?
A reader comments at my recent article In the dining room, an OOPs moment: Norm You may have hit on to something really big here. I recently learned that an…
Suzuki: Incinerating trash is a waste of resources
A German waste-to-energy plant, built in 2005 Many urban areas have built or are considering building waste-incineration facilities to generate energy. At first glance, it seems like a win-win. You…
19 Billion KM From Earth, Voyager Enters Interstellar Space …
Launched in 1977, the Voyager spacecraft has now completely left our solar system and is officially now in interstellar space … approximately 19 Billion Km from planet Earth. Very cool.…
Neoliberalism’s Green Foil, Part 3: The Green Party, the New Left, and the Greening of the NDP
In my earlier blogposts, I looked at the dual nature of change, and what that means for a left-wing political environment which is wedded to the current economic status quo.…
Justice delayed: time is money
In the USA today, a black youth was jailed for life after a jury trial convicted him of a March 2013 shooting. The time from homicide to related conviction: 5…
Toronto Star: TekSavvy customers are offline – and they say the blame lies with network operators
Have you heard about the challenges facing some customers of independent Internet Service Provider TekSavvy? TekSavvy, a leading independent service provider with a customer-base of 235,000 subscribers nationwide, rents network…