Issues based Segmenting and Targeting the new activism
Slice it and Segment it for best results! I just read an excellent article on how activists, and issue advocates in Canada are adopting new techniques and models to drive…
2013
Order Of Speeches At LPoC Showcase
#lpcldr showcase this weekend presentation order: Coyne, McCrimmon, Murray, Trudeau, Hall Findlay, Cauchon (party chose order)— David Akin (@davidakin) April 3, 2013 Useful if you are one of us registered…
Burning in the Sun: The Small Solar Industry in Africa
A few years ago in Mali some filmmakers went to chronicle what’s going on in the country and ended up making a documentary about solar energy. Daniel Dembele is an…
Not Taking Debate…….
B.C. Liberal candidate turned away from UBC debate Organizers say Premier Christy Clark should have attended Vancouver-Point Grey debate CBC News Posted: Apr 3, 2013 7:41 AM PST What..? Christy…
Trio of Shame I: Clark Says Canada is Losing Its Influence Abroad
It’s always interesting when a former Prime Minister comments on what is going on at the moment, but it’s especially so when the ex-PM criticizes his political descendants. While Joe…
Will a common law peace bond delay a pardon application?
The consensus is yes – probably by one full year.
Can’t start soon enough for the PC’s
This can't start soon enough for the Conservatives
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2013-04-03 10:37:00
This can’t start soon enough for the Conservatives
The Racism goes Blithely On. . .
I recently wrote a blogpost on racism toward Canada’s Aboriginal people. I only received a couple of comments, one of which was depressingly racist in nature. I have since blocked…
Calico. Sleeping. Again. Sheesh….
Filed under: art Tagged: calico, Cat, couch, sleeping
A pox on transit
I wrote a couple weeks ago that I was fed up, to the teeth, with the incessant nattering in Toronto about transit. “Two things that drive me nuts about Toronto,…
David Bertschi still on ballot.
Teddy here. I can confirm the final ballot for the Liberal Leadership contains 7 names, and one of them is David Bertschi. Along with Cauchon, Coyne, Hall Findlay, McCrimmon, Murray…
CIBC: Keystone XL Not Enough
“…it’s increasingly important that Canada move on one or more of the alternative pipelines to get our product headed Asia’s way. Canada’s own central and eastern oil markets are another…
Wordless Wednesday
Spring (click to enlarge) Filed under: Beautiful Tagged: spring buds
Capitalism is self-destructing: Richard Wolff on the ways
It doesn’t require a Trotskyist or a laid off worker to tell you that capitalism isn’t working. Not only does it not work, it is destroying societies… it is destroying…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesdy, April 3, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, April 3, 2013: NRA report calls for US school employees to be trained and armed Family status:…
State Dept. Keystone XL Contractor ERM Also Green-Lighted Explosive, Faulty Peruvian Pipeline Project
Environmental Resources Management (ERM), the State Department consulting firm that claims TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline proposal is safe and sound, previously provided a similarly rosy approval for…
Bingo and Floggie
Of all the singing clown acts to grace the stages of Europe and Asia in the first half of the 20th century, none have had the impact that Bingo and…
Not The Old Canada: A New Tourist Souvenir Reflects Nation’s New Reality
Here’s Dan Murphy ‘s suggestion for a new “tar-sational” souvenir for tourists visiting our beautiful , along with Big Oil corporate donation opportunities: