New column day
Here, on how a narrow focus on balancing budgets misses the more important story as to how our elected officials manage public money. For further reading…– Paul Krugman makes a…
2013
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Marc Lee and Iglika Ivanova offer up a framework for a more progressive and fairer tax system. – Andrew Hanon looks behind…
Elizabeth May Worried That Harper Government Is Unprepared For A Major Offshore Oil Spill
Forecasted supertankers growth make oil spill unpreparedness “extremely worrisome” By Green Party of Canada | Feb 5., 2013: OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada is worried by the conclusions…
Florida decides Canadian tourists a bad idea
This seems a bit strange given the number of Canadians that spend winters in Florida – especially Quebecers – but the Sunshine State now requires non-U.S. residents to carry an…
Bones of Kings
The discovery of Richard III’s grave is pretty awesome. Bonus, he was still inside it! It’s really hard to get the motivation to leave a grave though, it doesn’t happen…
Time to Break the Cycle #nlpoli
Jerome Kennedy told reporters on Wednesday that he and his officials are forecasting that the provincial government will rack up almost $4.0 billion in deficits over the next three years.…
Reporting from Gatineau | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca: February 14, 2013
Hello! Here’s Lindsey with your update: read more
Just For Fun
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Four-day school scheme shows Tories view Fort McMurray as not much more than a work camp
Public School District students await dismissal for the week on a Thursday afternoon in Fort McMurray. Actual students may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Edmonton-Calder NDP MLA David Eggen;…
Mr.Cliff Evans Awarded A Richly Deserved “Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal’
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger It was quite a night at the CVRD Offices where a packed house witnessed Shawnigan-Cobble Hill’s Cliff Evans receive a well deserved and hard earned ‘Queen’s…
They’d all freeze here anyway
Our good news today: In a bizarre exchange in a place known for bizarre exchanges, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird told the House of Commons Wednesday that “Canada will never…
Stephen Harper’s Senate Nightmare
Gosh. When I watched Question Period today I wasn't sure whether I should call the fire department or the bomb disposal team.For as you can see from this thermal image,…
Turns Out That My Posts From 2008 Re Senator Pamela Wallin Were Slightly Prophetic …
-December 31, 2008: Academic Says Pamela Wallin Does NOT Meet Residency Requirements – Should NOT Be Appointed Senator ‘From Saskatchewan’! -December 22, 2008: Pamela Wallin says she’ll run in Sask.…
London West By-Election Poll: 34% PC, 30% OLP, 28% NDP
There’s supposedly a new by-election poll out from Forum Research that has focused on the provincial riding of London West, which shows a relatively close three-way race, though the PCs…
Climate Science Denier Lord Monckton Joins Creationist Pastor To Launch Extremist Political Party
A FEW weeks ago I wrote a story for DeSmogBlog looking at how Lord Christopher Monckton – a poster child of the climate science denialist movement – had agreed to…
Fight The Right in Oshawa!
Thanks to Michael et al. for a great Grit night. Go Generals!
Nicaragua Day 3: And Then The Chicken Walked In
MASAYA – It shouldn’t have come as any surprise when the large chicken joined the meeting, striding around as if waiting for her turn to talk. After all the dog…
This week on EG Radio: Feature interview with the Ottawa Riverkeeper, Meredith Brown
This Thursday on Earthgauge Radio, I’m pleased to present a feature interview with the Ottawa Riverkeeper, Meredith Brown. We’ll discuss the health of the Ottawa River, changes to federal environmental…
Women’s rights, religion and the population crisis
World population has increased from under 1-billion in 1800 to over 7-billion today–that’s just over 200 years. So that’s an extraordinary rate of population increase. If we saw that in…