2013
House essay: New rules for robocalls? by Evan Solomon
Evan Solomon, host of CBC Radio’s The House, reflects on the rules surrounding robocalls, as heard in his weekly radio essay on Feb. 9, 2013.
Around the world
Teddy here, starting a weekly Saturday update of politics from around the world! First, we should look at where the next elections are. Tomorrow, there are elections in little Monaco;…
Feb. 8:..the dregs of the newspaper world….
My paper was not delivered today – for which I acknowledge the good sense of the paper deliverers. Nothing would make me go out on a day like this to…
Saturday Playlist
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5609…Lady Looks Like A Dude
FOX News made a boo boo. buzzfeed.com reports that the right wing Yankee network ran a story on trad marriages, you know, man and woman, and ran this photo. Turns…
Harper hockey book in captivity: year 9, day 237
Free that book being held hostage! Busby’s on the case. Boy, I sure wish I could get Roy McGregor to ghostwrite – er, I mean, act as an “editorial consultant”…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Tabatha Southey rightly turns Brad Trost into a poster boy for the Harper Cons’ deliberate aversion to critical self-evaluation: We shouldn’t be too…
David Plouffe is a political rock star
I don’t know what he plans to do now after leaving Obama’s White House last week but I can’t wait to find out. This made my day:
Saturday morning cartoon
The Box – Simon’s Cat – YouTube: ““ Its the crash off-screen at the end that slays me.
Appalling and Disappointing
The travails of Patrick Brazeau and Mike Duffy have once again led for calls to reform or abolish the Senate. The argument is that the Senate has always been a…
And not just in Windsor, either
Story here.
BC’s Fracking Problem: Northern Gateway Not Only Concern for BC Residents
The British Columbia government has plans to double or even triple the amount of natural gas produced in the province in order to meet growing international demand. Although the proposed…
Yet another Senate reform blogpost
Ideas to reform the Senate seem to be the Canadian version of the Holy Grail. This week, you’ve seen not calls for reform, but calls to abolish it with the…
Medicare’s Orphans: Jean Lewis On The Struggle for Autism Treatment In Canada
The video and clip below are from the Medicare for Autism Now web site and feature MFAN co-founder Jean Lewis, one of Canada’s foremost autism advocates, providing an articulate, personally…
Is Sun Media Dumping Even More Small Town Newspapers?
This time, rumors from B.C.: Well, Sunmedia (Crowsnest Promoter) articles are appearing in Black Press owned Fernie Free Press. Draw your own conclusions. Mine is that there’s a bunch of…
Senate Reform: Let’s replace it
The Canadian Senate serves an important purpose in Canadian democracy, but must this service be provided by a legislative house? The way the Senate is currently: it is not responsible…