It’s pretty much like comparing apples and assholes
Oh boy, Ontario peasants, have I got some great news for you. The minimum wage is going up $0.75! That’s like, some change, for your pocket! If you’re lucky and…
January 2014
The Keystone Ad Stephen Harper Doesn’t Want Americans to Watch
Well as you know he's been putting pressure on the Obama administration to approve his Keystone XL pipeline.And so have his Republican buddies. Republican leaders in Congress are planning a…
Bowie does Joy Division
Wow. From MS. Wow. Someone you read regularly has these words tattooed on his chest.
Top [nouns] that [verb phrase]
I am entirely out of ideas of what to write for this blog. In fact, since you’re a captive audience, I will also tell you that my other writing is…
Robert Reich Asks – Where’s the Revolution?
Former Clinton labour secretary and UC Berkley prof and film maker Robert Reich ponders why in hell middle class Americans haven’t taken to the streets with pitchforks and torches. Middle…
If You’re Gonna Be a Cowboy, Lay Off the Marlboros
For some odd reason, Marlboro cigarettes seem to be lethal to cowboys. Marlboro Man Wayne McLaren succumbed to lung cancer in 1992 Marlboro Man David McLean was felled by emphysema…
Chief sees major salmon farm expansion on horizon – issues urgent plea to “lock arms”
The chief of a coastal First Nation issued an urgent plea via youtube yesterday for public support in blocking plans for a major expansion of open-net pen salmon farms in…
Burnaby mayor calls BC “banana republic” over coal port review
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan pulled no punches at a recent council meeting, criticizing the undemocratic process being led by Port Metro Vancouver to drive coal port expansion. Corrigan calls out…
Ideology and Central Banking in the Crisis
‘Privatizing gains and socializing losses’ could be the motto for the neoliberal era. Alongside this and ‘there is no alternative,’ few slogans better capture the ideology that has been so…
The Next Step in the Indo-Chinese Arms Race – India Fears It’s Losing.
With the emergence of economic superpowerdom comes a perceived need to bolster one’s military capabilities. When you’ve got two, nuclear-armed, resource hungry, environmentally stressed and massively overpopulated, mutually suspicious, emerging…
Greens: Conservatives Ordered Illegal Destruction of Canadian Records
Elizabeth May on Harper government's library closures: Book burning doesn't remind me of this century #CDNpoli— Mike De Souza (@mikedesouza) January 27, 2014 A worrying subset of the Canadian population…
T.O. Teens Talk Old Times
Teen #1: This is the kind of thing he’ll look back on and laugh at. Teen #2: Yeah. I look back on Grade 6 and laugh my ass off.
China, Is This Really Too Much to Ask?
I don’t know if this is going to sound racist. Truth is, I really don’t care. Is it really too much to demand that China implement health and agricultural regulatory…
Your Smart Phone Apps May Be Ratting You Out
Lots of people have smartphones and those that do usually load at least some of the thousands of free or cheap apps that can run on them. Did you ever…
For You Foreign Policy Wonks
Obama is about to deliver his State of the Union address. The folks at the Brookings Institute have prepared a very interesting assembly of memos for their president, “Big Bets…
National Symposium in Toronto to mark International Privacy Day
Tomorrow is International Privacy Day – and some fantastic privacy experts will be speaking about the most important privacy concerns of our time (including members of Canada’s largest pro-privacy coalition…
Commentary: Legal safeguards for tenants are meaningless without enforcement
by: Kendra Milne | First published by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Housing is a right.