Justin Trudeau’s Daring Senate Gambit
I must admit Justin Trudeau's move to boot the Liberal senators from his caucus caught me by surprise, and it is certainly a bold one. Justin Trudeau has dissolved a…
January 2014
Are Genetically Modified Crops Killing The Monarch Butterfly?
Indirectly, it seems: The vast majority of monarchs that arrive in Mexico grew up eating milkweed in the United States and Canada, according to Karen Oberhauser, professor at the University…
Twitterstorm for an Emergency Homeless Shelter in Sudbury
The Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty is leading a campaign for a new emergency homeless shelter. This is to fill the gap that was created when the Elgin Street Mission announced…
Capitalism: Swing Your Sledgehammer
It’s all about vision and hope, in an effort to envision how economics and markets can exist after the toxicity of capitalism is gone, gone gone. Are you up for…
A Humble Father’s Simple Autism, Intellectual Disability and Epilepsy Research Questions
I have been trying to read, and understand, literature about autism disorders since my son was diagnosed with an autism disorder almost 16 years ago. (Many would undoubtedly suggest I…
Open Contracting Workshop in Montreal on Friday
This was sent to me by Michael Roberts who has been doing great work in the Open Data and Open Standards space in Canada. Please check this out: What: Open…
“I’m elated!”, RE: Trudeau’s Senate Reform Announcement
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Psstt… Hey you! Ya You Poking Your Nose In Other People’s Wombs.. Come Here
April Reign Here’s the deal. We get you like the fetuses. We get you want to hold them and pat and call them George. Well guess what? Now you can.…
How can Justin Trudeau be Prime Minister with the media we have?
He will be slaughtered. He will have lived every dream these yellow journalists have ever dreamt. How can he overcome the most recent example of the Postmedia and Sun Media…
Take A Chance on Me – SPCA & ABBA
S P C A Cowichan & District (Duncan) www.duncanspca.com Google+ page 7550 Bell McKinnon Rd Duncan, BC (250) 746-4646
Rob Ford and the Scary Story of the Jailhouse Beating
The man himself is bad enough. A bully, an anti-gay bigot, a crass Con buffoon. The most famous Canadian in the world, to our everlasting shame, and the worst mayor…
Bjork knows a good thing when she sees it. Why don’t Canadian women?
I wish I had enough money to print millions of these T-shirts and distribute them around Canada, the country with more prudish women than Saudi Arabia.
Running for re-election in 2014
Earlier this month, I filed my nomination papers for municipal council. I am running for a fourth term as Collingwood councillor. I will post a new election website with updated…
OpenMedia McGill: Here’s why serious reform is needed to build a more Connected Canada
By Max Honigmann Co-Director, OpenMedia McGill Do Canadians pay too much for their digital services? According to last Thursday’s Connecting Canada discussion forum at McGill University, the answer is a…
Trudeau’s Senate play a bold stroke. But what’s next?
I think everyone was surprised by Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s move this morning – particularly 32 Senators – that he was removing all Senators from the Liberal parliamentary caucus, and…
Today’s ImportANT Headlines
Too much stuff going on and the least important one re Bieber I bet is more known about than the other ones. That being said so much going on that…
Mental Health and The Hypocrisy of #BellLetsTalk
Bell didn’t actually start any conversation about mental health, despite their PR. So now that Bell has enjoyed PR-pimping mental health as a self-aggrandizing excuse to give money to Canadian…
HoC Speaker Scheer’s Lack Of Impartiality Is Hurting Canada’s Democratic Parliamentary Process….. SHAME!
“OTTAWA — NDP Leader Tom Mulcair seemingly questioned the impartiality of the referee of the House of Commons on Tuesday, effectively accusing the Speaker of picking sides and favouring the…
The Syrian nightmare Washington is helping to create
Many progressives and leftists find themselves in a conflicted position over the war in Syria. They don’t support western interventionism but by the same token are unwilling to give support…