Last chance to apply for Kinder Morgan oil pipeline hearings
The window for the public to apply to participate in the upcoming National Energy Board hearings into the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion to Vancouver closes Wednesday at 11 AM…
February 2014
Important Interview with Elizabeth Kolbert
This is an interview worth reading and a book that might have a big impact. Elizabeth Kolbert on the Sixth Extinction, coming up whether you like it or not.
Young Workers Needed So Much More from Budget 2014
Recessions are always harder on young workers, but we are nearly five years out from the end of the last recession and there is still no recovery in sight for…
Colorado Communities Battle to Ban Fracking
Citizens in cities on Colorado’s front range are pushing back against the fracking boom by passing ballot measures to either prohibit the practice or ban it temporarily. The town of…
Sadly neglected blog
is sadly neglected…. 🙁 Filed under: art
Pope Francis, the "Che Guevara" of the Palestinians?
The Israeli government will be keeping a sharp eye on Pope Francis to ensure he stays in line during his upcoming visit. An Argentinian rabbi and member of that country’s…
Missing In Action: Federal Budget 2014
Here’s the first section of the budget summary and analysis I’ve prepared for CUPE. The full version is on-line on CUPE’s website at http://cupe.ca/economics/missing-action-federal-budget-2014 together with CUPE’s press release at:…
2 New Affiliates
Please welcome Political Eh-conomy and Desmog Canada (sister site of affiliate DesmogBlog) to Progressive Bloggers as new affiliates.
C-24 In Conjunction With C-23 As Instruments Of Voter Suppression
There has been a lot of attention on Bill C-23 the last week or so, and in particular the parts of it which appear to be tools that can be…
Thumped By A Frenchy! Sun News Star Brian Lilley Takes Boot To Nads From French Billionaire Boss!
The only time I would ever ask my readers to watch anything from Brian Lilley. If you really don’t want to, I’ll just say its all about Brian calling out…
Anyone else notice that gc.ca redirects to canada.ca?
Anyone else notice that http://www.gc.ca/ redirects to http://www.canada.ca/? Did I miss the Harper government™ memo? Seems to have started December 19, 2013… I fail to understand how this change is…
Corporatism Rides Roughshod Over Tennessee. You Wonder Where Harper Gets It.
Since he came to power, Steve Harper has shown himself to be staunchly anti-labour. The mere hint of collective bargaining turns him apoplectic. He runs into the public square, yells…
The Charter Of Values And Criticism Of Quebec
The debate over Quebec’s secular Charter of Values has been a heated one. The proposed Charter would restrict public servants from wearing conspicuous religious items such as burqas and niqabs,…
Deep thought
I’ve written before about the dangers of government by manufactured crisis – which is all too familiar under the Harper Cons and the Wall Sask Party alike. But in light…
Factual basis need not be established for valid bylaw
Seguin (Township) v. Hamer, 2014 ONCA 108: We agree with the comments of Twaddle J.A. of the Manitoba Court of Appeal in Mr. Pawn Ltd. v. Winnipeg (City), 2002 MBCA…
Federal budget investment in rural broadband welcome but it must not be used to entrench Big Telecom’s poor service
eblast_indieISP_sidebar.png Community-based OpenMedia.ca says $2bn investment and open access requirements needed to ensure rural Canadians have quality Internet service independent of the high costs and slow speeds offered by Canada’s…
Ann Coulter’s ‘Thoughts’ On Marijuana
The always charming Ms Coulter equates marijuana with ‘retard pills.’ One can only assume she comes by her own mental deficiencies naturally. Ann Coulter: Obama acts like he’s from Kenya…
A crisis of parliamentary de-mock-racy
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.” – Edmund Burke Well here we are Canadians with the “fair election fraud” act…