Saturday Photo: Thinking about Travels
Many years, the sap has already started to run in the maple trees by now. Not the case this year, but people around us are getting itchy feet, thinking about…
March 2014
C-23: The Theft Of Democracy Part VII
I’ve more or less gone as far with analyzing the text of C-23 myself at this point in time. I’m sufficiently convinced that this legislation is nothing more than an…
Internet Censorship World Map
In developed countries, it’s easy to take the Internet for granted. It’s such a big part of our lives, and access is so readily available, that imagining life without the…
Is This Where Ukraine’s Revolution Ends?
Simmering beneath the rise of the pro-E.U. Ukrainian government in Kiev and the pro-Russia faction of the Crimea has been the question of the loyalty of Ukraine’s armed forces. With…
Justin Trudeau: Just another “Con” man?
Justin Trudeau addresses a progressive think tank in Washington, DC (photo: Chip Somodevllla/Getty) Justin Trudeau wants to project a young, fresh face, representing all the good things that Canadians want…
We Stand on the Brink of Global Instability and There’s No Running from It
Maybe we should rethink our rush to extract and export as much of Canada’s fossil fuel reserves as possible. Maybe we should give some thought to the domestic needs of…
Ontario Budget Debate Ignores Taxes and Billions Transferred to For-Profit Corporations
Ontario’s budget debate may be high profile, but it misses two essential points. With the NDP signaling NO TAX INCREASES (on the middle class) a serious discussion about taxes, particularly…
Reading: A Canadian tragedy… or not?
The map above might show the making of a serious tragedy for Western and especially Canadian culture. It indicates in colour which nations read the most. Yellow is the second…
March 2014 Bits and Bites: Status of Cobb and Clifford
What does it say about ol' Sebastian here that he continually "likes" his own posts on Facebook? Yep, Craig Cobb has pleaded guilty to one charge of felony count terrorizing…
Northern Gateway: The unlikely pipeline
The 3-member Joint Review Panel for the Northern Gateway pipeline overruled 98% opposition to the proposal The approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline by the National Energy Board’s Joint Review…
What Climate Change?
Don Maroc We probably didn’t notice, during the years George W. Bush and his Flat Earth gang tried to rule the world from the Washington, D.C., beltway, how we slowly…
Duffy’s Shadow Looms Over Harper’s Future
We won’t have long to wait for the release of the tell-all book on Mike Duffy, penned by his old journalism colleague, Dan Leger. The book, Duffy: Stardom to Senate…
open letter to Terra Turtle on her run for mayor of Sudbury
There is a turtle running for mayor of Sudbury, and she’s been reaching out to the local community for ideas. I started to write the following as a comment on…
Staples Redux: Wheat and Canola
Acceptance or rejection of genetically modified food has tended to be analyzed with respect to the attitudes of consumers. But the attitudes of producers matter. For example, western grain farmers…
Ukraine Predictions: A Breakup, of sorts
Plea from Ukraine My earlier post showed some interesting maps of the ethnic and language divisions inside the Ukraine, and asked whether a split into two parts was going to…
The Cult of Living Large
2015, we’re told, is the year the developed world (that’s us) and the emerging economies (China, India, etc., etc., etc.) will close ranks to formulate an effective plan of action…
The Analytical Engine
March is women’s history month. I am talking about some of the women who have inspired me. Today’s awesome woman is Ada Lovelace. You may know her as Lord Byron’s…
Canada Moving Toward US Style Partisan Administered Elections
I am by no means well read on the nitty gritty of Canadian federal elections, but this strikes me as an incredibly bad idea: says Section 44 of the government’s…
Canada Moving Toward US Style Partisan Administered Elections
I am by no means well read on the nitty gritty of Canadian federal elections, but this strikes me as an incredibly bad idea: says Section 44 of the government’s…