Mickey D’s foreigAnt worker practices halted in face of investigation
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mcdonald-s-foreign-worker-practices-halted-in-face-of-investigation-1.2619431
April 2014
An exceptional poll
TC does not ordinarily take note of just one poll unless there is something unusual or special about it. Well there is a highly unusual result in the latest Angus…
help me buy a tablet, part 2
Three months have passed since I asked you to help me buy a tablet. Money is tight – thanks to past and upcoming travel! – and I squeezed a few…
Needs Work Or Death May Result
I wonder how many dummies were thrown with this ‘chute on first? If the answer was less than 1, then I’d suggest the answer could be no less than 1.…
Defiant Northern Chief Galvanizes BC First Nations Against Premier’s LNG Plans
A new leadership figure has emerged in the politics of LNG, Enbridge, pipelines and native rights. Fort Nelson Chief Sharleen Gail has blown Christy Clark and her MLA’s into major…
Vice President Joe Biden Promotes U.S. as Fracking Missionary Force On Ukraine Trip
During his two-day visit this week to Kiev, Ukraine, Vice President Joe Biden unfurled President Barack Obama’s “U.S. Crisis Support Package for Ukraine.” A key part of the package involves…
Check it out: our first Stop The Secrecy projection in Washington, DC
This is just the start of the Stop The Secrecy campaign’s projections in Washington D.C. They will get bigger and brighter as more people speak out! read more
Another misapprehension of evidence case
R. v. M.C., 2014 ONCA 307: A misapprehension of evidence may refer to a failure to consider evidence relevant to a material issue, a mistake as to the substance of…
Oil By Rail Just Got More Expensive
An account of the feds new rail safety improvements can be found here. From it: The federal government wants a three-year phase-out or retrofit of older tank cars that are…
Ontario slow to address meager recommendations in healthy kids strategy
Last March the Health Kids Panel made a series of recommendations around tackling child obesity including investing $80 million per year in new funding. That’s only $5.87 per person to…
Blogging at BDBO to be light that week. :)
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Reporters were watching The 700 Club broadcast on Monday, where Pat Robertson broke the news that a huge asteroid will hit…
War in the Words: The Terminology Blocking Hundreds of Citizens from the Trans Mountain Pipeline Review
The National Energy Board (NEB) raised some eyebrows two weeks ago when it rejected 468 citizens — including 27 climate experts and the MP for Burnaby — from weighing in…
Speculation: Harper’s Pugilistic Stance On Russia/Ukraine
Harper’s stance on Ukraine does not make a lot of sense in terms of the general back and forth of diplomacy and foreign affairs. Canada is in no position to…
More On The Temporary Foreign Workers Program
As noted yesterday, the Temporary Foreign Workers Program continues to cause both grief and outrage among Canadians. The latest publicly-identified victims, two former employees at a Weyburn Sask. eatery called…
Putin, petrorubles and our PM’s bad posture
Murray Dobbin’s State of the Nation column appears every week in The Tyee and rabble.ca and was republished here with the author’s permission. Stephen Harper’s embarrassing behaviour regarding the crisis…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Your news links for today: Government Buries Massive Trademark Overhaul in Budget Implementation Bill – Michael Geist How the revolving door lets Hollywood shape Obama’s trade agenda – Vox Obama…
An Open Letter From Academics on Bill C-23
Published in The Globe and Mail. Highlights: (much of which have been discussed in more depth on this blog) Investigating electoral fraud. Bill C-23 fails to provide the Commissioner of…
The danger of Asteroids
If a big asteroid hits a city like New York it can cause great damage. Earth is exposed to these asteroids. We have been lucky so far.Watch the video below:
What’s the risk? Climate activism aiming at supply and demand
One way to think about climate activism is to see if it focuses on the supply of or demand for fossil fuels – pipelines or cars, hydrocarbons or carbon emissions.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Frances Russell writes about the corrosive effects of inequality. And Robert Reich points out one creative option California is considering to address inequality…