Some months ago, we published a collection of essays designed to promote a discussion of taxes in Canada. The book’s premise is that the current tax conversation is distorted. While…
I don’t want to restate the theses of connectivism as I understand it but it may help readers of Jon Dron’s to identify where his exegesis leads him into misunderstanding.…
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stephen-harper-warns-employers-who-prefer-foreign-workers-over-canadians-1.2625964
It’s been a wild ride for your small OpenMedia team since the launch of our Stop the Secrecy campaign. In just seven days our campaign has grown to historic proportions,…
Fracking well in USA. A panel report on the potential environmental impacts of shale gas exploration, extraction and development in Canada has been finalized but will not see the light…
TransCanada has taken a page out of former U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s playbook and deployed a public relations “charm offensive” in Texas, home of the southern leg of its…
…particularly on this day. We are in the midst of the severest crisis most of us have ever faced. And there’s not a word of it in the paper. The…
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty (Belknap Press, 2014) is the economics publishing sensation of our times, especially in the United States. Currently the number one seller on…
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Column I wrote for the Sun chain way back in April 2010 (have they kept me around that long?). Offered here for your amusement. He’s amiable. He’s smart. He’s reasonably…
Last night Vision Vancouver sponsored a panel at the Fox Cabaret to discuss how to preserve cultural spaces in a growing city. The panel, hosted by Vision’s Heather Deal and
Vessel (Diana Whitten, USA, 2014) is fast-paced, heart-thumping adventure into reproductive rights and activism on the high seas. This was one of my favourite films at Hot Docs 2014, and…
Cat drawing fun on Saturday May 3 I will be sitting in at Uber Cool shop drawing on my iPad with a live screen feed to an overhead monitor. Filed…
Most Canadians appalled by the Harper Government don’t realize that this is just the beginning. Since 1935, the only times the conservative vote was united was during the reigns of…
Pipeline push-back: What’s behind the rising opposition to Canada’s big oil pipelines Climate change debate behind animosity toward Northern Gateway and Keystone XL By Janet Davison, CBC News Posted: Apr…
“… it’s a place I call home, although I blend in only as a familiar stranger.” Evaporating Borders, written and directed by Iva Radivojevic, is a five-act exploration of asylum-seekers…
Recently, I had the privilege of sitting down for a chat with my friend and colleague in disability activism, Jennifer Johannesen. Jennifer is a blogger and the author of “No…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joshua Holland writes that for all the social and cultural factors contribution to U.S. sickness and death, inequality ranks at the top…
Your news links for today: Net Neutrality Update – Howard Forums Politicians Slam FCC Plan to Crush Net Neutrality – Free Press If John Kerry Thinks the Internet Is a…
Ontario (Attorney General) v. $10,000.00 in Canadian Currency (In Rem), 2014 ONSC 944: “Unlawful activity” is defined in the Act as an act or omission that is an offence under…
