May 2014
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program and labour solidarity
The context of migration not only makes it easier for employers to exploit TFWs, it also serves to obscure the common core of labour solidarity that should be at the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – PressProgress digs into the PBO’s report on tax giveaways to look at what Canada has lost from the Cons’ cuts to federal fiscal…
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 28, 2014: Iranian judge summons Facebook ‘Zionist manager’ Zuckerberg in privacy breach lawsuit Timing of Mayor…
Technically, this election sign is legal…
But, being that it is blocking the line-of-vision at the entrance of a large childcare centre, it’s a hazard and should be removed. But so far, requests to remove it…
Bell starts as deputy minister days before Ontario goes to the polls
Just days before an Ontario election Dr. Bob Bell is taking up the post of Deputy Minister of Health. A former orthopaedic surgeon, Bell is likely most familiar to Ontarians…
Abolish The Week
People who aren’t slaves to the 9-5 world (or worse the 8-8 crowd) may not understand the tyranny of the week. Those poor folks who are forced by their managers…
A Mound Of Sound Guest Post: The Relentless Growth of CO2
I put this item together a while ago but I was reminded of it today while reading a report from the WMO, the World Meteorological Organization, that April will go…
The Word From Carson
Bruce Carson has written a book about his years as a Harper operative. Now he is doing the interview circuit. Jason Fekete writes in The National Post that: A former…
Death of a political party: Mulcair’s measure.
Federal New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair has reason to be worried. It is fairly obvious now that he cannot hold half the Quebec seats won by Jack Layton in the…
PETA is a FOUL excuse for an “animal rights” organization: “Got Autism” Campaign is Disgusting
I have so much disgust for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). PETA keeps crossing the line. This is not even “controversial” and it’s not about being “Politically
Exclusive: Leaked EPA Draft Fracking Wastewater Guidance Suggests Closer Scrutiny for Treatment Plants
One of the most intractable problems related to fracking is that each well drilled creates millions of gallons of radioactive and toxic wastewater. For the past several years, the Environmental…
Ontario Election: Power Bills, Not Pipelines, Are the Hot Issue
With two weeks to go until Ontarians vote in a new government, it appears proposed oilsands pipeline projects for the province will not be a prominent election issue. Ontario’s 2014…
What’s the right word to describe the gas plant scandal?
Ontario Liberals are up in arms because Andrea Horwath is using the word “corrupt” to describe the gas plant scandal. In case you’re not up to speed, during the 2011…
Ontario NDP division overblown by Liberal media?
Liberal supporters are very concerned that progressive voters are not getting proper representation in Andrea Horwath’s NDP. It’s touching to see them all verklempt despite supporting a party that hasn’t…
The Blindness of the Media, and the True Nature of Stephen Harper
It's the question that haunts me the most. The one I keep asking myself, but can never answer:Why after all the horrible things he's done to Canada and its values…
Coleman, Marshall, and the Broken Chain of Accountability #nlpoli
The Telegram’s James McLeod started a story that appeared on 26 May with the following sentence: Premier-designate Frank Coleman says he wants to run a premier’s office with fewer people,…
Mounting Global Warming Evidence Underscores the Need to Act
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. Because we enjoy relatively pure air, clean water and healthy food systems, Canadians sometimes take the environment for granted. Many scarcely blink…
2014 Ontario Election: Much to lose, little to gain for the NDP
I once wrote about what I called the “n-party problem”, how movements of various parties on a political spectrum is much more complicated when n, the number of political parties,…