Promises to fix long term care tepid despite 29 violent deaths
We hope they will take time to remember the 29. Today the Ontario Health Coalition is launching their rocking chair tour across the province to draw attention to the lack…
May 2014
Climate change may bury the Famous landmarks in U.S
Climate change is real. Governments and public needs to pay more attention to the global warming and catastrophe in the making. Please watch the video here
MAP: The worst places in the world to be a worker
MAP: The worst places in the world to be a worker. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), an alliance of regional trade confederations that advocates for labor rights around the…
Would You Move to the Cowichan Valley for $100,000 a Year?
Would You Move to the Cowichan Valley for $100,000 a Year?By Blaise Salmon Blaise Salmon Here’s the deal: a salary of $100,000 a year, a secure government job with full…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jared Bernstein discusses how fair and progressive taxes on the rich are a necessary element of any effort to improve the lot of…
Signs
While I have never been one to use the term fascist profligately, the creeping authoritarianism that has been the hallmark of the Harper regime gives pause for reconsideration. As the…
Why amendments to Bill 24 don’t protect agricultural land
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Thank you to everyone who spoke up to oppose Bill 24 – the proposed Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2014. Your voices played an important role…
What works in a political TV spot, and what doesn’t
Here’s a few I happen to like, and which I happen to know, um, a little about. They’re not “negative” – they’re telling the truth about the public record of…
Randy Hiller and Being Careful What you Wish For
We were in the Napanee area on Saturday and I noticed the Randy Hillier signs. Not a lot, but a few. Hillier is the Conservative incumbent for the riding of…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 21, 2014: State of Oklahoma owes $303,333 in plaintiffs’ legal fees over Sharia law case NPR…
A is for Activist
I found a neat book for children of activists! It is called A is for Activist and it is by Innosanto Nagara. While the book is a baby board book…
Arthur Porter, the McGill University Mega Hospital and Philippe Couillard
Okay, it’s past the time to un-elect Philippe Couillard premier of Quebec, but some serious questions should be asked about his relationship with Arthur Porter, the disgraced former head of…
Making common cause with the voters.
This should be a standard lesson in Politics 101. Have we all forgotten it? Why have we stopped making common cause with voters? Looking at the municipal, provincial and federal…
They Don’t Know What They’re Talking About
Yesterday, Tasha Kheiriddin announced that she would not be voting for Tim Hudak: I have been a life-long small-c conservative. I supported the Common Sense Revolution of Mike Harris. I…
Contextless, linkless Ontario campaign 2014 observations
Haven’t seen that old graphic in a while, so I thought I’d haul it out of the cyber-closet. Had one that was cropped better, but you get you pay for.…
Why Investors Care About Sustainability
For long term investors sustainability is an obvious concern, but for some investors who look only for profits in the next quarter sustainability can be forgotten. The tide is starting…
Forget global superstar, Vancouver’s housing troubles start at home
Vancouver was the star of a recent New Yorker article that shone a light on the city’s lack of housing affordability and linked this lack to an inflow of foreign…
Doug Holyday In Trouble
Good morning, Toronto residents. From here.
Kremlinology 47: If only saying it made it so #nlpoli
According to New Democratic Party leader Lorraine Michael, the party convention this past weekend was “a room of people who are saying, ‘we’re new, we’re moving forward.’" Would that merely…
Stephen Harper and the Disgraceful Adventures of the Con Regime
As I've mentioned recently, I can't be sure whether Stephen Harper is now in a state of total denial, or totally broken by scandal, or just totally insane.But either way…