Please Share: We did it! Over 3.1 million spoke out!
We did it – over 3,145,3813 spoke out against fast tracking the secretive TPP, sending the U.S. Congress a message they can’t ignore. Thanks to all of our campaign partners…
May 2014
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, May 1, 2014
Your news links for today: Statement from the Interim Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding telecommunications companies’ responses to information requests from government authorities – canada.gc.ca More Revelations About Government Spying…
New column day
Here, on how Canada’s telecommunication providers and government agencies are each showing next to no regard for the privacy of consumers – and how the Cons want to make matters…
Huge international campaign beams 3.1 million signature petition count on prominent buildings in Washington, D.C.
140428_Bat_Signal-1.jpg Massive numbers of people are speaking out against fast track legislation and Trans-Pacific Partnership secrecy as Senate Finance Committee prepares for crucial TPP hearing following President Obama’s return to…
Encounters with Vision Vancouver members: On democracy and stymied progressive politics
For every piece of hate mail I get ten more messages that are just too positive or too funny to ignore. I met up with this particular person who started
Rob Ford Just Won the Fall Toronto Election
I hope I’m wrong, but Ford has pretty much guaranteed that he will win the next election.
May 1: Today, we have the comment of the century.
The only story in Section A worth reading – and even that only for a sort of bitter amusement – is “Tories set to tackle spending:: premier”. Wow! The Flash…
Ford Happens
Yesterday (April 30, 2014), I thought that the most exciting political news of the day was the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) laboriously…
BC Premier Clark’s LNG Dream is Turning into a Nightmare!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The bubble is about to burst for BC Premier Christy Clark who will be unable to sustain the colossal con job that was the BC Liberal’s election…
Chow on Ford
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Hang on to your Hats-Here comes Horgan!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Look for a rejuvenated BC NDP under Horgan’s leadership. He will engage and entertain voters so tired of seeing a dull plodding uncertain opposition. Yes, politics in…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Crawford Kilian discusses the growing influence of Thomas Piketty’s observations about wealth inequality and the unfairness of a system which inherently perpetuates…
Come Back
I think I'm about to start writing here again. You have been warned. DP
Come Back
I think I’m about to start writing here again. You have been warned. DP
Come Back
I think I'm about to start writing here again. You have been warned. DP
Come Back
I think I’m about to start writing here again. You have been warned. DP
Tax Is More Than A Four Letter Word
“Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society”, a quote from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes on the IRS headquarter in Washington Ontario Budget 2014: watch my interview with Steve…
Tax Is More Than A Four Letter Word
http://castroller.com/podcasts/TheAgendaVideo/4043959 The Agenda – Steve Paikin interview before the Ontario Budget May 30, 2014
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 1, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 1, 2014: Rob Ford’s statement on leave of absence Appeal Court judges reserve decision in Omar…
Highly scientific poll: what should Rob Ford do?
In difficult circumstances, my answer is always number five. (In all seriousness, however, I’d love to hear your views about what you’d do if you were advising Rob Ford. Hard…