Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Gar Alperovitz suggests in the wake of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century that it’s long past time to reconsider who controls…
June 2014
Andrew Horwath: I’m Going Nowhere
No remose. No regrets. No plan. No future. No clue.
Ontario is a province divided
Amazing, when you see it like this. And depressing. Reminds me of the federal divide in 1980-1984 period. Learn About Tableau
The perfect hair of Stephen Harper.
The following blog was first run in August 2012 and it continues to draw visitors. Over the past two years more than 3000 visitors have searched out this specific entry.…
I am a Palestinian Jew, or at least I will be
Fine, I am not yet a Palestinian Jew, but in 10 to 15 years — and certainly in my lifetime — this place will be called Palestine, and I will…
Akin and Kirbie talk about Chow ads on Ford, Tory
Says Akin: “The bit that really had me, the killer there was: ‘See John Tory flip-flop!’ It is kind of funny.” Says Kinsella: “My gal is as smart as much…
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, June 25, 2014: Ontario Superior Court: Employer’s Out-Of-Province Payroll Is Relevant To ESA Severance Pay Threshold The…
Wherever He Goes
With two recent decisions, Tasha Kheiriddin writes, Stephen Harper may have lost B.C — and beyond. His first decision — to approve Northern Gateway and then disappear — has stoked…
#TOPOLI: what they’re saying about the T.O. mayoralty race
National Post: “Polls aside – who believes polls any more? – the general impression is that Olivia Chow started as the favourite with about a third of the vote, and…
Reducing Highway Size Doesn’t Negatively Impact Congestion
Nobody likes being stuck in traffic and in the recent past the solution was to build more roads (or add more lanes). Ironically this makes traffic worse as an increase…
NIMBY: New Brunswick Sends Severely Autistic Adults to NB’s Northern Border with Quebec and To Maine, Far From Most Families
NIMBY, Not In My Back Yard: Severely autistic NB youth and adults are sent out of the province to the Spurwink facility in Maine and to the Restigouche Regional Psychiatric…
A Effective Counter To Oil Companies’ Greenwash Propaganda
The following definition of greenwashing is offered by Wikipedia: Greenwashing (a compound word modelled on “whitewash”), or “green sheen,” is a form of spin in which green PR or green…
The World Cup You Won’t See on TV: Protests, Tear Gas, Displaced Favela Residents
Democracy Now! discusses the stuff you won’t see on TV during the ongoing 2014 World Cup competition in Brazil: poverty, protests, tear gas, and displaced favela fesidents. The post The…
parcnl.ca #nlpoli
If you want your SRBP fix this Wednesday morning check out the Privacy and Access Review Committee hearings at 11:00 AM. They are streaming it live at parcnl.ca. -srbp-
Mohamed Fahmy and the Shameful Silence of Stephen Harper
It's a trial that has caused outrage all over the world. The sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists, including a Canadian citizen Mohamed Fahmy, to long prison terms in Egypt.For…
How the Federal NDP Plans to Alienate Eco-Voters
Mulcair wants to out-Liberal the Liberals led by the charismatic son of a charismatic Liberal prime minister. He will fail: “I think what Canadians want are people who are realists,…
The Millions Behind Bjorn Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center US Think Tank
In early 2012, it seemed like the future of Bjørn Lomborg’s influential think tank was in serious doubt. The Danish Government had changed its political stripes and the millions in…
So much for sneaking into B.C….
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission If Todd Bentley had been hoping to sneak into Langley B.C., that might not be happening now. Douglas Todd, the veteran…