Nicholas Stern, one of the world’s most influential economists, has come out with a new report showing that the future costs of climate change have been incredibly underestimated. The report,…
by: Maude Barlow | June 19, 2014 I received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from York University in Toronto this morning. Here are my speaking notes for the Convocation ceremony:…
Ontario has subsidized the rest of this frozen craphole of a nation since before the latest generation of carpers and whiners huddled under skins sucking their mama’s tit in a…
The writer of this article is just too nice to cocksucker Peter MacKay. The minister really wants to take us back to the turn of the 19th to 20th century.…
Is the government’s anti-privacy agenda coming apart at the seams? Article by James Keller for The Vancouver Sun British Columbia’s highest court says police must obtain a warrant before searching…
Justice Minister Peter MacKay’s baffling response to a Supreme Court ruling last week has inspired a new term: MacKay-splaining. What’s your favourite example of MacKay-splaining? Article by PressProgress Peter MacKay…
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by: WikiLeaks | June 19, 2014 Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has published the a secret draft text of the World Trade Agreement’s Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Financial Services Annex, which…
By: Dhanvir Sohal The author of a book, Peter Block, defines work life balance as “about more balance between engaging in what has meaning to the individual and doing things…
For some years, children, including very young ones, have been fleeing across the Mexican border into the US. In March, it was almost 40,000, with some travelling as many as…
By: Jason E Lau It is no mystery that the typical day of work for a lawyer is laden with long hours, sleepless nights, and unrelenting amounts of stress. Although…
Thursday, June 19, 2014 If you've read the federal government's June 17 press release about Enbridge's Northern Gateway proposal, you might be wondering what it all means. Here's our quick…
Apparently, PC Leadership Candidate Ric McIver hasn’t learned that lesson. After getting caught in a firestorm over ribbon cutting the “March For Jesus” event the same weekend that others were…
This is my fave: More here. Be forewarned: 12 and 16 are rather disturbing.
Here is a snippet- but of course, there is so much more: *I don’t play the game of regulating who is or who isn’t a Feminist. I don’t own the
“Butt sex should never be a surprise.” So begins the very catchy tune that opens Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed Burlesque. Alternating skits and burlesque numbers with vox pop video segements,…
Because, well, there isn’t. And Wynne’s smart to say so, early on in the new mandate. She has no choice, in fact. Some people (eg. Smokey Thomas) are professing shock…
Project Gingervitis Project Gingervitis is a smart, funny take on discrimination, eugenics, geopolitics, and media manipulation. A one-man show written and brilliantly performed by Jordan Lloyd Watkins and set in…
Quebec will gain “minimal economic benefits” from west-to-east oil pipeline projects such as TransCanada’s Energy East and Enbridge’s Line 9 according to a new report released this month. Both projects…
While the debate over the TransCanada Keystone XL tar sands pipeline has raged on for over half a decade, pipeline giant Enbridge has quietly cloned its own Keystone XL in…
