This says everything about right-wing killers and how the right protects them
From the killer’s FB page. Conservatives are trying to paint him as a ‘socialist.’
June 2014
Centre A fosters intergenerational and intercultural space for Chinatown
I sometimes write things and they get published in The Georgia Straight: Mrs. Chang is a 96-year old elder who calls Vancouver’s Chinatown her home. In a neighbourhood filled with…
F-35 Fighter Jet Too Dangerous For Canadian Air Force, Says Report
by: Obert Madondo | June 9, 2014 A new report released Monday is urging the Harper Government to shelve its plans to purchase F-35 fighter jets to replace Canada’s aging…
In Tuesday’s Sun: disband the OPP
Despicable. Disgusting, dispiriting, deflating: Ontario’s 2014 election campaign has been all of those things, and more. It is coming to a blessed end in two days’ time. But this grinding,…
At Convergence 2014: Protecting Our Sacred Waters march, Grand Chief says Harper may delay pipeline decision
The clock is ticking as British Columbians countdown the time for a decision from of PM Steve Harper, but wait there is more, or perhaps less. Photo by Valentina Ruiz…
OpenMedia continues to fight against Big Telecom’s efforts to delay our hard-won consumer protection rules.
Just under a year ago, Big Telecom quietly put forward a motion in the Federal Court of Appeal to delay, in part, implementation of the CRTC’s new rule to protect…
"Fracking Pennsylvania": New Book Recounts History of the Northeast’s Shale Rush
Walter Brasch begins his new book, Fracking Pennsylvania: Flirting with Disaster, by explaining in the introduction that he never intended to write an anti-fracking book. “But,” he writes “as I…
What is GOTV?
You hear weirdos like me talking about it a lot. And, in super-tight elections like Ontario 2014, Get Out The Vote isn’t just something – it’s everything. Whoever has the…
New Oracle Poll Has Ontario Race In Dead Heat
Near identical numbers for PC and Liberal Party: The province-wide results show no movement from the PC and NDP since the May 26th data was released. There is slow upward…
CAPP cuts production forecasts as government promises bigger better oilsands
Canadian oil industry body cuts long-term production forecast (Reuters) – The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers cut its 2030 Canadian oil production forecast on Monday, citing growing uncertainty over the…
The effect on strategic voting of Wynne ruling out a coalition
Unfortunately, for those of us who think that some form of Liberal-NDP election deal or coalition would be vastly superior to the PCs forming a government with the largest minority,…
Greens leave out health care from their streamlined platform
The Greens had an in-depth party platform on health care in 2011. In this election they can barely bring themselves the say the word “health.” The only mention it gets…
Chicken Hawk Harper’s Hollow War on Russia
As I mentioned in my last post, Stephen Harper has been making a complete fool out of himself with his latest war of words with Vladimir Putin.But at least he…
Harvard’s Nieman Lab is “amused at the existence of John Tory”
That’s one way of putting it. What is Harvard’s Nieman Lab? Here. Who is John Tory? Here.
Public funding for Catholic schools has no place in 21st-century Ontario.
Brilliant article in the Glob and Mash today. Key paragraphs for me – and a message that should be read to all Ontario residents. The arguments from proponents of publicly-funded…
Partial summary judgment not appropriate where complex interrelated matters exist
Baywood Homes Partnership v. Haditaghi, 2014 ONCA 450: Karakatsanis J. noted, at para. 60: The “interest of justice” inquiry goes further, and also considers the consequences of the motion in…
Don’t Call It a Comeback… Yet.
If you’ve been following the Ontario election – and lets be honest, why would you? – it seems like the pollsters, each in their own way, are starting to converge.…
Study: Google Trends Show Climate Search Decline, Need for Solutions
Climate scientists and environmentalists need to revamp their messaging and get more involved in public debate if they want to stop what appears to be a plunging online interest in…
Enbridge battle far from over, even if Harper approves pipeline
By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Some time in the next 10 days, the federal government is supposed to announce its final decision on the Northern Gateway pipeline…