Have They No Decency?
When Justice Anne Mctavish struck down the Harper government’s ban on medical care to refugees, she wrote that the ban amounted to “cruel and unjust treatment.” The phrase did not…
July 2014
Your Saturday Smile
A bit of a busy morning ahead, so for now, enjoy: Recommend this Post
Stephen Harper and the Winds of Freedom
On a sunny afternoon in Edinburgh, in a city where the old and the new work together so well.In a country with a record of resistance going back more than…
New Issue of Review of Keynesian Economics
A new issue of the Review of Keynesian Economics is now out, and you can find it here. It features a symposium on ‘Steve Keen and his critics’, a paper…
Liberal Bloggers Are Taking Over the Party, Part 1 – Danielle Takacs
I’ve been relaxing this summer, so my activity on the blog has been a bit low, but I was asked to help out with an endorsement of a great candidate,…
Saturday At The Movies
Brilliant.
Ford Fest Fallout: Ron Banerjee Alleged to Have Assaulted Anti-Ford Protestor
Last time we mentioned Ron Banerjee in an article he was acting as the wingman to Islamaphobe Eric Brazau. Banerjee claims to be the head of the largest Hindu advocacy…
Shorter
Shorter Mark Levin: John Baird and Stephen Harper are my new BFFs! Its nice to know our Canadian leaders are so popular abroad!Who is Mark Levin? Well, here’s how Media…
The Tsilhqot’in Decision
Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia , announced on June 26, 2014, is the most important case on native rights since the Delgamuukw decision back in December of 1997. Since it…
Musical interlude
Yuri Kane – Right Back
Chi non fa, non falla.
Those who do nothing make no mistakes.
zucchini abundance recipe of the day: zucchini fritters
Apparently if you grow zucchini, you have too much of it. Being new gardeners, we didn’t know how prolific our one zucchini plant would be, or the insane quantities –…
Where the vision and the visionaries?
Thirty-five years ago, the U.S. government’s EPA Journal stated, “Quite simply, Love Canal is one of the most appalling environmental tragedies in American history. “But that’s not the most disturbing…
Has the CRTC really changed? Will they listen to Canadians or telecom conglomerates?
Written with input from OpenMedia.ca’s Glyn Lewis It appears that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is starting to listen to Canadians. Over the last year, we’ve seen the…
Global legal group condemns Harper for attack on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists condemns Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his recent dictatorship-style attack on Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. The post Global legal group condemns…
Israeli war crimes in Gaza – Beit Hanoun attack: US shields Israel from accountability
Images following the shelling of UN-run school in Beit Hanoun War crimes committed by Israel in the course of its attack on Gaza are a consequence of an overall strategy…
Apologize, You Sleazy Bastard
The Geneva-based, International Commision of Jurists, has issued a written demand that Sideshow Steve Harper and his supposed justice minister, Peter MacKay, apologize to Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin for the…