Payback, Cutbacks, Kickbacks
Have you noticed that Jason Kenney has not been in the news as much lately? The Smiling Budha, Curry in Hurry, Minister of Citizen, Immigration and Multiculturalism, who is also…
Have you noticed that Jason Kenney has not been in the news as much lately? The Smiling Budha, Curry in Hurry, Minister of Citizen, Immigration and Multiculturalism, who is also…
Have you noticed that Jason Kenney has not been in the news as much lately? The Smiling Budha, Curry in Hurry, Minister of Citizen, Immigration and Multiculturalism, who is also…
Feline oversight.
The New Yorker decided to publish an exposé about the ongoing war of words between Transsexual Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) and transsexuals. Sadly, the author spent most of their time…
TweetHere’s a question that isn’t often asked in Alberta: Which of the three Progressive Conservative leadership candidates would make the best Leader of the Opposition? An insane trail of scandal…
The situation in couldn't be bleaker or more horribly symbolic.The brutal Israeli assault on Gaza continues.The lights have gone out. Efforts to end the violence are going nowhere. And Stephen…
This blogpost is not about the conflict currently underway in Israel and Gaza. Rather, it’s about the reaction to that conflict which is currently playing itself out in my Party,…
“We have too much Internet here in Canada” said literally no one ever. Article by Peter Nowak for AlphaBeatic If you’re looking for some good summer reading, check out a…
The Obama administration’s $225 million request to aid Israel during its war with Hamas may not be enough, warned Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday afternoon. So far, no…
Former Chief of the Anishinaabe of Grassy Narrows, Steve Fobister Sr., is enduring a hunger strike to “call for justice for mercury survivors” suffering from the negative health effects of…
Thousands of Canadians spoke out against government mass surveillance on our cell phone usage over the past year. As a result, Big Telecom is starting to respond, and we are…
This piece originally appeared in Independent Jewish Voices. Paul Manly aimed to run as a federal NDP candidate for the new riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith, British Columbia. His key focus areas…
……so let me start with a sermonette on two stories that go back several days, and were quite uncritically reported on.I’m starting it in a religious context; but don’t be…
There can be no one left in their right mind who supports re-electing Rob Ford. I’m all for differences of political opinion. We can hold different ideas on transit, the…
Yes, the blog has turned into a bit of an interview/campaign theme in the last bit, but that’s what happens when Parliament and the Ontario Legislature aren’t in session, and…
Looking for a Toronto-area accountant who can do occasional accountancy stuff for smallish consultancy-type firms. Anyone know anyone? God bless. .
In open letter, 690 academics, community leaders decry the “callous devaluation of Palestinian life” by the Canadian government and federal party leaders, urge condemnation of the continuing violation of international…
We all know that average Americans have been reeling financially since the Great Recession. We know that the post-recession recovery has gone mainly to the richest of the rich and,…
This is a guest post by Will Horter, executive director of the Dogwood Initiative. It was originally published in the Toronto Star. Earthquakes happen rarely in Canadian politics, but the…
This story out of The Star hits at two major problems of the Harper government - an inability to take environmental concerns seriously, and a desire to limit access to…