What If Rob Ford Wasn’t White?
It has been a while since my last entry, but with the madness circulating media outlets with the events unfolding in Missouri, I felt compelled to add my two cents…
August 2014
What If Rob Ford Wasn’t White?
It has been a while since my last entry, but with the madness circulating media outlets with the events unfolding in Missouri, I felt compelled to add my two cents…
The Mulcair Solution: Fence-Sitting as Political Suicide….
Quebec NDP MP Sana Hassainia defects over Mideast position By Susana Mas, CBC News Posted: Aug 20, 2014 1:48 PM ET Last Updated: Aug 20, 2014 7:16 PM ET Sad…
Field notes from the Salish Sea Summer Gathering
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 This year marked the Third Annual Salish Sea Summer Gathering in Whey-ah Wichen/Cates Park in North Vancouver, hosted by the Tsleil Waututh Nation Sacred Trust. West…
British Columbians using the law to fight back and protect their environment
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 One of West Coast Environmental Law’s services is to operate the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund (EDRF). The EDRF is funded by the Law Foundation of BC,…
Inky blob spider cat
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, Made With Paper
Sorry, I’ve Been Kinda Busy…
That must be the reason that people like Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and her parliamentary secretary Jeff Watson haven’t yet had time to read the Transportation Safety Board’s damning report…
Motherboard: Are we handing our sovereignty over to unelected U.S. lobbyists?
This unassuming provision in the TPP could allow U.S. negotiators to rewrite Canadian laws around sharing and collaborating online. Article by DJ Pangburn for Motherboard The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade…
140 Law is Taking a Break
We will be taking a short hiatus from 140 Law, in furtherance of that elusive work-life balance thing we keep hearing so much about (not to mention the domestic bliss…
The 2014 Peoples’ Social Forum Comes To Ottawa This Week
Thousands of activists are expected in Ottawa this week for the 4-day 2014 Peoples’ Social Forum (PSF), a “grassroots, historical gathering of progressives from Québec, Canada and First Nations.” The…
Wired: Don’t let cable companies destroy everything great about the Internet
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has a few words to say about how Internet slow lanes could harm the future of the Internet. If you’re as worried as we are, speak…
Not at Home on the Range: Subsidized Fracking Hits Colorado
This is a guest post by Paul Thacker, originally published by Oil Change International. A general contractor in Colorado’s Grand Valley, Duke Cox says the first time he became aware…
Is Obama Bombing the Right Targets?
Maybe Obama needs to expand the target list for his bombers trying to thwart Islamist extremists in Iraq. Why not bomb a few royal palaces in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and…
Conservatives to Trudeau: you don’t have the judgement to lead
The Harper Conservatives may already have convinced themselves that Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau lacks “the judgement to lead” to lead Canada. The post Conservatives to Trudeau: you don’t have the…
Could Harper Deploy Troops Against Canadians?
I was taken aback by a post from Geoff Kennedy at Parchment in the Fire entitled, “EU Advisors Advocate use of Military Against Strikes and Protests | Global Research.” The…
General Honoré, Enviro Groups Call for Strengthening EPA’s Proposed Refinery Pollution Standards
Millions of people living near refineries will be directly affected by a long awaited updates to regulations the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed for oil refineries. Their new proposed rule…