Big news today in Toronto with Rob Ford dropping out of the mayor’s race due to health issues. Now his brother Doug Ford is stepping in to run for Toronto…
Breaking news from Ottawa: We’ve just heard that Prime Minister Harper could be about to ratify the secretive and extreme Canada-China FIPA investors deal in the next few hours. This…
BC’s botched tree farm licence changes would put large global players ahead of local sector By Peter Ewart – republished from 250news.com It was a victory for the forestry sector…
Read this Sept. 12 story from CBC.ca, confirming that the Harper government will finally ratify the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement with China, following a lengthy delay. The deal…
While other folks will focus on the politics part, let me say that this can only mean that Rob Ford is really sick. I know all of you join me…
Al Jazeera pulls the wings off Boeing’s 787 to reveal the “new Boeing” where profit comes first, even at the expense of quality. There was a time when “Boeing” meant…
Your news links for today: Canada Begins Hearings on Forcing A La Carte TV Options – DSL Reports U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data – Washington…
Have you heard about the amazing discovery the Harper Government is responsible for? No, not the Franklin Expedition which remained known to the Inuit for almost 200 years through oral…
Assorted content to end your week. – Rick Smith discusses the growing public appetite to fight back against burgeoning inequality – along with the need to make inequality a basic…
The Obama Administration actively pressured Europe to impose harsh sanctions on Russia in order to defend the violent takeover (‘regime change’) in the Ukraine. England, France, Germany and the rest…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, September 12, 2014: “Former intern drops lawsuit against David Letterman”
A week from now we will have the results of a close referendum in Scotland. And the ‘No’ side is worried. Sorry guys, it is too late now to recognize…
Like the song says, “The rich get rich and the poor get children.” Le Devoir has a story this morning about how the current austerity wave is requiring that Quebec…
http://rabble.ca/ The Broadbent Institute has just released a study on the distribution of wealth in Canada. Rick Smith, the institute’s director, writes: While the growing income share of the richest…
I entitled yesterday’s post “All Canadians Should Be Outraged.” Now I somehow doubt that all Canadians will get the chance, outside of those who read The Star. To my knowledge,…
This is another interview I’m posting today that I’ve done with Liberal Party candidates or nomination candidates. Today’s is with Phil Somers, seeking the nomination in Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston (a newly created…
After a long summer break Parliament returns on Monday, and all the political parties are revving up their engines. A splashy, campaign-style launch for the government's fall agenda, a surprise…
Hayek is the intellectual inspiration for neoliberal think tanks and their war against Socialism, government regulation and, today, climate science. But are these tankers really faithful to his ideas? As…
The official media advisory describes the event at Confederation Building this morning as an opportunity for Premier Tom Marshall to thank public servants “for the support provided by their work…
