Harper Breaks Promise To Regulate Oil And Gas Emissions
In Parliament today, PM Stephen Harper said “it would be crazy economic policy” to regulate the Canadian oil and gas industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. The post Harper Breaks Promise To…
December 2014
Paul Fromm and the Morality of the Movement
October was a big month for Paul Fromm. He was running for mayor of Mississauga in an election which, if it can be believed, he actually did worse than in…
Support Rally For Striking Cowichan News Leader Staffer Was Solid
Richard Hughes- Blogger The wind and rain challenged the scheduled rally to support striking News Leader workers but it seemed to have little if any effect. Local citizens, trade union…
Calgary paper dispenses free parenting advice to BC’s Kinder Morgan opponents
Kim Fink-Jensen (left) and daughter Kate pose with MP Kennedy Stewart after protesting the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline at Burnaby Mountain (Photo: Kim Fink-Jensen/facebook) I say two cheers and a…
Charges Filed Against President Of Freedom Industries, Company That Contaminated Drinking Water Of 300,000 West Virginians
The FBI has filed criminal fraud charges against Gary Southern, former president of Freedom Industries, the company responsible for contaminating the drinking water of 300,000 West Virginians with 10,000 gallons…
Review: The Radical Imagination
I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing the authors of this book at the Peoples’ Social Forum that happened this past August in Ottawa. I had already read and…
Eight billion reasons why we were right about P3s
If there is any trace of self-respect left within the Ontario government, Premier Kathleen Wynne should do the right thing and pull the plug on Infrastructure Ontario’s public-private partnership (P3)…
Western Canadian regulators band together to reduce “pipeline delays”
As if Western Canadian regulators weren’t already friendly enough to energy projects, they are now uniting to address what they see as growing “pipeline delays”. Check out this Dec. 2…
So many eggs lost, so many baskets left empty
Filed under: Cartoons (Single Panel), Making fun of Conservatives, Making fun of Harper
Chiefs should stand with their people against Harper’s plans to destroy Indigenous rights, identity
Photo by Moxy As Indian Act chiefs gather in Winnipeg this week to select the Assembly of First Nations’ next national Chief, Idle No More marks its 2nd anniversary. Two…
Michael Geist: Calls to break up the telecom giants are growing – but will James Moore listen?
Last week, thousands of Canadians spoke out in favour of affordable indie ISPs and fast fibre Internet for Canadians. When will Industry Minister James Moore start listening and put Canada…
Preston Manning—a real conservative?
As someone on the left I have occasionally wondered how we got lumbered with responsibility for defending the environment. Surely, I would muse, this is the province of conservatives. Conservative,…
Dec. 9: News that isn’t
I’m afraid there’s nothing to say about Section A in Monday’s paper, not even on the editorial and op ed pages. It’s mostly boring and/or irrelevant. Alec Bruce produces his…
Let’s hear it for falling oil prices!
If you scan the newspapers these days, you will notice a lot of sky-is-falling stories, only with the word ‘oil’ instead of ‘sky’. Here in Alberta, news that the price…
Lost in translation on Burnaby Mountain
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 It’s a bit over twenty years since I was arrested, along with 300 other people who stood on the Kennedy Lake Road on August 9th, 1993,…
Starbucks got my name right
However did @lisakirbie know this #starbucks espresso was mine?
Interview with Diane Ballantyne, LPC Nomination Contestant, Wellington-Halton Hills
A lot of Liberal candidates are up in Ottawa this week for more Campaign College training, but nomination contestants are around to be interviewed, and today I’m doing an interview…
The per incuriam exception to stare decisis
Royal Bank of Canada v. Trang, 2014 ONCA 883 Strictly applied, the principle of stare decisis – “stand by things decided” – means we ought to follow Citi Cards even…
We’re No Longer Number Last!
Stephen Harper owes his Aussie boyfriend, Tony Abbott, a word of thanks. The Abbott government’s reversal of Australian climate policies has allowed it to displace Canada as the “worst performing…