The Bank of Canada Governor and the Young Canadian Slaves
About half the young Canadians I know are either unemployed or have lousy low paying jobs.Jobs with no guaranteed hours, no job security, no benefits, no nothing.They are exploited like…
2014
Lawson’s Break with Thatcher Over Her Free Market Zealotry
Lawson is almost always introduced as Thatcher’s chancellor – but he was instrumental in her downfall. And once again, the tobacco and oil funded Institute of Economic Affairs and its…
The Annals of Irony: Those alleged Wildrose caucus recordings and Danielle Smith’s 1999 school board ‘opposition research’ escapade
A mean note found in a trashcan or a coffee cup and reassembled. Actual mean notes found in actual trashcans may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Former Wildrose MLA…
Suzuki: Constitutional right to healthy environment gaining traction
David Suzuki and Neil Young, who will team up in Vancouver for the “Blue Dot” tour (Photo: davidsuzuki.org) The idea of a right to a healthy environment is getting traction…
Salt on a Wound: Breaching Confidentiality of a Wrongful Dismissal Settlement Can Cost You
BY NITIN PARDAL, LAWYER, WISE LAW OFFICE A cautionary tale for employees – an employer can and very likely will sue you, if you breach the confidentiality clause of an…
I Guess It Will Only Encourage Them
Sayis Arnold Abbott, a 90-year-old homeless advocate: “One of police officers came over and said ‘Drop that plate right now,’ as if I was carrying a weapon”. Why? The city…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Angled cats.
Interview with LPC nomination contestant Joy Davies – South Surrey-White Rock
Here is another in a series of interviews that Liberal candidates or nomination contestants have done with me; this time it is with Joy Davies, a Liberal nomination contestant in…
Forget income splitting, tax the rich!
For now, I’ll keep double-posting my pieces for Ricochet here. The latest is on income splitting and taxing the rich more generally. The idea is that even though taxing the…
The Movement For Environmental Rights Is Building
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. The idea of a right to a healthy environment is getting traction at Canada’s highest political levels. Federal Opposition MP Linda Duncan…
The Movement For Environmental Rights Is Building
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. The idea of a right to a healthy environment is getting traction at Canada’s highest political levels. Federal Opposition MP Linda Duncan…
The Movement For Environmental Rights Is Building
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. The idea of a right to a healthy environment is getting traction at Canada’s highest political levels. Federal Opposition MP Linda Duncan…
Greenwashing on Climate Change Starting to Take a Toll on NDP
The NDP is in trouble on the environment, and it’s really starting to show. Engaged environmentalists across Canada have really started in on the NDP over that party’s support of…
Activists Cast New Light On Iconic Alberta Oil Derrick After Surrounding it with Solar Panels, Banners
Clean energy advocates transformed one of Western Canada’s oldest oil derricks Monday by draping it with pro-solar banners and surrounding it with solar panels that powered sun-themed music. “It was…
Activists Cast New Light On Iconic Alberta Oil Derrick After Surrounding it with Solar Panels, Banners
Clean energy advocates transformed one of Western Canada’s oldest oil derricks Monday by draping it with pro-solar banners and surrounding it with solar panels that powered sun-themed music. “It was…
Corporate Canada’s Message to British Columbians – Resist Us and We Will F__k You Up.
Kinder Morgan, the Conservatives’ second most favourite pipeline operator, has spoken to the municipalities and people of British Columbia. Resist us and we’ll crush you. In its clumsy handling of…
November Sale at Leftwingbooks.Net!
That’s right, we’re having a sale! Dozens of books on special, with a selection that will be changing throughout the month of November, so check and then check back Settlers,…
They could use that old barn out back
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission There will be at least one sequel to the new Left Behind with Nicolas Cage, says filmmaker Paul Lalonde. In a…