My CBC Letter Of Complaint
Although probably a futile effort, here is the letter of complaint that I have sent to the CBC ombudsman, The National, and CBC Audience Feedback regarding the Corporation’s absolute failure…
2014
On the Stealth Front
China is about to respond to the proliferation of F-35 stealth light bombers in east Asia. Japan, South Korea and Australia are expected to deploy about 300 F-35s while the…
What Is It Going to Take?
What’s it going to take for the Liberals and NDP to place the environment at the very top of their agenda? I would have thought yesterday’s seismic report that Earth…
Solar Could Be Our Biggest Source Of Energy By 2050, If Politicians Make it Happen
The sun could be our biggest single source of energy and prevent 6 bilion tonnes of climate-warming CO2 pollution by 2050, according to two new reports. Issued by the International…
Portrait of Matteo Palmieri
Filed under: digital, drawing Tagged: portrait, uffizi
Canada’s Corporate Welfare Bums Sitting On $575 BILLION Hoard Thanks To Harper Conservaties Tax Cuts ….
Corporate tax freedom day continues to get earlier with each passing year thanks to generous government tax cuts, the Canadian Labour Congress says in a report issued Tuesday.While most individual…
People’s Climate March: Economic resistance went mainstream
Kate Aronoff, a freelance journalist based in Philadelphia, argues that the recent People’s Climate March and Flood Wall Street protests made climate change “impossible for even the most mainstream of…
Take the Keys and Lock ‘Em Up…..
Lock up chronic runaways to keep them safe: Winnipeg police officer The longer they are on the street, the worse it becomes for them, says Supt. Danny Smyth CBC News…
Sharon Jackson – And Another Kick at the Cat 2014
Well finally the BC Local Government Elections are on the front burner with election day being held on November 15th. Cowichan Conversations will be making an effort to cover the…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Your news links for today: Telus Warns CRTC: Overregulation Could Harm Wireless Industry Like in Europe – iPhone in Canada Canada cannot support 4th carrier; Telus – National Newswatch Mobilicity…
Austerity has been an utter disaster for the eurozone | Business | The Guardian
Austerity has been an utter disaster for the eurozone | Business | The Guardian. Austerity has been an utter and unmitigated disaster, which has become increasingly apparent as European Union…
The Growth of Solar Power is Shaking Power Companies
Solar panels have come down in price rather dramatically in the last decade and if this trend continues it can be the death of old-school electric utilities. That is, unless…
It’s Why I Subscribe
To borrow a line from one of my favourite Shakespearean plays, Macbeth, “So fair and foul a day I have not seen.” It is fair because the newspaper I subscribe…
As the horses are in the final turn.
This is stupid. The law has got to let us run a totalizator on the Toronto election. We could put it on the tote out at Woodbine when there are…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Abdul Abiad, David Furceri and Petia Topalova highlight the IMF’s research confirming that well-planned infrastructure spending offers an economic boost in both the…
Democracy Interrupted: How Jumbo Glacier Resort Became a Municipality With No Residents
Democracy has been ignored, wishes of local residents disregarded and taxpayers are on the hook for costs associated with a private company’s real estate deal that will give them access…
Insincere Sincerity
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/ Michael den Tandt writes that the apology Sun News issued this week to Justin Trudeau will go down in history as a superb example of insincere sincerity: Having first…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, October 1, 2014: The challenges of Luka Magnotta’s ‘not criminally responsible’ defence Ontario Labour Ministry blitz finds…
Did David Cameron Forget Climate Change Section in His Leader’s Speech?
David Cameron warned the Conservative party conference in his barnstorming speech that “the dangers of climate change are stark and very real” and “if we don’t act now, and act…