paris, day two
Connie and I were both dead to the world by 9:00 p.m., and when I next opened my eyes, it was 8:30 a.m. Yes! That’s an unheard of amount of…
2014
Networks and Systems
Let’s move up one paragraph in Jon Dron’s post. We’ve seen already Dron’s notion that connectivism should be thought of as a family of ideas. In this paragraph, Dron states…
Degrees of Openness in Party Nominations
Before launching into this post, I feel the need to provide full disclosure. I’ve mentioned it before, but it bears repeating here: I joined the Liberal Party of Canada a…
The Kiev putsch: rebel workers take power in the east
Not since the US and EU took over Eastern Europe, including the Baltic countries, East Germany, Poland and the Balkans and converted them into military outposts of NATO and economic…
Hudak changes jobs plan
According to the Post.
Rick Salutin’s hatchet job on Andrea Horwath Con-like sleaze
Before writing for the Toronto Star, Salutin promoted proportional representation voting reform. After he was hired, his position on the issue — for some unfathomable reason — abruptly changed. Now…
Convention 2014: Winners of the HCDC Pharmacare
Winners of this year’s Health Care Divisional Council are: Fern Crawford, Local 497 Jackie Gibbons, Local 346 Adriana Thompson, Local 214 Come see us at the HCDC table to see…
Playing With Fire: U.S. Regulators Resort to Weak Voluntary Measures For Oil-By-Rail Safety
Last year, Jeffrey Wiese, an official with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) told an industry conference that the regulatory process was “kind of dying.” According to InsideClimate…
If underemployed workers counted …
I’ve written a little bit about the importance of tracking underemployment trends, and this is particularly important when those trends diverge from the headline unemployment rate. This graph (12 month…
Enhanced credit for pre-sentence custody
R. v. Houlder, 2014 ONCA 372: The sentencing judge had this court’s decision in R. v. Summers, 2013 ONCA 147 and concluded that there was an insufficient basis in the…
Tim Hudak Is Mike Harris Squared
BARRIE — Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak says a Tory government would cut 100,000 jobs from the Ontario public sector. He specifically mentioned firing teachers, so look out for another…
Damien Gillis talks fracking, LNG on J-Fest Panel tonight
Documentary filmmaker and Common Sense Canadian Publisher Damien Gillis Listen to Fractured Land filmmaker and Common Sense Canadian Publisher Damien Gillis talk about the costs and conflicted benefits of natural…
The lowdown on the PC plan for the public sector
Below are excerpts from the Progressive Conservative policy paper, “A New Deal for the Public Sector”. It contains some very radical ideas that go far beyond even what former PC…
Cat drawings up at Pinterest
Just put up a number of cat drawings at Pinterest. Finally coming down to the last days of this head cold. It’s been a battle between me and the cats…
The Protest and Popular Assembly (Plenum) Movement in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Get up to speed with this interview with Politics, Re-Spun contributor Jasmin Mujanovic on the protest and popular assembly (plenum) movement in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnia’s protest movement is already receiving less…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, May 9, 2014
Your news links for today: Transparent Lives – Surveillance in Canada Government snooping on social media may breach Privacy Act – CBC News Ottawa launches data collection review – Globe…
Corky Evans: How YOU can help save the ALR in 5 min
Former BC Environment Minister Corky Evans (Photo: RichardHughes.ca) An Open Letter to Almost Everybody: My name is Corky Evans. I garden and farm in the Kootenays of B.C. Many years…
What Is This? The 1950s???
I have no idea who the parties are behind Airdrie’s Footprints For Learning Academy, but someone needs to give them a shake and educate them about a few things regarding…