Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Polly Toynbee writes about the continued spread of privatization based solely on corporatist dogma even in the face of obvious examples of…
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Watch Sustainability Illustrated
Alex Magnin is an illustrator who likes making the world a better place and over the last six months he’s been illustrating sustainability. The video above is about explaining sustainability…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 6, 2014: Do You Have a Great Canadian Law Firm Brand? A growing trend: Restaurants protect…
American Minimum Wage Earners Held Hostage Over Keystone XL
One of the biggest political issues facing the United States right now is economic inequality and the fight for a fairer minimum wage. Unfortunately for American workers, that fight is…
Both Martin and Wynne governments fell because of lies and corruption
Partisan Liberals believe they are entitled to their entitlements. They think the purpose of the NDP is to prop up their minority governments no matter how corrupt they become or…
NDP Leader Horgan opposes BC’s proposed Site C Dam
Newly-minted BC NDP Leader John Horgan has come out against the proposed Site C Dam VANCOUVER – B.C. New Democratic Party Leader John Horgan is raising concerns about the proposed…
I am Canadianized!
In other parts of the continent, its called “uppity”. But I like calling it “Canadianized” — asking for an employer to treat you like a fellow human being instead of…
Out Of Control
Yesterday, Peter MacKay renewed his attack on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. Andrew Coyne writes: Watching the Harper government stumble from one needless controversy to another — picking fights, settling scores,…
Can I Get Back To You On That?
Maybe I am just angry because a progressive budget was dismissed by an allegedly progressive party. Maybe I am fearful that an NDP-induced Ontario election could see the ascension to…
There are no ‘Butts’ about it.
If Gerald Butts is the key apparatchik behind the rise of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, when he is going to butt in? As the former head of World Wildlife Fund…
Louisiana Residents Gear Up For Fracking Fight Just Outside New Orleans
In mid-April, word started spreading like wildfire among Louisiana residents: Helis Oil & Gas LLC wants to drill a well in search of oil and gas on a 960-acre tract…
What kind of activist do you want to be? Reflections on One City moving into the fore
Yesterday One City launched their party with RJ Aquino front and centre. There are some suspicions about some of the startings of One City, and I, myself, am keen on
My Vote for the NDP in Ontario’s Election
Think about it: the NDP deserves an opportunity to run Ontario.
John Tory’s top secret strategy
His entire strategy – his entire plan – was this: Wait for Rob Ford to be thrown in jail. Wait for Rob Ford to be forced out of the race.…
Ford: get back to where you once belonged
Could this… …be related to something like this? Betcha it is. .
Justices of the Peace to conduct civil hearings in Australia
The Queensland, Australia Attorney General has introduced a trial period where select Justices of the Peace will conduct certain civil hearings. Justices of the Peace selected had applied for the…
Climate Change: Look At The Big Picture Or Nothing
For this TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust, climatologist and climate modeler Gavin Schmidt from NASA’s Goddard Institute For Space Sciences discusses climate modeling. You can’t understand climate change in pieces,…
Baffin Correctional Centre – from today’s National Post
From the Three Little Pigs we learn that it does not make a lot of sense, in a dangerous and scary world, to build a house out of straw or…
HVP controversy deepens #nlpoli
The controversy around Humber Valley Paving got worse for the provincial Conservatives on Monday as transportation minister Nick McGrath confirmed that he actually released $19 million in performance and goods…