You get what you pay for Charles.
The Ontario Liberals have called in another blue ribbon panel to tell them how to make more money from provincial assets such as the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO),…
2014
Senategate : The RCMP Goes After the PMO !!!
Oh goody. It looks as if my favourite show Senategate is back.With the whole cast of characters ready to entertain us again.And now even MORE exciting than before.With the RCMP…
Saturday At The Movies
This is incredibly beautiful – newborn twins sharing a bath respond to each other like they are still in the womb. *
Alberta Tories on public service pensions: ‘We lied. So what are you gonna do about it?’
As Tory leadership candidates Thomas Lukaszuk, standing, and Doug Horner look on, Alberta Premier pro tempore Dave Hancock tries out the barrel in which the next leader of the Progressive…
Electronic music, raves & Toronto’s moral panic on drugs
…they do the work because they want to re-produce the type of city they want to live- the type of city that is worth living in. … …not all entertainment…
Rich people rule!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/08/rich-people-rule/ Filed under: Class, Democracy, Political Science, The State
Musical interlude
Weekend Players – Pursuit of Happiness
Judicial independence for justices of the peace
The Justices of the Peace Review Council in re EM released a decision this evening saying: 26. Judicial independence for justices of the peace was considered in the Supreme Court…
Maroc’s Public Letter to John Horgan Probably The New Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor It looks like the power brokers have decided that you are the NDP’s last hope for revival. Of course no one is saying anything like that…
Found Art
Wellington and Woodland in Verdun.
Found Art
Wellington and Woodland in Verdun.
David Ellis: Citizen pressure prompts CRTC to demand answers from Bell
Is the CRTC finally waking up to Canadians’ anger over big telecom’s attempts to throttle wireless access to online content? Do you think this is a step in the right…
David Ellis: Digital Canada 150: The ‘strategy’ without a strategy
Experts are slamming the government’s recently released Digital Canada plan. This analysis from David Ellis highlights how the plan’s lack of strategy means Canada will fall further behind other industrialized…
ConservAntive senAntor argues Elections Cantada shouldn’t promote voting
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/linda-frum-stirs-controversy-with-elections-canada-questions-1.2606836
A grassroots perspective on the Québec elections
In many respects, nothing has changed following the April 7 Québec elections. Big business remains in power, only its colour has altered from light blue to a Liberal shade of…
Daily Life Can Be Insane – Venezuela
When insanity becomes normal, we’ve adapted to the way things shouldn’t be, so we don’t spend all of our energy trying to fix systemic problems.
It’s National Siblings Day!
And, according to the centuries old tradition, all younger siblings must pony up the equivalent of 6 gold sovereigns to the eldest sibling. That’s about a grand in today’s coinage…