Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Eduardo Porter writes about the rise of inequality in the U.S., while Tracy McVeigh reports on the eleven-figure annual cost of inequality…
2014
They Tell Tales Designed To Frighten Children
They, of course, are all who comprise the Harper cabal, that conglomeration of feckless, ambitious and disloyal louts who, through their lies, distortions and propaganda, would frighten, confuse and bully…
Sabotaging Environment Canada
Minister of the Environment Leona Aglukkaq recently released a report setting forth her ministry’s priorities. They are: “conservation and restoration of landscapes, water and wildlife; information on changing weather patterns…
Sunday Prediction, Liberal majority?
The latest prediction is for a Liberal majority. This is based on trends; IE the Liberals keep doing better than better while the PQ seems to be in trouble in…
The "Significance" Trap: New Economic Analysis Finds that Keystone XL Would Increase Tar Sands Production, Carbon Emissions
In its environmental assessment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the U.S. State Department severely underestimated the project’s impact on oil production, and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions. That’s according…
What Do Teachers Want?
I seem to have missed hitting “publish” on this one from a few days ago: I’ve gleaned, from Steve Paikin’s twitter feed, a version of teachers that don’t fit the…
Backing for My Views on Education
There’s an article in The Spectator, and a new book out (at your left there), that says everything I’ve been saying about education for a couple years now. It’s actually…
In Sunday’s Sun: the pendulum swings back
Are progressives on the march? Some days, it sure looks that way. From the European Union to the Americas, progressives – Liberals, Democrats, New Democrats, Liberal Democrats – increasingly seem…
The Complete Waste of the Security Establishment
When a jumbo jet disappears and no one – even after spending trillions to have them track exactly this kind of occurrence – can tell us what happened. I don’t…
But the Hair heads for the unknown in Ukraine.
There seems to be no limits to what the Hair will do to win votes next year. Like penguins shoving one of their number into the sea to see if…
Undemocratic Democratic Reform
Are changes to an electoral system in a democracy valid if they are brought in by a less than democratic process, are they in fact valid if the very ‘independent’…
The Winter from Hell and the National Unity Hysteria
In his well known song Mon Pays, the Quebec poet and singer Gilles Vigneault famously sings: "My country is not a country, it's the winter."And in this seemingly never ending…
Inequality ‘costs Britain £39bn a year’ | Life | The Guardian
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DTES LAP Part 3- Residents’ Losses & small victories
…Councillor Adriane Carr was the only one who wanted to refer the plan back to staff to ensure an acceptable definition of Social Housing (due date for end of May).…
Worst political strategy ever: Alison Redford put on probation by Tory party big shots
Alberta Premier Alison Redford, as her party used to see her. (In the background, an ecstatic Thomas Lukaszuk.) Sad to say, this is another example of actual politicians not appearing…
Tony Benn – educator, radical, champion of democracy
This piece was originally published in The Guardian. There are two things you need to know about Tony Benn. The first is that he always saw his primary role, as…
Saturday night blues blogging
This is Nick Gravenites — singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer — performing Buried Alive in the Blues. Popa Chubby has some fun with Willie Dixon’s Back Door Man, including throwing…
Urban infrastructure investment is path to Canada’s economic future
Canada’s federal government recently announced $14 billion in new funding to help municipalities repair and replace aging infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, sewer lines, energy production and distribution systems, and…
Criminalizing Protest In A Democracy Is The Beginning Of A Police State …. Montreal police hold 150 protesters
Police march up the street as they clear out demonstrators during the annual anti-police brutality march in Montreal. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi MONTREAL — Montreal cops have declared a march against police…