Is This How the Senate Whitewash Begins?
Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau turfed out in disgrace by a gaggle of Tory senators who had expense skeletons in their own closets to conceal. Word from Ottawa is that there…
2014
Errh, what about Iraq?
"It is not appropriate to invade a country, and at the end of a barrel of a gun dictate what you are trying to achieve," Kerry said. "That is not…
Harper’s “Dictatorship for Democracy” Coming to an End?
This is a guest post by journalist and filmmaker Michael Harris. A longer version of this article originally appeared on iPolitics. Don’t be surprised if something big happens inside the…
Justin Stark and the Con War On Our Veterans
This is the story of two cheques.This big fat one… The one Nigel Wright sent to Mike Duffy. To cover up a sordid scandal.And this one, in the miserable amount…
Roberto Luogno Traded To The Florida Panthers
We will miss Roberto Luongo. I wish him the best. He will home with his family at last. The Vancouver Canucks have traded goalie Roberto Luongo back to the Florida…
March : apologies
I have been feeling very rough for a week – with today especially awful. I am extremely weak, tired,, wheezy, high temperature, coughing, dreadfully runny nose. Medical experts are divided…
Why we had to create a users guide for the CRTC’s flawed online consultation
The CRTC, the body that makes the rules for the media and telecom industry, is asking Canadians about the future of digital services in Canada. As part of their ‘TalkTV’…
Apparently I’m not the only one who doesn’t like the idea of $10,000 TFSAs…
…neither does the economist who came up with the idea of TFSAs. And for pretty much the same reasons I spelled out a few years ago when it was first…
US judge blocks $9 Billion judgement against Chevron over lawyers’ illegal conduct
Photo: Teun Voeten/Reporters/Redux by Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press NEW YORK – A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. courts from being used to collect a $9 billion Ecuadorean judgment…
Climate Change: Lines of Evidence Parts 1 & 2
The National Research Council has created a series of short videos offering a very clear explication of climate and the irrefutable evidence that it is changing. While you can click…
First Nations Man the Front Trench in Our Fight For Canada
We should all be immensely proud and grateful for the intervention of Canada’s First Nations in the fight to defend our country from environmental degradation, even catastrophe. They’re leading our…
Tax Free Savings Account: Whopping tax cut for the rich
In 2009, Harper introduced the TFSA — or what the wealthy call the “totally fantastic savings account!” It allows a person to put away $5000/yr in savings or investments and…
Why is Bell Blocking Canadians from Watching the Daily Show Online?
One night not long ago I was about to take in my daily dose of the Daily Show with John Stewart after work, when I was forced to deal with…
It’s Not Just Woolly Mammoths Surfacing from Climate Change
The retreat of glaciers has been turning up all sorts of stuff such as the remains of woolly mammoth that have been preserved in ice for thousands of years. Turns…
Enbridge Announces $7B Line 3 Rebuild, Largest Project in Company History
In its largest capital project in history, Enbridge plans to do what Transcanada so far can’t — ship more than half a million barrels of heavy oil across the U.S.…
Enbridge Announces $7B Line 3 Rebuild, Largest Project in Company History
In its largest capital project in history, Enbridge plans to do what Transcanada so far can’t — ship more than half a million barrels of heavy oil across the U.S.…
Yes, Rob Ford is Currently Losing
There's still some confusion about this. Ford is the incumbent. He has as close to 100% name recognition and voter awareness as any politician can possibly attain. Short of people…
Yes, Rob Ford is Currently Losing
There’s still some confusion about this. Ford is the incumbent. He has as close to 100% name recognition and voter awareness as any politician can possibly attain. Short of people…
Yes, Rob Ford is Currently Losing
There's still some confusion about this. Ford is the incumbent. He has as close to 100% name recognition and voter awareness as any politician can possibly attain. Short of people…