Why not act now?
What a powerful video. We must change our policy and our priorities. Future generations are concerned, why not act now on climate change?!
February 2015
Stephen Harper and the Beautiful Flag He Hates So Much
He hates our Canada and its values with a passion, so it follows that Stephen Harper would hate its most powerful and beautiful symbol.He spent almost nothing to celebrate its…
Mr Prentice: Premier or CEO?
“We have to do more with less. That will apply across the board. It will have to apply to the very good work , it will have to apply to…
Suzuki: Bees matter, so restricting neonics is the right thing to do
No matter how you feel about Ontario’s proposal to restrict use of neonicotinoid insecticides on corn and soybean crops, we can all agree: bees matter. But as important as bees…
G20 meeting of world finance ministers too little too late
Posted earlier as an opinion piece for CBC. See original post here (this post slightly modified from original) By Louis-Philippe Rochon Follow him on Twitter @Lprochon Much was at stake…
A Response to Fromm’s Condemnation of the Canadian Flag
Fifty years ago today, the Canadian Parliament adopted this as our nation's national flag: While there certainly was a significant debate at the time, since the adoption of the current…
A Timely Scottish Warning for the New Democrats
There’s a price you pay for abandoning the Left. The latest party to learn that lesson is Scotland’s Labour Party. The “Blairification” of the Labour Party has sent a good…
Feb. 15: What the TandT missed – and some thinking out loud.
Yes, there were stories I didn’t notice in the Irving press. For example, Feb. 14, across Canada, held the annual Valentine’s day marches for missing and/or murdered native women. Then…
There’s No Place for Nasty Unions in HarperLand
Tomorrow morning, first thing, the Harper government intends to legislate striking CP Rail employees back to work. Quelle f__king surprise! It’s a union that unhappily falls under federal jurisdiction which…
We Really Must Stop Looking at the Challenge the Wrong Way
The climate change argument (there’s no ‘debate’) has recently shifted to whether it’s worth it. While climate science was hunkered down fending off the deep-pocketed denialists, they allowed the other…
C’Mon, Be Honest. Are You Jonesin’ for a ‘Sun News’ Fix?
Didn’t think so. Me neither. I do wonder how much notice management gave the staff of their decision to pull the pin. According to HuffPo, Sun staffers were officially notified…
Climate Wars – No Really, Climate as a Weapon Because We Can’t Find Enough Ways to Kill Each Other
The military use of climate modification has been verboten since 1976 but one Rutgers professor is getting antsy about America’s spy agencies’ interests in geo-engineering. Climate scientist Alan Robock, “has…
The Wheels Of The Bus….
have been very busy of late: Recommend this Post
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Mariana Mazzucato argues that we need to change our conversation and our policy choices on public investment in Canada’s economy: As in…
Where a mandatory minimum sentence is valid it fully applies to aboriginal offenders
R. v. Johnson, 2013 ONCA 177: Counsel for Johnson also argues that, given his Aboriginal status the starting point for the sentence, the sentencing floor, should be considered differently. Otherwise,…
Stuff Happens, week 6: All about Eve; Sun sets on Sun News.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was all smiles on Monday when announcing that Ontario PC MP Eve Adams was crossing the floor to his party. But the news gave hims critics…
Happy flag day
When we were home in Calgary, during the NEP, someone burned the flag we had up on the roof. “What should we do?” I asked my Dad, as we stood…
More On The Dangers of Bill C-51
Well, leave it to The Star’s redoubtable readers to remind us of the peril implicit in Bill C-51, Stephen Harper’s anti-terrorist bill designed to make us all ‘safer’ and in…
If there was ever a time for leadership.
You can only feel a sickening sense of betrayal in Bill C-51 that is now before our parliament. We are betrayed by Stephen Harper’s determination for re-election. It is a…
the fight for democracy and independence, microcosm version, or, where i’ve been and what i’ve been doing while i haven’t been blogging
It’s always strange for me when the events that are consuming my time and my brain are not suitable for public consumption, not things I can blog about in any…