On misappropriation
Shorter Don McMorris: You might think that a publicly administered and funded consultation process would be intended to inform provincial public policy decisions, and that partisan platform development should be…
February 2015
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats with toys.
CBC: Big Telecom is trying to force you to pay more
Big Telecom giants are abusing their market power to trap customers in their high-priced services and block them from affordable alternatives. We’ll keep you updated on the next steps as…
Canada’s Pipeline Review Process Broken But Still Important, Critics Say
The National Energy Board (NEB), Canada’s federal pipeline regulator, has come under tremendous public criticism over the last three years for limiting public participation in its review of major oil…
Eve Adams, Open Nominations, and Lisa Kirbie
Its only Tuesday, yet this week has been one of controversy for the Liberal Party of Canada and its leader, Justin Trudeau. Let’s start off with the most controversial of…
OpenMedia joins 31 groups from 5 continents to deliver letter urging FCC to stop Big Telecom’s slow lane plan
Today, 31 organizations from five continents around the globe (including OpenMedia) delivered a letter to key FCC decision-makers in the U.S. asking them to stop Big Telecom’s Internet slow lane…
When The Flames Are At Your Door…
… it is pretty hard to deny reality. Australia’s scorching heat wave of 2013, which triggered fierce bushfires and broke more than 100 temperature-related records, including one for the country’s…
Feb. 10: www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1500596.htm
To the cheers of my French Catholic ancestors, and to the curses of my Scots Presbyterian ones, I urge you to read the site in today’s title above. It’s a…
Perhaps They Were There For Crowd Control?
Given their losing ways, on one level it is not surprising that the Toronto Maple Leafs brought in the military the other night. But on another level, it is a…
This Is So Cool – And Then It’s So Not
Watch this CN locomotive utterly demolish snowbanks blocking the tracks near Salisbury, New Brunswick. The first minute is awesome and then reality sets in. The train is hauling oil tank…
Pretty good column about Trudeau’s “open nominations”
Worth a read, though I’m biased. Right here.
China, Just Like Alberta. Only in China They Call It "Corruption."
China’s anti-graft agency, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, has accused the nation’s environmental agency of corruption. Environmental degradation is one of China’s most serious issues and a very sensitive…
Welcome to "Peak Crazy"
Sorry, but it’s time to cull the herd. In California some parents are organizing “measles parties” where they all bring their unvaccinated kids, infected and not, to mingle. They’re hoping…
Ewart-Dangerous new powers for federal government? – Part 1
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Most Canadians have heard something about the new so called ‘Anti Terror’ legislation Bill C 51 but what we have failed to hear is opposition political leaders,…
We’re Reinstating the 19th Century – Robert Reich
There has always been a struggle between labour and capital. In feudal times, labour was on the losing end, big time. For most it was a brutal, nasty and short…
Wow, Not Quite Sure What to Make of This One.
Driving high on pot is safer, a lot safer than driving after drinking. From the ordinarily staid Washington Post: A new study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finds…
You Can’t Feed Your Kids Oil, But Eating Is Overrated Anyway.
It’s been here for a while. It’s what happens when you begin to run short on something everybody needs. It’s America’s frackers versus America’s farmers. They both want water and…
Jason Kenney gets a growth portfolio
Jason Kenney has long been one of Stephen Harper’s trusted lieutenants and after yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle, he is now Minister of National Defence. In Harperland, this is a decisive promotion:…
Execution Without Accountability
I have no idea how many people the United States executes by drone strikes. Not a clue as to their names or their nationalities, how many there are, why they…