Sex Ed God Squad is heard from
Lala has been jousting online with various kooky members of the God Squad about the new Ontario sex ed curriculum. I got involved.
February 2015
In this week’s Hill Times: who killed Sun News Network?
TORONTO—The reasons why the Sun News Network failed are, by now, more or less well known. What’s less known is why it was allowed to fail. Full disclosure, as I…
European Banks vs. Greek Labour
Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, neoliberalism
Kinder Morgan, NEB Draw Ire for Oil Spill Response Plans Released in Washington State, But Not B.C.
Since DeSmog Canada broke the story two weeks ago that Kinder Morgan publicly released its emergency oil spill plans for the Trans Mountain pipeline in Washington State while withholding or…
Unreasonable verdict
R v Moose, 2015 ABCA 71: A verdict may be unreasonable if the trial judge has drawn an inference or made a finding of fact essential to the verdict that…
Huffington Post: Bell wants the CRTC to overturn a major net neutrality ruling
Just as we’re nearing authentic net neutrality in the United States, a major Canadian telco is trying to take us backwards. Article by Daniel Tencer Bell Canada has gone to…
2015 Black History Month Recognized in Ontario Legislature
The Ontario Legislature recognized Black History Month on Feb. 24, 2015. A statement by the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade is available here. Hansard, Feb. 24, 2015 Black…
The SYRIZA Moment: A Skeptical Argument
Photo by Thierry Ehrmann The victory of Syriza in Greece is an important moment. Indeed, I think it is going to be a historic turning point for Europe and the…
One Giant Jumbotron, Millions of Voices: Today the Internet comes together to defend Net Neutrality
jumbotron-thankyouv3.png With historic Net Neutrality decision imminent, OpenMedia and huge coalition park Jumbotron opposite FCC HQ in Washington D.C., to stream images, messages, and videos submitted by tens of thousands…
Never mind sex – what are you teaching your kid about MY kid?
(I know I haven't blogged here in a long while, but this needed to be said long-form.) I overheard a conversation between two women today about Ontario's new sex education…
Never mind sex – what are you teaching your kid about MY kid?
(I know I haven’t blogged here in a long while, but this needed to be said long-form.) I overheard a conversation between two women today about Ontario’s new sex education…
Never mind sex – what are you teaching your kid about MY kid?
(I know I haven't blogged here in a long while, but this needed to be said long-form.)I overheard a conversation between two women today about Ontario's new sex education curriculum.…
Everything’s Harper: C-51 and the unmaking of Canada
Illustration by Hugh D’Andrade Stephen Harper’s not-so-benign dictatorship is picking up speed. Bill C-51 is merely the latest sprint toward the Rule of Steve. Here we have a piece of…
Kinder Morgan, NEB Draw Ire for Oil Spill Response Plans Released in Washington State, But Not B.C.
Since DeSmog Canada broke the story two weeks ago that Kinder Morgan publicly released its emergency oil spill plans for the Trans Mountain pipeline in Washington State while withholding or…
We Kill Our Revolutionaries
The State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Lithograph by P.S: Duval and Co., 1855. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio—Siddique Hasan, his legs shackled to a chair, sat in the fourth-floor visiting…
The Germans Get It. When Will We?
Sixty per cent of Germans believe that capitalism is the cause of poverty and hunger and that real democracy can’t be realized under that economic system. It seems they’re not…