Austerity Strangles Ontario: the TA strikes in Context
Photo by Philipp Hienstorfer Toronto is in the midst of an unprecedented strike by over 10,000 Teaching Assistants (TA) and contract faculty at York University and the University of Toronto:…
March 2015
On component parts
It seems there’s plenty of room for interpretation as to where the Cons’ terror legislation falls on the spectrum from purely political red meat to help their poll position, to…
March 8: Probably a short one this time….
….but a bit explosive. Iraq news (that’s the ones on our side) have announced the capture of three military advisors working with ISIS. All three have surprising employers. Two are…
Can Israelis Save Israel?
Tens of thousands of Israelis flooded Rabin Square in Tel Aviv Saturday night to call for the ouster of Benjamin Netanyahu.Organised under the banner, “Israel wants change” and dubbed an…
People Power in the Birthplace of Democracy
Syrzia, the radical leftist government of Greece has rocked the Eurozone on its heels by rejecting the German-driven austerity programme that brought the Greek people to their knees. The Euros…
Yeah, But He’s Still a Member In Good Standing in Harper’s Caucus
Oh, what’s another racist more or less when it’s today’s Conservative caucus? New Brunswick Tory MP John Williams knows a thing or two about messaging. He should given that he…
Guess what day it is today?
I always thought it was very clever of my mother to have me and my twin sister on International Women’s Day, too.
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Cam Dearlove writes a must-read column on the role of housing in building a healthy society: For housing advocates and researchers, our…
Abacus: what do you want in a leader?
Mulcair: serious, competent. Harper: serious, experienced. Trudeau: young, modern. Poll here. What do you think will be the ballot question on voting day? What will it be in the Spring?…
Why Elvis Matters to Collingwood
There are some things that are pointless to argue, it seems. Creationism with a fundamentalist. Anti-vaccination with a New Age wingnut. Reason and logic with local bloggers. The value of…
The Irony at the Heart of Harper’s Economic Failure
|It is probably not an over statement to posit that Stephen Harper hates Pierre Trudeau and his legacy more than anyone or anything. Given the malignant nature of Harper’s soul,…
SecularStudents.ca – Does anyone want to maintain Canadian Secular Students?
In 2007, I helped found the University of Alberta Atheists and Agnostics. That student group that is still running today. A rare accomplishment as many student groups, particularly those for…
Meet Cardinal Kenney and Brother Brown.
Ottawa is so bereft of excitement and speculation now that former Foreign Minister John Baird has flounced out of cabinet and gone home to Nepean. It leaves Minister of National…
The Debate about the Debate has started!
With the Conservatives quietly considering a proposal to hold up to five regional televised debates in the upcoming federal election to contrast Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s experience with rookie Liberal…
How We Can Help Defeat Stephen Harper’s Fear Campaign
As you know, I have a dream. One that I hold tightly to my chest in this dark Harperland, where hope goes to die.The dream of defeating Stephen Harper and…
Headpieces Filled With Straw
https://www.learningpod.com/ For the second year in a row, Andrew Coyne was underwhelmed by the Manning Conference. It used to be, he writes, the home of the Conservative Party in exile:…
Stuff happens, week 9: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the dumbest of them all?
The halo over Jim Prentice is getting more and more tarnished. Prentice, who has been on a PR offensive over his upcoming budget and unnecessary and illegal election, put his…