Can’t Tolerate Bigotry…
Time to put the brakes on our slide to intolerance: Tim Harper A government which deals with only symptoms and refuses to look at root causes is part of the…
March 2015
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, March 2, 2015
Your news links for today: Bill C-51 will ruin, not protect, lives of Canadians – ThinkPol Stephen Harper’s Bill C-51 undermines Canadian democracy and amounts to anti-dissent laws – Pirate…
Trudeau To Support Harper’ Imminent Iraq War Extension
Liberal leader open to supporting Stephen Harper’s imminent extension of Canada’s combat mission against Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq. The post Trudeau To Support Harper’ Imminent Iraq War Extension…
“I Can’t Breathe,” Could You?, By Chairman Shaka Zulu
Shaka Zulu All power to the people! Northern State Prison, like most prisons, constitutes one huge cesspool of corruption, connected to one huge machine called Mass Incarceration. This huge machine…
NDP leadership in Manitoba: the final stretch
In the late 1970s I was a current affairs documentary producer with the local CBC supper hour program in Winnipeg. On a few occasions I heard from a long-haired, bearded…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for the week of February 22, 2015
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Hill media fight over harassment policy, some say it could destroy Parliamentary Press Gallery Non-Competition Provision Results In Increased…
Exposed!
Science Historian Naomi Oreskes writes: When I wrote the book Merchants of Doubt in 2010, I only wanted one thing: to uncover the truth about who was behind the widespread,…
On full information
Michael Harris’ latest is well worth a read in offering a guide to avoiding the worst consequences of election-year spin. But it’s worth noting that his most important advice is…
NDP leadership in Manitoba: the final stretch
In the late 1970s I was a current affairs documentary producer with the local CBC supper hour program in Winnipeg. On a few occasions I heard from a long-haired, bearded…
Too Good Not too Share
Although I’m not sure that the benighted Progressive Conservative MPP Rick Nicholls will completely get it: H/t The Toronto Star Recommend this Post
Caveat Emptor
http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/ We should approach the next election with caution. That’s because the nature of electoral politics in Canada has changed. Michael Harris writes: The old electoral politics of presentation, explanation…
Cascading cuts result in new home care restructuring
The government is coordinating cascading efforts to move patients from organizations where more care is provided to where less care is provided. For hospitals, government funding models and directives have…
Axelrod on losing the narrative
The Globe scored a bit of coup, and got former Barack Obama (and former Dalton McGuinty!) advisor David Axelrod to talk to them over the weekend. He provided some fascinating…
Habits for Happiness
It turns out that just by doing some small changes to your daily routine you can dramatically improve your happiness. By adding very small habits to your day you can…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Janine Berg writes about the need for strong public policy to counter the trend of growing inequality. And Gillian White traces the ever-increasing…
Why Stephen Harper’s Bigotry Will Come Back to Haunt Him
As you know I am having a hard time accepting that Stephen Harper would actually use fear and bigotry to try to win himself another bloody majority.Because even though he…
Free political advice
Don’t (a) plead for a call from a respected former Prime Minister (b) promise to keep it confidential (c) then tweet about the call, while (d) making it sound like…
Mr. Brown’s win-win for Premier Wynne.
The phones were ringing early in Barrie yesterday. Conservatives were stunned. Liberals were in shock. New Democrats were confused. Not that this blog ever wants to say “We told you…
Michael Harris’ Guide to Street-Proofing Our Votes
As you may have heard, Ottawa has been swirling with rumours that Stephen Harper could be getting ready to call a very early election. So he can strike before the…
In this week’s Hill Tines: when you drop 15 points
You’re the incumbent, you’re smart, you’ve got plenty of experience, but you can’t get ahead in the polls. So what do you do? You call for a series of leaders’…