From beyond the grave
Andrew Coyne wants to pretend we shouldn’t worry what legislation gets passed by the Harper Cons on the theory that there’s absolutely nothing stopping a future elected government from reversing…
April 2015
News Alert! 3 Great New Films About Caregiving!
This week, I’ve watched trailers for three terrific new films about caregiving. I hope these are just the beginning of a new trend in movies and story-telling about giving and…
Me, Myself and I Redux
At Collingwood Council meetings, you will always hear someone say “Moved by myself…” when presenting a motion at the table.* Argh! Where did these people go to school? Clearly our…
Meanwhile, Back At Campaign Central
Hate campaign, that is. True to form, the Harper regime wasted no time in denouncing the decision to release Omar Khadr on bail pending his appeal. And in addition to…
Turnabout Is Fair Play
Thanks to Ed Tanas for bringing the following to my attention: Taking its cue from the Conservative Party, the Liberals Party is attempting to turn the tables on reckless, unjustified…
Shakespeare Changed Everything
I have been reading an entertaining little book called How Shakespeare Changed Everything, which, as the title suggests, is about the pervasive influence the Bard has had on pretty much…
How Progressives Can Engage Young Canadians in the Election Campaign
When Joe Oliver made his outrageous statement about leaving Harper's granddaughter's generation to pay for the Con's revenue killing tax policies, he only said it because he thought he could…
The Liberals Strike Back at the Con’s Porky Action Ads
Stephen Harper and his Cons have spent almost a billion dollars of our tax dollars on their Porky Action Ads. It's the most outrageous mass brainwashing project this country and…
Canada’s copyright term extension for sound recordings taxes public, enriches record labels
The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Jeremy Malcolm explains why Harper’s new plan to extend copyright terms for sound recordings is “thoroughly misguided” The post Canada’s copyright term extension for sound recordings…
Winnicki Donates to Free Dominion’s Warman Appeal: Part II
There are a few things in life that are predictable. Death. Taxes. And Tomasz Winnicki will respond to a blog post in which he is explicitly referred to. A few…
Hard hitting journalism by Black Press
Mount Polley Mine meeting important to attend, by Ken Wilson, Williams Lake Tribune (Black Press), Apr 17, 2015 Over the years companies, governments, and those in-between have created some major…
Musical interlude
Little May – Boardwalks (Sonny Alven Remix)
New LPC Ad Is Pretty Clever
They’ve bought space during some of tonight’s hockey games, apparently. Probably for just a night or two, and then they’ll hope The Net spreads word a bit further. They’ll get…
Omar Khadr and the Grubby Con Hogs
Over the last eight years I have written almost a hundred posts about the case of Omar Khadr, Canada's child soldier.For I consider it one of the greatest cases of…
EFF supports our notice-and-notice letter
We wrote a letter to Minister of Industry James Moore demanding that the legal loophole be closed. It is time to put an end to abusive copyright trolls. Article by…
OTTAWA CITIZEN: Federal watchdogs warn security-bill snooping goes way too far
Canadians risk being caught in a web of unbridled government snooping into their personal lives” – that’s the verdict of the government’s own Privacy Commissioner on Bill C-51. Article by…
April 24: why we ain’t real smart…
In 25 years of radio, TV and print media, I was never once asked to cover or comment on a hockey game. I guess that just makes sense. I mean,…
The Senate and transgenders
To my knowledge, I have never met a transgendered person in my life. That does not mean I don't have respect or compassion for those who live the sex opposite…
The Senate and transgenders
To my knowledge, I have never met a transgendered person in my life. That does not mean I don’t have respect or compassion for those who live the sex opposite…