Majority of Canadians Say Climate More Important than Oilsands, Pipelines
On Saturday, April 11, thousands of Canadians are expect to gather in Quebec City for a national day of action on climate change. The march will occur in advance of…
April 2015
Harper is a "Defence Deadbeat"
The man sure talks a good game but Canada has never seen a bullshitter with the skillset of Stephen Harper. Oh we’ve got a penny packet of jets flying here…
Freedom-Privacy – Are You Kidding Me!
Don Maroc Last December Canada’s Supreme Court, with a thin 4-3 majority decision, ruled that even if a police search of a cell phone’s contents is illegal (no court issued…
Motor Sport Resort Is Brown Not Green – North Cowichan Must Act!
Richard Hughes Is this an April Fools joke? Unless there is an amendment to the zoning, or a new zone is established this could end up being used year around…
And Speaking Of Harper’s Former Friends and Appointees….
Another one sends his greetings from jail in Panama. The disgraced Arthur Porter, the Harper-appointed former Chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee of Canada and alleged fraudster, has a…
Give Peace a Chance – Save The River – Save The Farmland!
The Social Media is flowing with musical pushback against destructive people, like Steve, and ignorant projects like the Site C Dam proposal. The artists, musicians and comedians are jumping in…
Botched English Bay oil spill confirms BC ‘woefully unprepared’ for more pipelines, tankers: Open letter
Ocean pollution specialist Dr. Peter Ross displays an oily substance from English Bay (Vancouver Aquarium) The following is an open letter by Ben West of the group Tanker Free BC…
Conservatives in Ontario and Alberta go topsy turvy…
With yesterday’s dropout by Monte McNaughton, the Ontario PC leadership race is down to just two: mainstream Tory Christine Elliott, who has represented the provincial riding of Whitby-Ajax since 2006,…
Heave Steve! – A Prince Albert Musical
You can view the lyrics at http://lon4change.ca/HeaveSteveLyrics.php
Oiling the machinery of climate change denial and transit opposition
David Suzuki explains how the Koch Brothers, the largest U.S. leaseholder in the Alberta tar sands, use their vast wealth to fund climate change denial. The post Oiling the machinery…
VIDEO: Canada Has a Troubling Definition of ‘Threat’
The government defines a threat completely differently than a citizen does. We think of threats as violence, things that could physically hurt us. But to a government that also includes…
Cold Camembert, Collingwood Style
Conservative Senator Nancy Ruth made comments last week about how awful it is to eat normal airplane food as an excuse why she billed more sumptuous meals to her taxpayer-funded…
Browne v. Dunn
R. v. Quansah,2015 ONCA 237 : In Browne v. Dunn, Lord Herschell, L.C., explained that if a party intended to impeach a witness called by an opposite party, the party…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – PressProgress exposes the Cons’ utter detachment from the realities facing Canadian workers. And Kevin Page, Stephen Tapp and Gary Mason all expose their…
Houthis Commit Atrocities Too – Well, Sort Of.
By now we’re all too familiar with al Qaeda executing people and ISIS beheading captives, even burning them alive. But let’s not overlook the Houthi rebels in Yemen. They too…
On trial and error
It may be true – as argued by Lawrence Martin – that Mike Duffy’s expense fraud trial will serve as the most prominent point of discussion about the Harper Cons’…
In Over Our Heads, Way Over.
Usually when someone orders their life according to alternate realities we consider that person mentally ill. It’s not hard to notice, they do a lot of weird things that just…
From SLATE – Do Not Watch "Game of Thrones" With These People
Sunday opens the fifth season of Game of Thrones. If you’re going to watch it, Slate.com suggests you not view it with any of these sorts of people. While you’re…
Jobs Gains Skew Part-time, Over 55
The Canadian labour market added 29,000 jobs in March, beating expectations. Underneath the headline, though, the numbers aren’t as rosy. A jump of 57,000 part-time jobs masked the loss of…