Rafe Mair’s Modest Proposal: Scrap environmental assessments
The resignation of Economist Robyn Allan from the National Energy Board (NEB)underlines the futility of funding these rigged operations and what is worse is that we pay through the nose…
May 2015
This changes everything
When someone says something "changed everything," you know something didn't. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 26, 2015
Fuck the Job Count! What People Need Are Living Wages!
Every month the charade continues. Governments in North America announce the latest labour market statistics, hoping to pull the wool over the population’s eyes, making them believe that things are…
Raising Those At The Bottom
http://www.pilgrimagepodcast.com/ There has been a lot of discussion about the 1% of us who are fabulously wealthy. A new OECD report, In It Together: Why Less Inequality Benefits All, suggests…
The Day Stephen Harper’s Attack Ads Made Him look Like an Idiot
As I've been telling you for a while, Stephen Harper's PMO is not the mighty Death Machine it once was.These days it's looking desperate and disorganized. Its election campaign is…
The party is over #nlpoli
There are times when you wonder why anyone pays attention to a crowd like the Atlantic Province Economic Council. They showed up in St. John’s on Monday to tell us…
Horgan was in Edmonton for celebrations. Here he is with a Cowichan ex pat now Alberta NDP MLA Shay Anderson.
Horgan was in Edmonton for celebrations. Here he is with a Cowichan ex pat now Alberta NDP MLA Shay Anderson. He sent this on his iPhone. I think he…
Henry Yu on #WhiteSupremacy in Canada
"Canada had a history of #WhiteSupremacy similar to South Africa-building its immigration policy around White Canada" pic.twitter.com/wcNdWGogqZ — Melissa Fong (@internationalmf) May 25, 2015 "Canada had a history of #WhiteSupremacy
The outlaw love and godless gospel of roots rocker Rodney DeCroo
Albumn review, “Campfires on the Moon”, by Michael Nenonen. Rodney DeCroo’s latest album, “Campfires on the Moon,” reveals hidden faces. I’ll say more about that in a moment. “Campfires”, released…
Cassandra’s Curse
Climate scientists are reporting higher incidents of depression. It could be from living like the mythological Cassandra, who had the gift of prophecy but was cursed by Apollo for refusing…
Marie Goldsmith: Her life and thought
MARIE GOLDSMITH: HER LIFE AND THOUGHT WHAT'S IN A NAME ? Maria Isidorovna Goldsmith was born on July 19, 1871 in Russia (1). There is some confusion about both the…
Marie Goldsmith: Her life and thought
MARIE GOLDSMITH: HER LIFE AND THOUGHT WHAT’S IN A NAME ? Maria Isidorovna Goldsmith was born on July 19, 1871 in Russia (1). There is some confusion about both the…
Marie Goldsmith: Her life and thought
MARIE GOLDSMITH: HER LIFE AND THOUGHT WHAT'S IN A NAME ? Maria Isidorovna Goldsmith was born on July 19, 1871 in Russia (1). There is some confusion about both the…
Marie Goldsmith: Her life and thought
MARIE GOLDSMITH: HER LIFE AND THOUGHT WHAT’S IN A NAME ? Maria Isidorovna Goldsmith was born on July 19, 1871 in Russia (1). There is some confusion about both the…
Captain Cosmo Cat
I am reminded again of the rule I have been neglecting. Make a mark. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, madeWithPaper, space
Rafe Mair’s Modest Proposal: Scrap environmental assessments
The 3-member NEB Joint Review Panel for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline (Damien Gillis) Do you enjoy being a raw hypocrite? Well, if you’re a taxpayer in Canada that’s…
We must start ‘shaming’ thosewho lie to us, destroy our climate
During a flight from Montreal to Halifax I missed a chance to carry out an act of defiance – “shaming” – against a person who has greatly abused his position…
We must start ‘shaming’ thosewho lie to us, destroy our climate
During a flight from Montreal to Halifax I missed a chance to carry out an act of defiance – “shaming” – against a person who has greatly abused his position…
How fast is your Internet? We’re helping launch a new open source Internet Performance Test
By collaborating with our community, volunteers, and different partners around the world, we get to do a lot of cool things here at OpenMedia. But today’s launch is one of…
Judith Lavoie on the Shawnigan Contaminated Soil Battle
This article was originally carried in Victoria’s Focus Online. It covers the issue well but misses the crucial matter of the CVRD Shawnigan land use bylaws that prohibit treating and…