The Man Who Would Be King
http://www.theguardian.com/ Yesterday, the broadcast consortium announced that all the party leaders — except Stephen Harper — had agreed to attend a debate in French and a debate in English. Harper,…
May 2015
Dream Electoral Reform
Electoral Reform is something I’ve been thinking about, and working on, for a good 15 years. When I make posts like this one, it comes from years of seeing Canadians…
Chicken Harper and the Great Con Debate Scam
Well now it’s official. The Con fluffer Kory Teneycke and his chicken leader Stephen Harper really don’t want any serious political leader’s debates.They want to hold their own mini-debates, and…
Will Stephen Harper Really Get Away With Rewriting History?
It couldn't be a more Orwellian move, or a greater threat to our democracy.Stephen Harper's outrageous decision to protect the RCMP by rewriting history. But this is Harperland, he is…
A week of truth for the Conservatives #nlpoli
Not that we didn’t know the provincial government had already granted exemptions to its supposedly sacred minimum fish processing requirements, but CBC this week gave us an insight into just…
Experimental science
xkcd: Placebo Blocker: I recall talking to a psychologist once about how people reacted to getting a diagnosis of a life-threatening disease. So we thought perhaps we could do an…
Alberta NDP draft outsiders from Manitoba, BC and Ottawa for Transition Team
Despite this current historic period in Alberta politics as a new party transitions into government for the first time in 44 years, almost no public focus has been directed at…
Shawnigan’s Challenges Demand Reform At The CVRD
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Sonia Furstenau was elected as Shawnigan’s CVRD Director last November. She inherited a horror show left by the former Doctor Director Bruce Fraser. When news of…
Bitter Twitter commentators battle Dippers: Apparently size matters after all! Who knew?
Back in February 2013, then-Alberta-premier Alison Redford announced that, “recognizing the impact of falling resource revenues on our bottom line, my government will lead by example with a smaller, more…
Harper’s the muzzling of Canada’s federal scientists assailed
This week, Canada’s three major public sector unions protested the Harper government’s continuing muzzling of the country’s federal scientists. The post Harper’s the muzzling of Canada’s federal scientists assailed appeared…
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Want to help protect our environment? Have your say on how you can have a say
Thursday, May 21, 2015 Meaningful public participation is a backbone of environmental assessment. But the BC environmental assessment backbone is broken. Now is your chance to help fix it. Until…
Oil buck$
Playing around on the internet at lunch today, I came across a couple of interesting databases that confirm, at least visually, that we are a petro-economy. With data on the…
Raven
Of the Law Societies of Upper Canada and Nunavut
No Aboriginals on Jury Roll? No Problem!
R. v.Kokopenace, 2015 SCC 28: The accused, an Aboriginal man from a First Nation reserve, was charged with second degree murder and convicted of manslaughter after a trial by judge…
Timing of future provincial elections.
Just a quick post to note an interesting occurrence that came about due to fixed election dates. While Newfoundland is expected to go to the polls this fall, along with…
this year’s garden-ette
This year’s crop: two tomato plants, basil, beans, and strawberries. Beans and strawberries are both new for us. I love that we’re still planting our little garden, with no thought…
This Isn’t Going To Work #skpoli
.@laurengolosky Why isn't the Environment Minister up to speed on #climatechange? It's basic knowledge for Environment portfolio. #skpoli — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) May 21, 2015 It’s 2015, and the entire…
Four Ways to Reduce Your Business Travel Carbon Footprint
What is your carbon footprint? Each Canadian causes 15 tons of CO2 emission per year, American 18 tons, Australian 17 tons, Dutch 11 tons, German 9 tons, British 8 tons,…