The Monster Stephen Harper Goes After Omar Khadr
Oh dear. It looks like Stephen Harper is not too happy to see Omar Khadr go free.He wants him back in his dark dungeon so he can torture him some…
May 2015
Has Stats Canada Screwed Up job Numbers?
#ldnont has never had a month where 4000 people left the labour force. This month’s data? 5000 gone. It’s an error. @LFPress @KevinLabonte — Mike Moffatt (@MikePMoffatt) May 8, 2015…
UK ELECTION: THE WINNING TORY STRATEGY
The Man who smote Miliband Who says strategy is not paramount? Cameron’s Conservatives had their course set for them by strategist Crosby, and it carried them to a victory that…
An open letter to the new NDP MLAs from someone who has been there
Hello, Newbies Democratic Party MLAs! Welcome to the exciting world of provincial politics. No doubt many of you are still on a high (natural or otherwise) after your exciting and…
BC’s Carbon Emissions on the Rise
It was a good story while it lasted. Over the past few years, the BC government and many in the policy community have spun a tale about the remarkable success…
May 8: Was Smirky Goguen lying?
Yesterday, the TandT carried a story from our normally dormant federal member of parliament, Smirky Goguen. He says the city has already received funding from Ottawa for the events centre.…
Digging science: Citizens amplify knowledge about the natural world
David Suzuki on how affordable technologies are facilitating the growth of citizen science, environmental activism and “meaningful scientific pursuits”. The post Digging science: Citizens amplify knowledge about the natural world…
From Exposé to Opacity: With The Migrant Image, T.J Demos Rethinks Documentary Aesthetics
Though often situated at the centre of grandiose political and activist projects, tasked time and again with capturing visible evidence of exploitation, violence, deprivation, and inequality, documentary, as both a…
Art, Revisited
Somehow, this speaks to me more than the original does. H/t Graeme MacKay Recommend this Post
How Facebook is blocking 3 billion soon-to-be Internet users from the REAL web
No Fake Internet: Why We’re Taking Action Today, OpenMedia has launched a new campaign to stand with Internet users around the world who oppose plans by Facebook to control what…
Manitobans in the Dark on Province’s Energy East Position
Three Manitoba-based environmental groups — Manitoba Wildlands, Wilderness Committee, and Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition — held a press conference Thursday in Winnipeg demanding the Manitoba government “acknowledge the magnitude” of…
What’s Worth More: Your Time or the Planet?
WAITING FOR THE BUS one morning on your way to work, you realize your reusable travel mug is at home. You’d rather not use another single-use plastic cup, but if…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – PressProgress weighs in on corporate Canada’s twelve-figure tax avoidance, while noting that the Cons’ decision to slash enforcement against tax cheats (while attacking…
Is Sweden fair to Canadians?
Not based on the evidence in this case, they’re not. Full disclosure: former Maple Leaf Andre Derveaux is a friend and a client. This morning, we helped him at a…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, May 8, 2015
Your news links for today: Canada passes anti-terror bill that’s bad news for online privacy – Engadget Bill C-51 mega-thread – reddit Of Snowden and the NSA, only one has…
Full UK results
Teddy here; suffering from Election Fever. I’ll need to take a day or two to recover before I start my post-election analysis of the various elections. Until then, here are…
small town roughs
We had just finished setting up our tent in among the buildings, although the buildings were in the wrong configuration. It was a farm I’d never been to before, in…