Yet Another Sign Of Just How Much Trouble We Are In
When we think of climate change, the first things that may come to mind are our increasingly violent storms and melting Arctic ice. Another, of course, is drought and its…
June 2015
In which Anonymous makes the case for the very thing they oppose
Not very strategic, boys and girls.
The Globe and Mail: Wind Mobile brings cell service to Toronto subways
Great news for subway commuters users in Toronto, and yet another reason to escape the high prices and rampant abuse of the Big Three as new options become viable for…
Need for Reform of TFW Program highlighted by Human Rights verdict
A roundtable discussion with labour and migrant justice organizers on how the progressive community in Canada should respond to temporary foreign workers program. • Photo by No One Is Illegal…
Canadian Medicare and the Retirement Conundrum
Photo by Christine Singh Powell River, British Columbia – There’s been lots of attention paid recently to the Canada Pension Plan and how to extend it, and news stories and…
Some loudmouth on the Liberals, NDP, C-51, hate and other stuff
Here. Listen only if you are bed-ridden and unable to do anything else at all.
This Is a Bit Stomach-Churning
The headline in the Ottawa Citizen reads, “Accused in Lindhout kidnapping intends to seek legal aid.” The item continued to suggest that Somalian Ali Omar Ader is taking the Canadian…
Rachel Dolezal and the Strange Dilemma. . .
Like Dr. Dawg, I am troubled by the entire incident of Rachel Dolezal. Obviously, something about the whole thing rubs us all the wrong way. But it is difficult to…
CBC: Canadians still don’t know what the Trans-Pacific Partnership is
Despite the secrecy, we know that The TPP would criminalize your online activity, invade your privacy, and cost you money. Speak out now at StoptheSecrecy.net Article by The Canadian Press…
Pop quiz
Michael Den Tandt and John Geddes are convinced that Tom Mulcair’s speech to the Economic Club of Canada yesterday represents both a massive sea change in Canadian politics, and a…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Your news links for today: Tory MP Accuses Liberals, NDP Of ‘Siding With Terrorists’ – Huffington Post Suck on This: Canadian Government Rejects IP Lobby’s Concerns on Dot-Sucks Domain –…
Trudeau delivers a smart move
I said, some time ago, that eliminating mail to-the-door delivery was dumb, dumb, dumb. To wit, my made-up Tory Talking Points about the move: “One, two-thirds of Canadians don’t get…
Teaching women self-defence still the best way to reduce sexual assaults: study
The four-year study tracked nearly 900 women at three Canadian universities, randomly selecting half to take the 12-hour “resistance” program, and compared them to a second group who received only…
Terror Incognita
A useful series of musings on consent, seduction, and queerness in the realms of sex and politics; from the people at Crimethinc source: http://ift.tt/MzuvD0 on the main Kersplebedeb website: http://ift.tt/1So5COP
Terror Incognita
A useful series of musings on consent, seduction, and queerness in the realms of sex and politics; from the people at Crimethinc source: http://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2012/07/16/terror-incognita-now-online/
Teaching women self-defence still the best way to reduce sexual assaults: study
The four-year study tracked nearly 900 women at three Canadian universities, randomly selecting half to take the 12-hour “resistance” program, and compared them to a second group who received only…
Real Change – democratic reform package released by Liberals gets attention.
Yesterday in Ottawa, Pierre Trudeau and over 160 candidates (inc. my friend Danielle Takacs) released a set of 32 democratic reform proposals called “Real Change”, which would significantly overhaul how…
Welcome to Justin Trudeau’s meritocracy.
Thank goodness Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has solved the problems of Canada’s senate. Surely you have been waiting breathlessly for further disclosure of his plans for a non-partisan, merit-based process…
He Doesn’t Practice It At Home
http://www.slideshare.net/ Eight hundred years ago this week, King John was forced to sign the Magna Charta. But today, Errol Mendes writes, King Stephen is trying to place himself above the…