Unblocked
In response to the apparent return of Gilles Duceppe to federal politics, I’ll offer a quick rerun on the state of the Bloc Quebecois: Once the 1995 referendum was in…
June 2015
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Your news links for today: Netflix vs. CraveTV: More Than 90% of CraveTV Titles Are Not Available On Netflix U.S. or Canada – Michael Geist Stealing American Netflix can benefit…
Federal court ruling threatens bottom line for salmon farms
On May 6th, Justice Donald J. Rennie of the Federal Court ruled against Marine Harvest Canada and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, confirming that the transfer of young salmon…
The Edmonton tragedy, and Freemen on the land
In 1996, I was in Montana when the Freemen were in full revolt. They effectively paralyzed the entire state for weeks in an armed standoff. Essentially, these guys (they are…
Canadians are owed answers on the Senate.
Do you have a mental image of the three major party leaders cowering in their campaign bunkers this year afraid of questions on the Senate? They will all tell you…
Say Nothing. Do Nothing.
http://www.macleans.ca/ It’s interesting to compare Stephen Harper to the much reviled Brian Mulroney. Michael Den Tandt writes: Back to Mulroney who, at the time he stepped aside in 1993, was
Boredom and politics
Here’s the Buzzcocks (who are here in Tee Dot in mere days!) doing their best-ever tune, from the Spiral Scratch EP. Devoto’s vocal was better than Pete’s, but the perfection…
The Day Stephen Harper Helped Destroy the Planet
I hate to admit it, but it seems I was tragically wrong. Stephen Harper did play a major role at the G7 summit after all.He took a reasonable proposal to…
Canada Needa a Real National Autism Strategy: Exhibit #1 Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is Exhibit #1 In the Case for a REAL National Autism Strategy Canada has long needed a REAL National Autism Strategy, one which includes coverage of autism in medicare…
Canada Needa a Real National Autism Strategy: Exhibit #1 Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is Exhibit #1 In the Case for a REAL National Autism Strategy Canada has long needed a REAL National Autism Strategy, one which includes coverage of autism in medicare…
Canada Needa a Real National Autism Strategy: Exhibit #1 Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is Exhibit #1 In the Case for a REAL National Autism StrategyCanada has long needed a REAL National Autism Strategy, one which includes coverage of autism in medicare to…
Canada Needa a Real National Autism Strategy: Exhibit #1 Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is Exhibit #1 In the Case for a REAL National Autism Strategy Canada has long needed a REAL National Autism Strategy, one which includes coverage of autism in medicare…
Pierre Poilievre’s Sad and Desperate Popularity Problem
Well at least now we know the real reason Pierre Poilievre made those ghastly vanity videos.Which were all about him, but paid for with OUR money. Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre…
A lot can change in three months #nlpoli
The Liberals and the Conservatives dropped in the most recent Corporate Research Associates poll and all that vote went to the New Democrats. Let’s look at the party choice numbers…
Socialist hordes at the gates, this time for real
Merriam-Webster:“Socialism: a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government” For years, leaders of the BC Business Party (AKA Social Credit or…
Looking to Fight Austerity by Greening Spain
Robert Pollin on Podemos in Spain Filed under: Uncategorized
An ageing population isn’t the reason for stunted economic growth – austerity is
An ageing population isn’t the reason for stunted economic growth – austerity is. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, IMF
NDP health minister’s decision to drop Tories’ phony AHS ‘decentralization’ is no loss to anyone
PHOTOS: Alberta Health Services, as originally envisaged by the Tories and described by the Wildrose Party. Below: Another AHS reorganization as seen by the NDP. Below that train wreck, Alberta…
TRC report: Canadian party leaders avoided term “cultural genocide”
Last week’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission report called Canada’s residential school policy “cultural genocide”. Reacting, both Trudeau and Mulcair avoided mentioning the two loaded words. The post TRC report: Canadian…
We are hosting a Social Media Town Hall Q&A on the state of Canada’s Internet. Join us!
As you may have heard, OpenMedia has been collaborating with experts at the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to launch a new open source Internet Performance Test that will help…