Another Secretive, Self-Serving Committee
This week, Collingwood Council passed a motion to appoint the Block Five to a new standing committee. The standing committee system, you will recall, is a system of secretive committees…
July 2015
preparing for the inevitable and diego’s mid-term report card
As the days count down until we move from house to apartment, I’m having trouble shaking my sadness. I’m very aware of the privileged position I’m in. We were able…
Dear Mr Harper: About that Poll…
On Thursday I answered the phone and it was you Mr Harper (well, your robot pollster lady) wondering whether I’d answer a 30 second political survey. While I can’t be…
July 26: This and that…
I read the New York Times with caution these days. But I was impressed by the following opinion column in it. After years of staring with glazed eyes at the…
Stephen Harper: Final Curtain
I posted the video below while ago. I hope come October 2015 it will be final curtain for Stephen Harper. It is about hosting the G8 and G20 meeting in…
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Council Are Facing the Homeless Issue With Class And Commitment.
Canada has turned its back on the poor, homeless and those facing mental health issues for decades now and the impact is being faced more and more by our cities.…
Harper and the Big Fat Senate Lie. . .
I remember once reading an amusing theory about the evolution of an idea. I think it came from Hazel Barnes introduction Jean-Paul Sartre’s Search for a Method. However, not having…
Montreal Attractions
Montreal Attractions
Nailing Collingwood’s Door Shut to Business
Councillor Deb Doherty seems eager to cement this council’s already ugly but deserved reputation for being hostile to business. This week she made a motion to re-open the always-contentious sign…
More On Pharmacare
The other day I wrote about an article in the Globe that called into question support for the notion of a national pharmacare program that would see drugs paid for…
Flora Power
Sad to learn about this. When we lived in Kingston, my parents voted for her. I think it was the first time either of them had ever voted Conservative. She…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Greg Keenan exposes how corporations are demanding perpetually more from municipalities while refusing to contribute their fair share of taxes to fund…
Good Sunday Morning
Of the Law Societies of Upper Canada and Nunavut
Dancing Around the Polls Will Only Make You Dizzy
The news this week was of two recently published polls. One was conducted by Forum Research and the other by Mainstreet Research; with completely different results. Forum shows some drop…
Apartment Living is Crushing My Soul
April Reign Apartment living is crushing my soul. I feel as though I have lost my connection to life. Time and seasons pass but nothing changes. It’s the same four…
He Really Does Think We’re Stupid
http://www.pressprogress.ca/ For the last two years, Stephen Harper has claimed that he is “delaying,” not refusing to appoint Senators. On Friday, he said — unequivocally — that he was refusing…
Eglinton-Lawrence is the place to be today.
It all comes down to the wire today in what will be one of the most hotly contested Toronto ridings in the October federal election. It is widely assumed by…
Harper History, Part 7 – Suppressed Information – Advertising Overload
In reviewing the events for this period I was struck by how important is is to look back at the undemocratic and secretive actions of the Harper regime, even I,…
What is Sexual Harrassment?
Sexual harrassment is a type of discrimination based on sex. It involves unwelcome comments or actions based on sex usually taking place more than once over a period of time.…