Back To Business As Usual?
After all of the feel-good rhetoric of the Climate Summit of the Americas, held last week in Toronto, it would appear that we are back to business as usual, at…
July 2015
The Premiers’ Pernicious Plot – War On Our Grandkids
So much for “social licence.” The Globe has discovered the underhanded double-dealing our premiers are planning to unveil at their summit this week to fast-track bitumen pipelines and sweep away…
The Antis at Sunset Point
There are always those who don’t want change. Any change upsets them. Anything that’s new, different, exciting, challenging or just unusual bothers them and want it stopped. They want a…
Vocalist from Saltarello
The girl with the long braids from Saltarello singing. Saltarello is a Quebec band using a mix of instrumentation and vocalizations. Hurdy-gurdy, didgeridoo, native drums, keyboards, guitar, violin and stringed…
I know you have to say that stuff, Rachel, but still ….
At a recent speech to international investors in Calgary, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley described the tar sands as “a tremendous asset” and an “international showpiece.” Hearing my premier and the…
Pressure builds for Alberta to ban corporate and union donations in municipal elections
On June 22, 2015, Alberta’s new NDP Government passed Bill 1: An Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, imposing a retroactive ban on corporate and union donations to provincial political…
Gambling with censorship: Quebec’s web blocking plan could change how we use the Internet
The Quebec government seems determined to press ahead with an ill-conceived plan that would require ISPs to censor the Internet…for its own financial gain. Yes, you read that right. The…
Goodbye To The Historic Voice Of Our Community: The Closing of the News Leader Pictorial
Staff of the Cowichan Leader, 1954 CVMA By Peter W. Rusland Peter Rusland If anyone had told me a year ago my beloved Cowichan News Leader Pictorial would be closed,…
Robot kills autoworker at Volkswagen plant in Germany
I watched an hour long documentary on robots on CBC. It is amazing how advanced robots are becoming. Then I read a story where a robot killed an autoworker at…
Why spending cuts by the Harper government are causing them political harm
There is a feel good article in the Globe’s Report on Business today titled, “Aboriginal women lead the way in Canada’s labour markets“. The story focuses on recent labour market…
Why spending cuts by the Harper government are causing them political harm
There is a feel good article in the Globe's Report on Business today titled, "Aboriginal women lead the way in Canada’s labour markets". The story focuses on recent labour market…
Why spending cuts by the Harper government are causing them political harm
There is a feel good article in the Globe’s Report on Business today titled, “Aboriginal women lead the way in Canada’s labour markets“. The story focuses on recent labour market…
Only 24 hours left to demand faster, cheaper Internet for all Canadians
Only 24 Hours Remain We have less than 24 hours to tell decision-makers at the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to stop Big Telecom’s plan to keep us locked…
Success – Greece to stay in the Eurozone and the EU
Hands are being wrung; Chancellor Merkel is being cast as a vicious, heartless, and vengeful person; some speak of the French president being brushed aside; and Greeks are dismayed. During…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Paul Rosenberg documents how Bernie Sanders is tapping into widespread public desire and support for more socially progressive policies: Sanders is right to…
A Socialist Surge in the U.S.? Bernie Sanders Draws Record Crowds, Praises Greek Anti-Austerity Vote
This painting of Bernard Sanders was adapted from a photo in the public domain from the U.S. Senate The Greek election has also factored into the U.S. presidential race. On…
Stop lying to the Greeks — life without the euro is great
Photo by psyberartist The data come from the International Monetary Fund itself. It measures growth in gross domestic product, per person, in constant prices (in other words, with price inflation…
A tisket, a tasket…
What the crap is a tisket, anyway? Or, for that matter, a tasket? You know what, it doesn’t really matter. I’m’a just make it up. And I’m’a write about it.…
In Ecuador, Fight for Mankind; In Greece, Fight for Greece!
Presidents Fernando Lugo of Paraguay, Evo Morales of Bolívia, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brasil, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, in Fórum Social Mundial for…