Our Brave New World is Here and We’re Wearing It
Your personal privacy may be heading the way of the Dodo bird. Privacy may be the least appreciated human right we possess given how readily we shed it these days…
September 2015
Just in Time Learning
The experience that most prepared me for teaching wasn’t teacher’s college, it was working in a huge insurance company. They trained me to work efficiently and stay working until the…
KCCCC Day 49: can you spot the theme?
Look, I couldn’t tell you how the election is going turn out. I’ve long suspected the CPC would pull it off, as seen here, but only a crazy person would…
Required Reading for the Election Campaign: The Best Laid Plans by Terri Fallis
In my other life I lead book discussion groups in Montreal-area libraries, and, knowing that a federal election was coming up, I put Terry Fallis’s The Best Laid Plans on…
Stephen Harper and the Three Words That Could Help Destroy Him
They were only three words in a heated debate, but when Stephen Harper used the words "old stock Canadians" he may have made one of the biggest mistakes of this…
I Have Nothing To Add To This
… except the adjective unfettered in front of capitalism Recommend this Post
Time for a new navigator at Queen’s Park.
The other day Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa was quoted as saying “We are trying to navigate through this thing.” He was talking about selling beer in grocery stores. Frankly…
Be Prepared, Voter Identification
Much has been made of late of the removal of the voter card as a piece of identification, there was even a court case in Ontario to challenge the provision…
Dreams Can Come True
Nick has an official statement of life goals and dreams – it’s called his Person Directed Plan. For the last four years, that document has contained the following words: “My…
The Cons, the Census, and the Horrifying Story of Our Vanishing Canada
It's now been five years since the ghastly Tony Clement announced that the Cons were killing the long form census.Claiming that it was a gross invasion of privacy, and that…
1984 Was Supposed to be a Warning…
“Any society that would give up liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both”.Benjamin Franklin Read more…
Canadian environmentalists demand overhaul of tar sands pipeline approval process
Canadian environmentalists are demanding a complete overhaul of the National Energy Board, the federal board tasked with approving major energy and tar sands pipeline energy projects. They accuse the NEB…
PEGIDA Canada Rally Meets With Opposition: Banerjee Demands Opposition Be Shot
Well, it looks like the PEGIDA Canada rally and counter-protest was a rather boisterous affair. Back on September 13, we posted a message announcing a protest by anti-fascists to take…
Debate confirms that Canada will have a new government on October 20
Here’s the Nanos latest poll, showing support at various times over the past 12 months: Where have the polls been? Check the listing of all 2015 polls at Poll Tracker…
Who Are Stephen Harper’s “Old Canadians”
Don Maroc During the recent three-way federal election debates outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper explained his plans for immigration of Mideast war-driven refugees. After he distorted the truth about his…
Old stock???
For so many years, we in Canada have been trying to get away from the whole "we versus they" mentality. That one group of Canadians are better than another -…
Old stock???
For so many years, we in Canada have been trying to get away from the whole “we versus they” mentality. That one group of Canadians are better than another –…
Old stock???
For so many years, we in Canada have been trying to get away from the whole "we versus they" mentality. That one group of Canadians are better than another -…
Old stock???
For so many years, we in Canada have been trying to get away from the whole “we versus they” mentality. That one group of Canadians are better than another –…