In this week’s Hill Times: the religion of the poor
Everyone has their own theory, these days, about why the world is going to shit. Mine is poverty, plus technology. ** So, flying el Al into Israel for the…
November 2015
Alberta loses a big voice with the passing of MLA Manmeet Bhullar
Terribly sad news in Alberta politics today. CBC is reporting that 35-year old MLA Manmeet Bhullar has been killed in a car crash on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway while…
The Debate #nlpoli
The only winner in the debate was David Cochrane. He’s no Paul Wells but he did a fine job of wrangling the three leaders. And that’s the problem for the…
Rafe: NDP Leader Horgan’s Site C Dam opposition is a game-changer
NDP Leader John Horgan has finally come out swinging against Site C Dam - a wise political move that will benefit his party in the provincial election, says Rafe Mair.The…
A Return to an Evidence-Based Justice System
Neil Etienne interviewed Omar Ha-Redeye in the Law Times on the recent Canadian elections and its effect on the justice system: Toronto lawyer Omar Ha-Redeye says Wilson-Raybould’s mandate to review…
Research Confirms ExxonMobil, Koch-funded Climate Denial Echo Chamber Polluted Mainstream Media
A new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (PNAS) shows that the climate denial echo chamber organizations funded by ExxonMobil and Koch family foundations…
The Alberta Climate Plan: Is Ezra Levant Right?
Not when he says the oil companies don't represent the oil companies, but in his generally negative attitude towards the whole thing? Well, let's play Devil's advocate for a minute.…
Sorry, Naomi, Climate Change Can’t Be Your Sociology Project. BTW, Nice Hair.
Naomi Klein has her designer knickers in a bunch because, with some pretty nasty individuals floating around Paris lately, Hollande has banned protest marches at next week's climate change summit.Klein…
Message d’une Prisonnière à Tanguay: Contre l’Austerité
Tou.te.s uni.e.s contre l’austérité ! En mettant la hache dans les services publics comme il le fait, le gouvernement Couillard fait un pas de plus dans la mise sur pied…
A Message from Tanguay Women’s Prison: Against Capitalist Austerity
All United Against Austerity ! Slashing public services, the Couillard government is taking one more step to advance the neo-liberal capitalist project. It aims to make waged labour more precarious…
Article in Calgary Sun Regarding Murder of Mark Mariani
The article published on Saturday lays out much of the evidence (in addition to the released audio transcript that was released a two years ago) used to ultimately convict Tyler…
On incomplete care
Shorter Dustin Duncan:I'm pretty sure a health care system can't do more than two things at a time. And for the ministry I'm overseeing, surgery is no longer one of…
entertainment for a mind tired of murder
Source: entertainment for a mind tired of murderFiled under: art
SaskPower’s Plan Isn’t Ambitious
SaskPower’s new target, announced by the Premier last week, is out. .@PremierBradWall @SKGov This doesn't seem overly ambitious, given #ABclimate's goals. Can't Sask do more than Alberta? #skpoli #PowerToGrow — John…
Seeds of ISIS terror sown by Western hegemony
Photo by Thierry Ehrmann Syria is a global powder keg. Putin’s intervention in Syria in September led to ISIS blowing up a Russian airliner over the Sinai in November, killing…
Nov. 23: Trying again. Will this have real paragraphs?
Let's deal quickly with the Irving press. There isn't much to it. (This, I hope, is a new paragraph). A front page story is that Moncton drivers often don't stop…
An employer’s finances do not affect the quantum of notice for dismissal
Michela v. St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic School, 2015 ONCA 801: The nature and purpose of notice are well established. Although employees may be dismissed without cause,"employment contracts for an…
Just When I Thought Canada Was Short One Asshole
Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall popped up to let us know we're in no danger of running a rectum deficit anytime soon.Wall served notice again today that he's going to be…
OpenMedia and the TPP: taking the fight to D.C.
Last week, OpenMedia joined a huge coalition of groups protesting the TPP in Washington, DC. The call to action, issued by FlushTheTPP brought together organizations and individuals from across ...
Don’t Send Us your Tired and Poor….
More than 30 U.S. states refusing Syrian refugees on ‘shaky legal ground’ In wake of Paris attacks, governors of at least 31 U.S. states announce plans to bar Syrian refugees…