Before the fall
Shorter Brad Wall: The whole concept of “From many peoples, strength” doesn’t do much for me. But “From many dinosaur remains, climate devastation”, now that gets me – and any…
2015
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, July 17, 2015
Your news links for today: High court rules data retention and surveillance legislation unlawful – The Guardian UK schools’ “anti-radicalisation” software lets hackers spy on kids – Cory Doctorow Saunders’…
Poloz does because Tories don’t.
Did nobody understand the implications of the Bank of Canada governor’s actions on Monday? Governor Stephen Poloz had no choice but to make the only move he could. He cut…
Why Isn’t This Getting Wider Coverage?
While this story seems most timely and relevant, given the ongoing Council of the Federation meeting discussing pipeline growth, I couldn’t even find a reference to it in this morning’s…
The Imitation Of Who?
http://www.straight.com/ Two weeks ago, Conservative MP Wai Young told the congregation at the Harvest City Church that, when he pushed through Bill C-51, Stephen Harper was walking in
dogs, apartments, and anxiety: in which diego returns to school
As I mentioned (almost a month ago now), our pack of four is moving to a new den. We’re going to stop renting houses, as we have done for the…
The Early Election Call and the Cowardice of Stephen Harper
As you know I'm deeply concerned by the horrible thought that Stephen Harper could ruin our summer, or steal it, as only Great Maniac Leader could.By calling an election one…
The Con Oil Pimp Brad Wall Declares War on Central Canada
Oh great. Just what this broken bleeding country needs. Another Con oil pimp like Brad Wall, the Premier of Saskatchewan.Sweeping out of the West to declare war on Central Canada.…
Health Canada—another Conservative mouthpiece?
The Conservatives have started early on their advertising campaign for the upcoming election. We are, for example, being told ad nauseam that Justin Trudeau isn’t ready. With their large war…
Who ends up allied with whom in a ‘Pizza Parliament’? It may not be as simple as you think
ILLUSTRATIONS: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, get together in a liaison dangereuse … actual Canadian politicians may not behave exactly as…
Dismantling Democracy in Canada
Have to share this. Please share it too. Dismantling Democracy in Canada
The European Union Backstory. Greece Is the Least of Its Problems.
We may be on the verge of witnessing a ground shaking, dangerous and scary spectacle – the dismemberment of the European Union. The recent events in Greece may have set…
Capitalism and Democracy in Greece
There has been no paucity of allusions to Greek tragedy when discussing the current negotiations between Greece and its European creditors: Syriza caught between Scylla of austerity and the Charibdas…
July 17:
Friday, like today (Thursday) will be a busy day for me. So I’m starting this blog this evening – and will finish tomorrow. So the part about what’s in Irving…
Your Ward News Update
I wrote about this back in May. I said: So there’s an T.O. East End Newspaper called Your Ward News. From what I gather its mostly a direct mail affair;…
B.C. to Pay Millions to Subsidize Petronas Climate Pollution Due to Secretive LNG Emissions Loophole
The B.C. government plans to subsidize Malaysian gas giant Petronas to the tune of $16 million, in part due to a promise to exclude a significant chunk of the greenhouse…
Rafe: Trudeau’s misstep on C-51 will help the NDP in federal election
Photo: John McCallum/Flickr We’ve reached the summer doldrums and perhaps that’s a good time to sit back and look at the coming Federal election, if only in general terms. Amazingly,…
Measure the health of Canada’s Internet and… win an awesome gaming rig?
Over the past couple months, our small team at OpenMedia has been helping get the word out on a big project designed to measure the health of Canada’s Internet: CIRA’s…