Wireless prices are so high that a black market is now emerging
Cheaper plans being sold on Kijiji? This has got to stop! Article by Peter Nowak for Alphabeatic You know wireless pricing in Canada is messed up when there’s a black…
2015
Canada: World’s Next Superpower? Only If We Stop Relying On Temporary Foreign Workers
It’s only been a couple of weeks since Disney, that most iconic of American companies, moved to displace all its home grown techies with low-cost foreign temporary workers, But the…
It’s Called the "Pucker Factor"
There’s a powerful yet weird mix of angst and optimism building in advance of the December climate change summit in Paris. Government types from the US to China to the…
Peaceful Paddle lands Site C opponents on terrorist watch list
2012 Paddle for the Peace (Damien Gillis) The following letter was written by the Paddle for the Peace Planning Committee in response to an article in the Toronto Star which…
Mars May Rise Again
The sole survivor, it is moored on Vancouver Island’s Sproat Lake a short drive west of Port Alberni. It’s the giant, Hawaii Mars, the last of what once was a…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Your news links for today: High prices are sparking a wireless black market in Canada – Alpha Beatic Why the New Canadian Telecom Transparency Rules Fall Short – Michael Geist…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jeffrey Sachs writes about the need to shape a more moral, less exploitative economy. So needless to say, the Cons are instead…
Bias as opposed to disagreement
Sirdi Sai Sweets Inc. v. Indian Spice & Curry Ltd., 2015 ONCA 502: “On the bias argument, we reject as without merit the claim that the trial judge was biased.…
Dear Crusty. LNG is Volatile. It Could Even Blow Up in Your Face.
BC premier Christy Clark is in love – with British Columbia’s natural gas reserves. She sees it as a magical solution to pay off all of the province’s debts and…
Hospital worker sick leave: too much or too little?
Ontario hospital workers are much less absent due to illness or disability than hospital workers Canada-wide. In 2014, Ontario hospital workers were absent 10.2 days due to illness or disability,…
Increase Your Happiness by Going on Vacation
Everybody loves going on vacation and here’s why: it makes for good conversations. Really. The short term gain of increased happiness from a vacation is very short indeed, just a…
Harper will win
Quote: One of the ads mocked Trudeau for having been a camp counselor, rafting instructor, drama teacher and boasting one of the worst attendance records in the House of Commons.…
Pasta Books Reviewed, Part 2
This follows from part one of my book reviews, posted on this blog. Please see that post for the introduction. These, with either the Pasta Bible or Pasta Cookbook (preferred)…
Why does the NDP regard Greece as a democratic success? Why?
Because – as frightened Greeks line up, right now, for basics like food – it isn’t a success. It is an abject failure. It is, as they say, a failed…
Another Fox Guarding The Hen House
It is hardly news to suggest that the National Energy Board (NEB) is rife with bias favouring the energy sector. Half of its members are professionals from the gas and…
The Green Coalition
http://sfgov2.org/ In Canada, we think of a coalition as an arrangement between two political parties. But, Tasha Kheiriddin writes, there is a more fundamental coalition — a coalition of voters.…
The Candidate: To communicate and motivate.
Part 6 of our series for Canada’s federal candidates. Do you want a guarantee of how to lose an election? It is so terribly easy. It is to fail to…
Which Advanced Country Has the Most Climate Sceptics? Hint: It’s Not the United States
It’s not necessarily a competition you should be particularly keen to win, but which country in the world has the most climate change “sceptics”? Most people would probably hazard a…
Stephen Harper and the Mean Streak of the Con Regime
There are so many reasons to despise Stephen Harper and his monstrous Con regime.For what they have done to Canada, and what they might do to it if they are…