Canadian Forces recruiting centres and demographics #nlpoli
The Canadian Forces is planning to move its three full-time recruiting staff out of the office in Corner and move them elsewhere. From now on, recruiting on the west coast…
2015
Where Are Our Leaders?
Vancouver is all but obscured in this satellite image It’s fire time in BC. Real leadership means speaking the words, recognizing facts and realities for people, and saying leader-y kinds…
Greek Referendum Map
Filed under: Austerity, Europe, Southern Europe Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Greek Referendum
Spain’s politicians distance themselves from euro crisis: ‘This isn’t Greece’ | World news | The Guardian
Spain’s politicians distance themselves from euro crisis: ‘This isn’t Greece’ | World news | The Guardian. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Eurozone Crisis, Podemos, Spain
Why Germany Has No Right to Inflict Pain On Greece
Ever since the Greek debt crisis began no country has been more aggressive in demanding its pound of flesh than Germany, and its flinty chancellor Angela Merkel.Merkel has made it…
Calgary Stampede an important marker of political change in Alberta
Billed as the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, the Calgary Stampede is a must-stop destination for political leaders of all stripes and all levels of government. The event also provides…
Murky and contradictory poll results, weird timing, unlikely to divert media from its dubious narrative about Alberta’s NDP
PHOTOS: “Press 1 if you support the Wildrose Party …” With the right digital equipment, the whole family can have fun with demon-dialler public opinion polls, even down on the…
Politicians in Cowboy Hats 2015: Lassoing Votes, Stampeding to the Polls, and Other Puns
For a brief history of Stampede fashion, you can read the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014 round-ups – or “100 Years of Bad Photo-Ops“ All eyes…
BC Wildfires: Climate Change in action?
The sun at 10:30 am. July 5, on Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island (Roy L. Hales) The following is republished from the ECOreport. Across the Strait of Juan de Fuca…
New Carbon Tracker Report Calls $82 Billion of B.C.’s LNG Ambitions into Question
A new report released by the London-based Carbon Tracker Initiative finds more than $283 billion in potential liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects worldwide are likely unfeasible in a carbon-constrained world.…
It Doesn’t Get Much Uglier Than This. Well, It Does, Eventually.
The closer you look into the Greek economic fiasco, the more you’ll see of a cautionary tale the rest of us need to absorb. The Troika – the IMF, the…
Canadians take fight against Harper’s Bill C-51 to UN rights committee
Canadian rights activists to challenge Bill C-51, Stephen Harper’s new anti-terror law, before the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva this week. The post Canadians take fight against Harper’s Bill…
Why is Mulclair getting a free ride on his dalliance with Harper?
It doesn’t matter if the reason he walked away is corroborated by senior conservatives. What matters is that he entered into discussions in the first place. A Liberal going to…
Ongoing Audits of Canada’s Charities a Violation of Human Rights, United Nations Hears
Canada Without Poverty, an Ottawa-based charity, is arguing the sweeping audits of charities by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) are a violation of human rights before the UN Human Rights…
Greece tables unified set of negotiation principles with EU
The PM of Greece fired his first opening shot in the coming negotiations with the Troika of faceless technocrats and panoply of politicians, by huddling with the opposition parties and…
Too many filters and apps to mention. #cats
via Instagram http://ift.tt/1CinXIY Filed under: art Tagged: IFTTT, Instagram
The Greek Referendum: Method in the Madness
Everyone seems to be weighing in on the resounding NO vote delivered by Greek voters to the Eurocrats in Brussels and Frankfurt on Sunday. Much speculation is being made regarding…
They’re back…and are trying to ambush us with an online ‘link tax’
Two weeks ago we celebrated a win at the European Parliament, where members of a powerful committee tasked with making decisions about how we share and collaborate online rejected proposals…
Revisiting my Top Ten Predictions for 2015
Revisiting my top ten predictions Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics In early January 2015, I published on CBC my ‘Top Ten Predictions’ for the…
Thomas Piketty Rides to the Defence of Greece
The noted French economist, Thomas Piketty, isn’t mincing any words when it comes to defending Greece against its European creditors. He drives home the point that bloody-minded hyper-austerity types like…