Dream electoral reform, part 2
I’ve asked a lot of people on Twitter for feedback, and every single one of their responses lead me to one conclusion – I was unclear in my previous post.…
2015
May 27:The best is the cartoon page…
Oh, no, I don’t mean the cartoon page in the Irving press. The days of cartoons that were both funny and insightful ended years ago,and after only a brief life.…
Groups Want Pipeline Regulator to Explain Why it Won’t Order Safety Test of Enbridge’s Line 9
Environmental and citizen groups in Quebec are demanding the National Energy Board (NEB) explain why it refuses to order a hydrostatic safety test of Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline, a west-to-east…
Park commissioners lament Vancouver Aquarium only option for rescued false killer whale
by Travis Lupick on May 26th, 2015 at 6:18 PM Park commissioners have said they are saddened to learn another cetacean will live in captivity at the Vancouver Aquarium. The…
Group Asks New Alberta Government to Review Oilsands Water Usage Amid Extreme Wild Fires
Conservation group Keepers of the Athabasca is asking the Alberta government to review water usage rules for oilsands companies as the province struggles with unseasonably low water levels and raging…
EU’s military strategy to deepen Mediterranean tragedies
Photo by Kim Hansen More than 800 migrants died on April 19 this year when their overcrowded boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. The tragedy sent…
2015 campaign has been started by Stephen Harper
Harper’s main strategy to vilify the leaders of the opposition parties has begun.
Has Andre “Kid Kodak” Marin lost his mind?
The multiple instances of defamation notwithstanding – and my lawyer tells me we can, and should, sue and that we’d win – what I found most astonishing, here, is that…
Stuff Happens, week 20: red card for FIFA; love-in for NDP; McKay out
The week began with a love-in at the legislature, as Rachel Notley and her puny cabinet were sworn in on a beautiful sunny day in Edmonton. The crowd was huge…
U of T: Toronto is already segregated – on transit, services and just about everything else
But God help you if you actually say that out loud. I mean, Olivia Chow may pretend that she doesn’t know you! “David Hulchanski, a professor of housing and community…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Citizens for Public Justice provides a useful set of fact sheets on the importance of tax revenues in funding a civilized society. And…
Zuckerberg’s Internet.org is NOT the real Internet. It’s a trap
In response to pressure from our community, OpenMedia launched a new campaign called No Fake Internet, inviting people from around the world to stand with open Internet advocates in places…
Captain Cosmo Cat sends a selfie
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, madeWithPaper, procreate, space exploration
Conspicuous By Our Absence
I’m posting this because: 1) I just know nobody else will, and 2) it’s important. There are two military exercises underway in the Arctic right now. Putin decided to stage…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Your news links for today: Cellphone customers have bargaining power thanks to CRTC contract rule – CBC Shomi to be made available to all Canadians this summer – Mobile Syrup…
New Poll Suggests Ignoring Hippies On Bill C-51
That’s my takeaway, at least. All the raging away on twitter is merely the caterwaul of elderly scenesters trying to relive that golden time when they flipped the bird at…
Spain: Madrid and Barcelona show — the greater the unity on the left, the bigger the win | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
Spain: Madrid and Barcelona show — the greater the unity on the left, the bigger the win | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Eurozone Crisis,…
We Need to Hold Banks Accountable (again)
The financial sector is like a hydra and we need to get it under control. The bad news is that bankers have been able to get away with some unethical…