Reckless government spying is about to get legal
Freedom of expression is in great danger and here’s why Article by CJFE Bill C-51 Poses a Serious Threat to Free Expression in Canada read more
2015
Thought Of The Day
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Harper, BC Tory MPs have oil on their hands from English Bay spill
Richard Hughes-Cowichan Conversations It is when events like the recent bunker oil spill in English Bay take place that the value of independent writers, thinkers, and bloggers like Rafe Mair…
A Changing Chinatown
Julia Kwan’s NFB-produced Everything Will Be (Canada, 2014) examines the gentrification of Vancouver’s Chinatown as an uneasy balance of preservation, assimilation, and creative re-purposing. A flurry of condo development encroaches…
How the Fearsome Become the Fearful
A Weapon of Weakness? How did we become indentured to a culture of fear? Fear-mongering has become a modus operandi in today’s morally corrupt, visionless politics. It is the stock…
Gwynne Dyer Warns Climate Change Greater Global Threat Than Terrorism
When the iconic Gwynne Dyer recently spoke to a sold out crowd at Goldcorp Auditorium at Simon Fraser University he said although terrorism dominates media headlines it’s the global threat…
Gwynne Dyer Warns Climate Change Greater Global Threat Than Terrorism
When the iconic Gwynne Dyer recently spoke to a sold out crowd at Goldcorp Auditorium at Simon Fraser University he said although terrorism dominates media headlines it’s the global threat…
Forcing An Athiest to Practice Religion
Here’s what it can feel like to practice religion when you don’t believe in the common fantasy . I knew from a young age that I didn’t see religion as…
Another Hot Year, Even Hotter for 2016
Word from Australia that this year and next will probably see record-breaking temperatures. Sea temperatures around Australia are posting “amazing” records that climate specialists say signal global records set in…
As Flat as Piss on a Platter
As oil spills go, Harper’s “world class” oil spill response team couldn’t have asked for better conditions than they faced last Wednesday in Vancouver’s English Bay. There was nothing to…
Of Leaders and Eunuchs
One of these three has balls: Tommy Boy, Junior, or Hillary. And the winner is – Hillary! Even though her duel at the ballot box isn’t until November of next…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Your news links for today: Net Neutrality Rules Published, Take Effect June 12 – DSL Reports Net neutrality rules get published — let the lawsuits begin – CNET Net Neutrality…
Green energy won’t save the earth without social change
Photo by Chris Lim The most popular techno-fix for global warming is green energy. If energy companies would only deploy wind, hydro, solar, geothermal or nuclear, then emission-intensive fossil fuels…
Mandatory minimum gun sentences unconstitutional
R. v. Nur, 2015 SCC 15: When a mandatory minimum sentencing provision is challenged under s. 12, two questions arise. The first is whether the provision imposes cruel and unusual…
61% of Canadians say protecting the climate more important than pipelines and tarsands
Photo by Mark Klotz Canadians believe climate disruption is a moral issue and that climate protection trumps development of the tarsands and pipelines. They want politicians to control carbon pollution…
Springtime in Harperland and the Battle to Take Canada Back
Well Spring has finally arrived in the little corner of Canada where I live. The hockey goals have been fished out of the once frozen canal where they sank after…
Petition to Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair
Photo by Matt Jiggins SIGN THIS PETITION We call on Tom Mulcair to advance, as a priority, the following policies, which we call the 4 P’s, as part of the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Paul Krugman highlights the policy areas where we need to look to the public sector for leadership – including those such as…
Ontario Joins California and Quebec’s Cap and Trade Program
Ontario is launching a cap and trade carbon program that matches with the existing programs in Quebec and California. This is a good thing for adoption of carbon-conscious economics even…