Photos from Mississauga-Lakeshore Day of Action
Haven't posted in a bit, but I certainly been busy with Liberal volunteerism!I've been helping to run canvassing for the great Liberal candidate in my home riding of Mississauga-Lakeshore, Sven…
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Photos from Mississauga-Lakeshore Day of Action
Haven’t posted in a bit, but I certainly been busy with Liberal volunteerism! I’ve been helping to run canvassing for the great Liberal candidate in my home riding of Mississauga-Lakeshore,…
March 21: Something your will not see in the Irving papers…..
,,,And maybe not here, either. I am late because my computer is acting strangely. I have, for hours, been attempting to send a book review to you. It’s called Irving…
Breaking: White Supremacist Shot by Police in Calgary During Altercation at Anti-Racist Rally
We hadn’t heard of any efforts by the boneheads in Calgary or London to hold a march, though we wouldn’t have been surprised if they had. Anti-Racist Action, however, did…
CVRD Failed To Enforce Their Land Use Authority–Shawnigan Faces 5 Million Tonnes of Contaminated Waste
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is the CVRD response to the BC Liberal governments decision to allow 5 million tonnes of contaminated soil into the Shawnigan Watershed property on Stebbings Rd.…
Oil Imperialism and Monetary Policy
Illustration from Public Domain In important ways the world is an eternal mystery and in significant ways it isn’t. On the side of mystery are pre and post cognitive understanding,…
LNG in Howe Sound – Dr. Eoin Finn
Eoin (Owen) Finn B.Sc.,Ph.D., MBA, a 30 year resident of Bowyer Island, Howe Sound, retired KPMG consultant. From Vancouver Observer
Chris Hedges on Bill C-51 and the corporate state
Photo by Jeremy Board *This weekend, protests were held in communities across Canada to protest Bill C-51, a bill that would increase powers for CSIS. Journalist and author Chris Hedges…
The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Photo by Shannon Kringen SEATTLE—Kshama Sawant, the socialist on the City Council, is up for re-election this year. Since joining the council in January of 2014 she has helped push…
Quebec’s long struggle to build a democratic left party
Photo by abdallahh Introduction by Richard Fidler There is probably no one more qualified to describe the 60-year struggle in Quebec to build a democratic and progressive left party than…
Understanding Climate Change And Its Impacts In Two Minutes
This two-minute primer shows us how the science of climate change is not, well, rocket science. Recommend this Post
YQR 360- Turning Homelessness Around
Originally posted on John Klein – Regina: Coinciding with the 5 Days for the Homeless charity fundraiser, was another event at the University of Regina Friday afternoon. I caught the…
The Three Eras of Canada’s Democracy or How We Got to Where We Are Today.
I first voted in the 60s and I’ve watched Canadian democracy evolve, not always in a good way, ever since. I’ve witnessed three political eras in my lifetime. There was…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Dana Nuccitelli discusses new research into the real costs of fossil fuels which aren’t reflected in the sticker price for a dirty energy…
A California Cautionary Tale…Served Dry
Drought-ravaged L.A. looking to ‘sponge up’ every bit of rainwater New storm drains built to let rainwater ‘piddle out’ into soil, $1B emergency plan to add more By Kim Brunhuber,…
Meerkat and Periscope will change politics
Mark my words. My band did a Toronto show on Thursday night. We played live, and we were seen by a respectable number of people as far away as Australia.…
The Future Is In Our Hands
http://www.cbc.ca/ There was a time, Murray Dobbins writes, when Canadians were highly engaged with their governments. We possessed a high degree of civic literacy: That
An Imperiled Democracy: Civic Illiteracy In Canada
I imagine that bloggers have any number of reasons for doing what they do, ranging from writing as catharsis to sharing information and insights in the hope of informing and/or…