bell-mobileTV-appeal.png In an effort to make Internet services more like cable TV, Bell is trying to overturn a CRTC decision forcing the company to treat other video services fairly on…
“History is a race between education and catastrophe.” — H G Wells HG Wells may not have had a time machine, but he was certainly prescient. In The Time Machine…
Filed under: Cartoons (Single Panel), Hiding in a cupboard, Making fun of Harper Tagged: Political
Since this headline seems to be getting far more attention than the actual accompanying interview (if mostly from people with a strong vested interest in distorting the NDP’s position), let’s…
Within the next 5 weeks there are a number of ‘elections’ taking place. We start in the past; this weekend, when the PEI Liberals picked a new leader. Given the…
Over the signature of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander, the Conservative Party of Canada recently emailed a petition to its supporters, rallying them against face covering during citizenship…
Right Sector activists stand in front of a Belarusian “democratic” movement flag • Photo by Mstyslav Chernov Longtime trade union activist, former aerospace worker and writer Roger Annis spoke with…
Many legislative debating chambers have been designed and built in the past 50 years. Living in the UK, I’ve been able to travel to and see a number of them.…
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In the age of neoliberalism ideology matters, not results. Neoliberalism ensures there’ll always be another bus to drive into the next ditch. Call it what you like, be it “market…
A study recently released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found that the modern free trade era has exacerbated income inequality in Canada. The post Free trade to blame…
This isn’t about new news. It’s about old news – that might still be quite new to many readers. Why did the the US fight a war in Iraq when…
So yesterday I got into an argument about who was responsible for the tragedy of two children dying while adults squabbled: While the house burned early Tuesday, the truck sat…
At one time I instinctively assumed that government agencies were apolitical, servants of the people, not the servants of any particular philosophy or party. That, it increasingly seems, was the…
There’s been plenty of discussion as to the similarities between the Cons’ terror bill and Pierre Trudeau’s 1970 invocation of the War Measures Act. And it’s certainly worth reminding ourselves…
With the tabling of Bill C-51, Harper has completed his slide into fascism, with a healthy dose of totalitarianism added to it. Effectively, Bill C-51 not only creates a PMO-controlled…
Miscellaneous material for your Sunday reading. – Al Engler argues that it’s long past time to start raising taxes on the wealthy to make sure that Canada can fund the…
Workers in the US have won a significant victory in their struggle for dignity and a living wage. This week Walmart announced that within one year, all current Walmart employees…
Here is a great article on ipolitics
