Rethinking social protections in the age of contractors
The job market is changing rapidly. While most workers of our parents’ generation could have reasonably expected to spend their entire working careers in permanent full-time jobs with one or…
2015
How Much Do I Not Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways
These pictures are courtesy of Press Progress: One hopes that the entire crew will find their hearts broken come October. Recommend this Post
What Will be Left When We’re Done?
Mosul, Tikrit and Fallujah. They’re Iraqi cities now occupied and controlled by ISIS. Mosul is Iraq’s second largest city. Tikrit is the home town of Saddam Hussein. Fallujah is the…
The Terror We Give Is the Terror We Get
Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre We fire missiles from the sky that incinerate families huddled in their houses. They incinerate a pilot cowering in a cage.…
The World of Our Grandchildren
Photo by Andrew Rusk Jacobin is proud to feature an interview with journalist David Barsamian and Professor Noam Chomsky. In it, Chomsky explains the roots of ISIS and why the…
The Legacy of Ottawa: The Gutting of Canada
When Stephen Harper’s spinners start pontificating about his steady hand on the tiller over the past decade or so, think on this: Is Canada’s economy really that much better off…
Was Ottawa “Terror” Arrest Timed to Support Repressive New Legislation?
Photo by Saffron Blaze When the RCMP announced an Ottawa anti-terrorism arrest last week, the timing could not have been better for a federal government that appears to thrive on…
Letter from a 100-year-old man.
My uncle Rolland, the last of the five Tougas brothers of Edmonton which included my dad, turned 100 last year. I get occasional letters from him, more so since dad’s…
How About a Memorial to the Victims of Harperism?
This image shows the machine works of Richard Hartmann in Chemnitz. Hartmann was one of the most successful entrepreneurs and largest employers in the Kingdom of Saxony. “Only a fool…
This Will Trigger the Great Northern Migration
Fresh warnings about the prospects for mega-drought in the American southwest. 20, 30, 50 year droughts? Factor that into America’s desert cities where water is already scarce. There’s a lot…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Cameron Dearlove laments the fact that Canada is failing to recognize and replicate other countries’ successes in using the social determinants of health…
Share the love on Global Divestment Day
It’s time to show our love for creation, that nurtures and sustains us, and divest from fossil fuels. * GoFossilFree.org
“diversity of the offender population”
The most visible change during my tenure as Correctional Investigator has been the growth in the overall size, complexity and diversity of the offender population. It is not a new…
Ontario beer barons play the price card.
This has been on the table since day one. Ontario’s foreign-owned Beer Stores have finally played the price card. Wynne’s Whigs have them cornered and threatening to raise retail beer…
A Definitive Rejection Of Bill C-51
It is only human nature, I suppose, that when crisis strikes, our immediate reaction is that we would do almost anything to protect ourselves and our loved ones. When Pierre…
Canada’s Flag is 50 on Sunday
In 1964, Liberal Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson formed a committee to resolve the issue, sparking a serious debate about a flag change. Out of three choices, the maple leaf…
CBC National story on Sun News Network: what’s remarkable
…what’s remarkable isn’t the subject matter, or the fact that it used B-roll of people who left the network almost four years ago, or that I wore a sweater Lala…
The Ascension Of Pierre Poilievre
http://quietmike.org/ Among all the sound and fury over Eve Adams this week, many Canadians probably missed the fact that Pierre Poilivere was promoted to Minister of Labour. Tim Harper writes…
Jonathon Kay On The Death Of Sun News
It’s the most brilliant thing he’s ever written, because he links back to me, which gives the piece credibility.