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Last month,
2015
A new and improved Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 West Coast is excited to unveil our new and improved Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund (EDRF). A recent review of the EDRF’s last 5 years, which included…
Alberta’s Tax Dis-Advantage
A recent poll showed that only 9% of Albertans want to have a sales tax to help deal with the province’s fiscal woes, preferring taxes that either others will pay…
Alberta’s Tax Dis-Advantage
A recent poll showed that only 9% of Albertans want to have a sales tax to help deal with the province's fiscal woes, preferring taxes that either others will pay…
Social licence: mob rule or democracy in action?
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 The term “social licence to operate” is used frequently by project proponents and in the media, but has recently attracted some controversy. However, In a context…
MORE Sexism Against Female Canadian Athletes!
THIS picture respects the dignity of a tennis player. Not, “give us a twirl” demeaning, sexist abuse. Today is a terrible day for gender equity in sports. What it looks…
The Real Problem With Contemporary Journalism
The current scandal engulfing the CBC and Amanda Lang has made its way overseas into the cross-hairs of The Guardian’s George Monbiot. After providing a summary, with appropriate links, of…
The Winter That Wasn’t
I put a stand of firewood in my garage this year figuring it would spare me having to go out to the woodshed in back on cold winter nights. I…
Alberta’s Tax Dis-Advantage
A recent poll showed that only 9% of Albertans want to have a 2% sales tax to help deal with the province’s fiscal woes, preferring taxes that either others will…
Dear Harper, You Know the Rules: It’s Three Strikes You’re Out
This is a guest post by Michael Harris, author of Party of One: Stephen Harper and Canada’s Radical Makeover. It originally appeared on iPolitics. In politics, as in baseball, the…
Lang Still at CBC
Amanda Lang still hasn’t been suspended from reporting for the CBC. Meanwhile, Global did a little required housecleaning. “When people say they have no politics, it means that their politics…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Your news links for today: Obama makes net neutrality pledge in State of the Union – The Register Netflix sends cease and desist letter to virtual border-hopping service – IT…
Action: Lives of four busloads of Canadian youth at stake in Federal budget
The change in fortune for the federal government is making Jeff Moat very nervous. The CEO of Partners for Mental Health, Moat has been lobbying federal MPs to support a…
Facebook isn’t growing, the others are
Somewhere, Steve Ladurantaye is doing fist pumps.
Is just something in my eye, is all
That’s all. (Made me miss you, BK. Time goes fast.)
Political Eh-conomy Radio: the left in Greece and Poland
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/podcast-150123-poland-greece1.mp3 I’ve been visiting family in Poland for the past few weeks so, fittingly, this week’s podcast deals with the situation of the left at two opposite ends of the…
Why Fossil Fuel Divestment Makes Sense
Rolling Stone has a great article looking into the logic of divestment, that is the growing trend to remove investments in fossil fuel companies and investing in renewable companies instead.…
Tiger Population Recovering in India
The Indian tiger population suffered great losses in the last 100 years. Tigers were killed for the bizarre perception that their body parts could help people have sex. This caused…