Another Good Sign
I had a pretty busy day today attending the funeral service for the father of a good friend and former colleague, so I didn’t have time to write a blog…
2015
A very special letter to OpenMedia
This letter made all the OpenMedia team smile and we wanted to share it with you. Kayden, you’ll be hearing from us really soon!
Waving Bear
Of the Law Societies of Upper Canada and Nunavut
Trudeau ‘disappointed’ at Obama’s killing of Keystone XL…Get over it
Justin Trudeau visits US Capital in 2013 (Susan Walsh/Associated Press) It’s official: After seven years of withering on the vine, the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the US Gulf…
Exact reasons for the firing of the CVRD’s former manager of water management, David Leitch, may never be known
By Peter W. Rusland-Originally published in the South Cowichan Echo Peter Rusland Exact reasons for the 2014 firing of the Cowichan Valley Regional District’s former manager of water management, David…
Rafe Mair: Can the Conservative Party come back?
A young Peter MacKay (left) and Stephen Harper join forces in 2003 Can the Conservative Party come back? Of course, but first, the Conservative Party must return. Sound confusing? It’s…
The Death Of Keystone: A Brief Analysis
There will be celebrations, but it strikes me as anti-climactic. Lucky timing for the new government, though; its way too soon for it to have to wear any of the…
The Gags are Off!
The Liberal government has taken the gags off federal scientists.Alain Vezina, regional director of science for the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, confirmed Friday morning that scientists…
Christians drop, ‘nones (not nuns)’ soar in new religion portrait- U.S.A. Today
-The shrinking numbers of Christians and their loss of market share is the most significant change since 2007 (when Pew did its first U.S. Religious Landscape survey) and the new,…
Read it and weep: full text of TPP
The full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has been revealed. How badly will Canada lose out as a result of this deal? VERY badly. More details to follow, but enjoy…
A Progressive or a Radical?
Photo by Phil Roeder Immediately after the Democratic presidential debate on October 13, Van Jones offered two astute observations: “class won,” as did Black Lives Matter. The former, of course,…
Of Equality and Ministers of State
There’s a lot of flap going about over how Justin Trudeau appointed fifteen women to his cabinet but five of them are second-tier, ministers of state, secretary of this or…
Dear Canadian Corporate media: I am sick of your self serving bullshit.
In the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, there is a special mention about the press…. “freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other…
Last Call for Our Medicare System: Are You Listening, Justin?
An excellent piece in Thursday’s Toronto Star about what is happening in Quebec to our system of supposedly universal health care. This should be a wake-up call for the entire…
CBC: Critics slam fine print in newly released Trans-Pacific Partnership text
The Liberal government promises public input on the TPP. Over to you Chrystia Freeland. Tell them to reject the TPP’s Internet censorship plan NOW before it becomes law. Speak out…
Intervention
Most court cases are very important to the people involved and of little or no importance to others. So if I lose my job and sue my employer it' important…
Obama Rumbles Justin. That Was Fast.
The New York Times is reporting that president Barack Obama will announce today that he’s rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline proposal. President Obama’s denial of the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, which…
Lyin’ Brian’s Thinly-Veiled Call for a Progressive Conservative Restoration
There was no sign of cash-stuffed envelopes when former Progressive Conservative prime minister, Brian Mulroney, took the podium at the Royal York to urge fellow Tories to bury the hatchet…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, November 6, 2015
Your news links for today: Release of the Full TPP Text After Five Years of Secrecy Confirms Threats to Users’ Rights – EFF Canada to review TPP pact, seek public…