A Very Old Lesson
Alberta isn't the only province caught between a rock and a hard place. Newfoundland is in the same boat -- and for the same reasons. Alan Freeman writes:We’ve all heard…
April 2016
Not by half Premier Wynne.
Once again Ontario Premier Kathleen has taken small steps when big steps were needed. She has failed us. She promises much and delivers little. She said she would release the…
Will the Gay Marriage Issue Tear the Cons apart?
For almost ten years Stephen Harper never ceased to show his contempt for gay Canadians.He voted against every gay rights bill that came before parliament. He cut off funding to…
u.s. iraq war resisters: the struggle continues
Still war resisters. Still in Canada. Still fighting to stay.So far, the change in government hasn't helped the Iraq War resisters who remain here, nor the ones who were forced…
John Ibbotson’s Scary Journey Into Harper’s Head
Ten days ago the Globe writer John Ibbotson was awarded the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, for his book Stephen Harper.With the jury praising him for managing to "put…
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Don’t blame loudmouth extremist Craig Chandler for PC Leader Ric McIver’s troubles – they’re all his own
PHOTOS: Tory Dream Team, 2014 edition. From left to right, Jim Prentice, Ric McIver and Thomas Lukaszuk. You’ve got to admit, from the perspective of 2016, Mr. Lukaszuk is lookin’…
2016 PEF Student Essay Contest: Deadline Extended
The 2016 Student Essay Contest deadline has been extended to Monday, May 9. Please use this submission form. You can download a poster (English, French) here — please help us…
Raptors tweet, all the way from Mexico
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A Troubling Facebook Exchange with a Greater Sudbury Councillor and a Few Others
Sorry for the quality of this post. I've copied the following from a recent exchange that I was involved in on the Valley East Facebook group - an exchange which…
A Troubling Facebook Exchange with a Greater Sudbury Councillor and a Few Others
Sorry for the quality of this post. I've copied the following from a recent exchange that I was involved in on the Valley East Facebook group - an exchange which…
Harper’s Bill C-6 Violated Canadian Postal Workers’ Charter Rights, Court Rules
The Ontario Superior Court has ruled that the former Harper government violated postal workers' Charter rights when it ordered postal workers back to work through Bill C-6 in 2011. The…
When the Pentagon Claims that Bombing a Hospital is Not a War Crime
On the night of October 3, 2015 A U.S. AC-130 gunship attacked a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, run by the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders.…
Musical interlude
Radical Face - Welcome Home
Germany’s extreme right continues to gain ground
It is the rising party of the radical right in Germany. Like the Front National (FN) in France and UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) in the United Kingdom, Alternative für…
The World’s First "Buy Before You Fly" Warplane Explained
It's customary when a country buys an ultra-expensive bit of aerial kit to get all the contenders for the contract to bring their warplanes to one place for a competitive…
My cat art images for Tingfest III 2016
I expect some of my readers will not be able to make it to LondonOnt for this exhibition. Here are the images.Filed under: art
April 29: Why are Terrorists Terrorists….?
Donald Trump will tell you it's because they're a lower form of human made evil by their religion and, therefore, not intelligent and peaceful like us Christians. In fact, all…
Death in the Peace-Wildlife Devastated
It’s well worth it to pause for a moment, read this devastating report, think on it, and if if grabs you as it did me, demand to see your MLA…
Fighting Fascism by way of Understanding the Fascists
One of the common criticisms of advocacy films like Bully that I’ve heard and share is that the filmmakers narrowly focus on victims without ever exploring those who perpetrate. These…