News from the echo chamber
Columnist Vaughn Palmer reports concerns expressed by Moody’s Investors Service about growing BC Hydro debt. The agency stated the obvious, which is that numerous capital projects are adding billions to…
April 2016
News from the echo chamber
Columnist Vaughn Palmer reports concerns expressed by Moody’s Investors Service about growing BC Hydro debt. The agency stated the obvious, which is that numerous capital projects are adding billions to…
You have one job, Governor-General
To be seen and not heard. That’s it. I admire this man. But he is the Governor General and he should NEVER comment on politics. Ever. Huge mistake. https://t.co/t0IQL3waPF —…
You have one job, Governor-General
To be seen and not heard. That’s it. I admire this man. But he is the Governor General and he should NEVER comment on politics. Ever. Huge mistake. https://t.co/t0IQL3waPF —…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- The Ontario Association of Food Banks discusses the long-term damage done by childhood poverty and deprivation:When facing a very tight budget, food is often…
Premier Clark’s Proposal to ‘Electrify Oilsands’ With Site C Dam Has ‘Air of Desperation’: Panel Chair
Premier Christy Clark has ambitious plans for the copious amounts of electricity — far more than British Columbia is expected to need for more than a decade — generated by…
Pipelines or Indigenous Rights? Premier Notley Can’t Have Both
The speech Alberta Premier Rachel Notley gave to over 1,000 federal NDP delegates on Saturday in Edmonton’s Shaw Convention Centre was a stunning thing to behold.In a mere half-hour, she…
Corporations bully the bigots
A number of southern U.S. states have adopted or are considering laws allowing faith-based organizations to discriminate against gay, lesbian and transgender people. They are now being faced with consequences…
Corporations bully the bigots
A number of southern U.S. states have adopted or are considering laws allowing faith-based organizations to discriminate against gay, lesbian and transgender people. They are now being faced with consequences…
Corporations bully the bigots
A number of southern U.S. states have adopted or are considering laws allowing faith-based organizations to discriminate against gay, lesbian and transgender people. They are now being faced with consequences…
Spotting incompetence
Further to my earlier post, I wanted to provide some tips on how to spot incompetence in an employee or, especially, in managers and executives. I understand that incompetence may…
April 13: A slow news day in the Irving press.
This issue of The Saker has a very uncomfortable sense of bias in most of its stories. However, the first story on the site, about the explosion of a Russian…
Reasonable Doubt
Anyone charged with a criminal offence in Canada is presumed to be innocent. That is just a fancy way of saying that the prosecution must prove someone charged with a…
Justin’s Folly
Like it or not, entirely willing or not, Justin Trudeau is a Tar Sander, a fossil fueler - and all that business about his government following science is self-serving crap.…
Half way there – raising money for Parkinson’s research in Ottawa in memory of Sharon Pickle
This is Sharon Pickle. She was a cook and an educator at Glebe Parent’s Daycare since forever. She fed my daughter for several of the first few years of her…
Hey Horgan, Which Side Are You On?
Leap manifesto a bad fit for B.C. says NDP leader John Horgan ‘It doesn’t reflect the values of British Columbians,’ says NDP leader By Karin Larsen, CBC News Posted: Apr…
Wallflowering the One that Brung Ya…
Keeping Tom Mulcair may have been safer bet for NDP, history suggests Parties that have lost seats but kept their leaders have had more future success By Éric Grenier, for…
Now I have the box!
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Why Did Obama Kill the #KXL Pipeline?
Everything in this article isn’t perfect, but these parts are: Alberta’s problem is twofold: Its oilsands have been buried by fracked American oil that is both higher-value and cheaper to…
A message from daughter to each one of you
We are not a country. That is the only conclusion that can be reasonably reached, when what is happening in Attawapiskat is happening again. Suicides, and suicide attempts, in numbers…