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April 2016
April 25: Today’s feature – The Pope
I never thought it would come to this. Though born into the United Church of Canada, I was raised by a Scottish mother who, in her turn had been raised…
Streaming Truth to Power: CPVOD Launches!
The last 48 hours have been quite the whirlwind of activity at Cinema Politica HQ here in Montreal. We’ve been planning a launch date for our newest expansion of the…
Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Process is Failing Species At Risk in Sudbury
The environmental assessments process ensures that governments and public bodies consider potential environmental effects before an infrastructure project begins.-From the Government of Ontario, “Environmental Assessments”We here in Ontario and Canada…
Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Process is Failing Species At Risk in Sudbury
The environmental assessments process ensures that governments and public bodies consider potential environmental effects before an infrastructure project begins.-From the Government of Ontario, “Environmental Assessments”We here in Ontario and Can...
Powers of Court in Small Claims Court
Hervieux v. Huronia Optical, 2016 ONCA 294: R. 12.02 provides as follows:12.02 (1) The court may, on motion, strike out or amend all or part of any document that,(a) discloses…
Will Justin Toss Us in Shifty’s Jails?
It reminds me of the Bismark running at top speed trying to break out of the Denmark Strait to reach the target-rich North Atlantic hunting grounds. Only this time the…
Greening Offices Without Adding to Landfill
Many corporations are moving their staff into modern green offices in LEED buildings. But the left-behind furniture and equipment often end up in landfill. It’s better to recycle, resell, and…
Greening Offices Without Adding to Landfill
Many corporations are moving their staff into modern green offices in LEED buildings. But the left-behind furniture and equipment often end up in landfill. It’s better to recycle, resell, and…
A Little More Honesty Than We’re Ready For
Ah, screw it. Let's just throw in the towel.That's the pitch on climate change and Canada's bitumen bounty from CBC business scribe, Don Pittis.The nub of the difficulty comes down…
The election rally that convinced me Notley’s momentum was real
“I think the PC Party needs a break from government and Albertans need a break from the PC Party,” New Democratic Party leader Rachel Notley told a massive crowd of…
BC Hydro being used to funnel tens of billions to Liberal friends
BC Hydro is being used to funnel tens of billions in public dollars through construction contracts to Liberal friends, says Norm Farrell after reviewing the utility's financial data.The post BC…
A Glimpse Into ISDS and Free Trade Deals that Aren’t
There's a powerful and growing argument that globalization has failed - long ago - and that the free trade deals it spawned evidence that the concept has been hijacked with…
An ounce of prevention: Fighting poverty improves health
Imagine two children, born on the same day, at the same hospital, to different parents. One family is rich, the other is poor. Experts say one of those kids will…
The Frustrating Search for Ways to Act Collectively in the World
Like so many of us, I feel a need to act, to do something. I can pass this feeling through all sorts of screens and frames and analyses to give…
The Frustrating Search for Ways to Act Collectively in the World
Like so many of us, I feel a need to act, to do something. I can pass this feeling through all sorts of screens and frames and analyses to give…
The Frustrating Search for Ways to Act Collectively in the World
Like so many of us, I feel a need to act, to do something. I can pass this feeling through all sorts of screens and frames and analyses to give…
MQO poll shows big Liberal slide #nlpoli
Just for the fun of comparison, here's the CRA polling results for a year covering the last time the provincial government saw a change of party and the new crowd…
Backlog
Some more from recent months.
“There is no doubt”: Exxon Knew CO2 Pollution Was A Global Threat By Late 1970s
AttachmentSize Imperial Oil Archive - Pollution is Everyone's Business - 1970 - Accessed February 20161.65 MB Imperial Oil Archive - Review of Environmental Activities - 1980 - Accessed February 20165.72…