Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Nora Loreto slams the Wynne Libs' "red tape" gimmick, while highlighting the need for people to claim a voice in rules largely intended…
August 2016
On Feelings
I was thinking about the fact discussed here that we only started acknowledging feelings as something to be concerned with or a measure of well-being when soldiers returned from WWII,…
On Feelings
I was thinking about the fact discussed here that we only started acknowledging feelings as something to be concerned with or a measure of well-being when soldiers returned from WWII,…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 16, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Aug 16,…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 16, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Aug 16,…
Finally, Some Relief ….
The months-long drought where I live appears finally to be at end. However, any relief I feel is tempered by the knowledge that the weather system responsible for it is…
Finally, Some Relief ….
The months-long drought where I live appears finally to be at end. However, any relief I feel is tempered by the knowledge that the weather system responsible for it is…
Big Dams and a Big Fracking Problem in B.C.’s Energy-rich Peace River Region
By Ben Parfitt for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Senior BC Hydro officials have quietly feared for years that earthquakes triggered by natural gas industry fracking operations could damage…
Big Dams and a Big Fracking Problem in B.C.’s Energy-rich Peace River Region
By Ben Parfitt for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Senior BC Hydro officials have quietly feared for years that earthquakes triggered by natural gas industry fracking operations could damage…
Donald Trump is losing, and how he could win
Here’s FiveThirtyEight’s model that aggregates more than 500 polls. What you see, there, isn’t the proverbial snapshot. It’s a trend line. And, for the racist, extremist, nationalist Republican nominee, the…
Don’t be Trendy, Buy Clothes for Time and Style
Fast fashion has grown in popularity this century thanks to fast computer aided design and a global trade system that favours sweatshops over adequately paid labour. This consumer driven world…
Why Not Try Socialism?
The NDP is having a really hard time these days. They don't seem to know who they are -- and Canadians don't know who they are either. Rick Salutin writes…
Why Not Try Socialism?
The NDP is having a really hard time these days. They don't seem to know who they are -- and Canadians don't know who they are either. Rick Salutin writes…
Pigs kill bear
Does this disgust you? It should. It’s an Ohio man who filmed himself killing a black bear in Alberta – with a spear with a camera mounted on it. He’s…
Dark side of proportional representation.
It has been tiring over the years listening to people such as University of Toronto Professor Peter Russell selling proportional representation as the only voting system for Canada. The only…
Updated NL Public Service Numbers, 2003-2016 #nlpoli
A couple of access to information requests - pdf 1 and pdf 2 - gave the world some new numbers on the growth in the core provincial public service from…
Updated NL Public Service Numbers, 2003-2016 #nlpoli
A couple of access to information requests - pdf 1 and pdf 2 - gave the world some new numbers on the growth in the core provincial public service from…
In this week’s Hill Times: an open letter to Elizabeth May
Dear Green Party leader Elizabeth May: You seem like a good person. You seem to be honest. You are the kind of thoughtful person we need in public life. So,…
Straight to Hell (repost)
Suppose that in the White House there is a glory hole. Read the rest of this post on the original site at Straight to Hell ...........READ MORE
World Social Forum in Montreal: “Another World Is Once Again Being Constructed Without Africa” (repost)
One day before the start of this year’s edition of the World Social Forum (WSF 2016), to be held in Montreal from 9 – 14 August 2016, civil society representatives…