A TREASURE TROVE OF LAST MINUTE GIFTS FOR YOUR LOVED ONE!
Gift shopping for a senior or for a loved one with disabilities can be difficult – last minute searching impossible. Until now. SILVERT’S has a truly useful and attractive line…
2016
A Shift in Values
Further to my last post about the current values and the boundaries of the social imaginary that prevent us from making any significant and necessary changes in the world, George…
Unity, Struggle, and Victory: The Second Assembly of ALBA Social Movements
Photo from Public Domain One way of understanding the situation of Latin America in recent decades is the story of the emergence, strengthening and unification of popular movements. These movements…
A TREASURE TROVE OF LAST MINUTE GIFTS FOR YOUR LOVED ONE!
Gift shopping for a senior or for a loved one with disabilities can be difficult – last minute searching impossible. Until now. SILVERT’S has a truly useful and attractive line…
On CFRA now! My political top five surprises in 2016!
On @EvanLSolomon @CFRAOttawa for 5 big '16 political things: 1. Trump win 2. Trudeau honeymoon 3. Brexit 4. Leitch "values" 5. NDP collapse — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 20, 2016
Open Science: Can Canada Turn the Tide on Transparency in Decision-Making?
It describes a framework but could just as easily be read as a request: open science. And it’s something top of mind for Canadian scientists right now as the federal…
Godless – The Truth Beyond Belief
“Godless – The Truth Beyond Belief” investigates one of the last frontiers in civil liberties and human rights: Atheism. So reads the opening sentence on the website of a new…
No, Justin. By The Time You Catch Up With Reality It’ll Be Game Over.
I don’t have much confidence we’re going to get this right, not in time certainly. But that doesn’t mean we have to accept what’s on offer – giving up without…
Eating up the Hill: Turkey lunch with the trimmings
I generally have turkey once a year: at Christmas. Which is just about the right amount for me, actually. Especially given that between different dinners and assorted leftovers, I usually…
The Censorship and Persecution of Former Black Panther Jalil Muntaqim
Jalil Muntaqim, one of the longest held political prisoners in the world today, has been in the SHU at Attica prison in upstate New York, since December 6th for teaching…
"The Cancer Of Inequality"
In a recent post well-worth reading, The Mound reflected on the decline of support for liberal democracy. Today, Star readers respond to an article carried by the paper entitled, How…
When is a Layoff Really a Termination in Disguise?
BY SIMRAN BAKSHI, ASSOCIATE LAWYER There are big differences between the ways the law treats employee layoffs and permanent terminations. Although the terms are often used interchangeably when describing employment…
Do economies of scale explain low hospital funding in Ontario?
Funding for hospital services in 2015/16 was 25% more in the rest of Canada than in Ontario. Some have tried to downplay this, arguing that economies of scale should allow…
Eating up the Hill: Turkey lunch with the trimmings
I generally have turkey once a year: at Christmas. Which is just about the right amount for me, actually. Especially given that between different dinners and assorted leftovers, I usually…
Christmas Flu
I’m a little under the weather today. The Christmas Flu seems to make an annual appearance at our house. Today it’s my turn — even though I got the flu…
Why Nobody Should Ever Normalize Donald Trump
It wasn't a surprise, but it was depressing, and it was another grim milestone on the way to the darkness of Trumpland.Despite all the e-mails, the petitions, and the protests,…
Spent Grains From Beer Used to Grow Mushrooms
An enterprising student went on a brewery tour and discovered a lot of food waste. Grain is used when making beer in a similar way that tea is steeped, after…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday December 20, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Dec…
The phony War On Christmas reaches Canada.
You’ve probably noticed over the last decade around Christmas time there is a hue and cry from conservative folks about a “War on Christmas”. They speak darkly about those apparently…
Lament for the CRTC’s Skinny Basic.
It was over three years ago that we last travelled to the nation’s capital to talk with the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). When there, we faced the enemy and…