New column day
Here, expanding on this post as to Nathan Cullen's proposal to make sure the outcomes of all plausible electoral systems are taken into account in designing a new one. For…
2016
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Sally Goemer writes that extreme inequality is a cause of economic instability for everybody. And Tom Powdrill discusses the importance of organized labour…
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The perils of political predictions in by-elections
A friend called the other evening. He wanted to know who would win tonight’s provincial by-election in Christine Elliott’s former electoral district of Whitby-Oshawa. Once again we had to patiently…
The Ottawa Citizen: with a whimper, not a bang
The Ottawa Citizen died yesterday. Oh, sure, there are still some good people there to put it out, for however long. But make no mistake: the marquee newspaper in our…
Stephen Harper and the House of Pork
If there is an enduring image of Stephen Harper's grotesque regime I suppose it will be something like that one.A lot of Con hogs heading for the trough, or trying…
Nalcor: Generations #nlpoli
Telegram editor Peter Jackson took a hard look this week at the implications of Nalcor’s effort this week to jack up electricity rates.As part of the company’s rate application to…
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
20 Years ago John Perry Barlow published the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace: Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace,…
Racism against aboriginal people in health-care system ‘pervasive’: study (repost)
?Michelle Labrecque pushes herself gingerly in a wheelchair down the hallway of a hotel. The Oneida woman was recently found to have a fractured pelvis, but she says it took…
The CVRD Politicians Passed A Motion Unanimously Opposing Steelhead LNG’s Proposal
The CVRD Board of Directors passed this motion at their Board Meeting tonight. ‘That the CVRD contact Steelhead LNG to inform them that the Regional District is opposed to…
Let’s end the myth of partisan-free city council elections
We need to keep politics out of elections: That sums up recent comments made by Edmonton City Councillor Michael Oshry. The west Edmonton councillor has waded into the 32-candidate by-election…
The Curious Disappearance of Stephen Harper’s Climate Change Speech
Stephen Harper's important 2007 speech, in which he stated that climate change was “perhaps the biggest threat to confront the future of humanity today” while visiting Germany, is missing from…
NO JAM THIS FRIDAY NO JAM THIS FRIDAY
Anyone who has come to the Jam knows that it is an original community art event that has been fulfilling the needs and desires of Verduners and others. Many have
Rona Ambrose’s Horrible Day of Triple Embarrassment
Well let's put it this way, it wasn't one of Rona Ambrose's better days.It's not that she's had many good ones. She hasn't.But this was a day of triple embarrassment.First…
Trudeau’s National Climate Meeting Seen as Opportunity to Advance Clean Energy Economy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Wednesday the federal government will meet with Indigenous leaders and premiers in Vancouver in early March in the hopes of laying out the framework for…
Trudeau’s National Climate Meeting Seen as Opportunity to Advance Clean Energy Economy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Wednesday the federal government will meet with Indigenous leaders and Premiers in Vancouver early March in the hopes of laying out the framework for a…
Kevin O’Leary Blows His Chances of Becoming Con Leader
Well it's looks as if Kevin O'Leary has blown his last chance for a new career in politics.He's too late to run for the Tea Party in the United States,…
feb. 10: Damn churches.
Cardinal Spellman of New York blessed the bombs and sprinkled holy water on the aircraft and their crews who nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was also a strong supporter of…
Saskatchewan Royalty Is Oil?
The debate rages in Saskatchewan now about if federal money should go directly to oil companies and contractors capable of sealing defunct oil wells abandoned by irresponsible and ancient corporations.…