France Installing 100km of Solar Roads
France has announced that they are going to try a mass installation of solar-panelled roads to provide electricity. It’s an attempt to see if they technology can be scalable and…
2016
Assange Illegally Detained by UK Police
The London police force has wasted millions of pounds on detaining Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy for years. UN group reportedly backs Julian Assange 'unlawful detention' claim https://t.co/vgeXcKVWHl pic.twitter.com/5ziSJwBdpC —…
Crazy cat patterns image collection
Rather than fill up space with 24 individual image posts over a month…. boring… here you can take a look at a large image gallery of art used for the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- PressProgress weighs in on the OECD's findings that Canada's income inequality is significantly worse than previously assumed. Didier Jacobs argues that our current…
The Oily Madness of the Con Queen Rona Ambrose
If Rona Ambrose doesn't stop viewing her job as interim Con Queen AND the new chief spokeswoman for Big Oil, sooner or later somebody is going to tell her she…
New column day
Here, on how Regina City Council's embarrassing heel-dragging in response to the David Suzuki Foundation's Blue Dot Declaration on environmental rights contrasts against the spread of trade agreements with virtually…
Another Vessel
http://www.spaulforrest.com/This week, in answer to a Conservative question about why...
What if nobody voted in the by-election?
We had a by-election for council in a Barrie ward the other day. Admittedly it was the middle of winter but you would think that more people would have voted.…
Homelessness in Canada: Its Growth, Policy Responses, and Advocacy
On February 1, I gave a guest presentation on homelessness to a graduate seminar class on housing policy taught by Steve Pomeroy at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and…
Medical Malpractice
You break your leg. You go to the hospital or health centre and get your leg out in a cast. But your leg never heals properly and you can't walk…
The Greatest 60s Cover Band?
Twin sisters, Mona and Lisa. Austrian girls now living in Liverpool. They went public at the age of 13. I've never heard anything quite like them. Now I think I'm…
Justin Trudeau and the Politics of Empathy
I thought Justin Trudeau's question and answer session with ten so-called ordinary Canadians the other night on the CBC, was a pretty decent little TV show.Another pleasant sign that our…
Get the message: get a grip #nlpoli
Two former Premiers sent a very pointed message to Premier Dwight Ball this week about the way Ball has been handling the provincial government’s massive deficit problem.Brian Tobin was in…
Grits in Ottawa and Dippers in Edmonton: far from the worst combination for keeping Alberta’s economy in motion
PHOTOS: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley take questions from the media in this screen shot of the government’s video. Bloggers were not invited, but I’m…
We are the Russian Maoist Party, the Party of Rednecks, Dirty Migrants, Chicks and Faggots (repost)
We are the Russian Maoist Party, the party of rednecks, dirty migrants, chicks and faggots. That is what the bourgeoisie named us. If only it were not half-blind and could…
Eating up the Hill: Canada-USA and Beautiful British Columbia
Tonight was a light night on the Hill social circuit. With the long week starting to catch up with an old guy like me, I bypassed receptions by a health…
Eating up the Hill: Canada-USA and Beautiful British Columbia
Tonight was a light night on the Hill social circuit. With the long week starting to catch up with an old guy like me, I bypassed receptions by a health…
Fiscal Stabilization Program #nlpoli
On the one hand, it’s great to live in a country that has a program to let the federal government shunt money to provincial governments that run into financial difficulties.On…
Eating up the Hill: Ribs and salad
Lunch was a spur of the moment thing today when I escorted some guests up to the Confederation Building cafeteria. I had seen Ribs and Sweet Potato Fries as the…
Are You Really Going to Bank on Justin and Christia When It Comes to the TPP? Elizabeth Warren Has Some Insights You Might Find Helpful.
Justin Trudeau and his international trade minister, Christia Freeland, are non-committal when asked whether Canada should sign onto the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. They tell us they're going to…