Law Repealing Hate Speech Provision Stuck in Senate
This story tallies with what I’ve been hearing. A number of senate Tories aren’t down with the repeal of S-13, the hate speech provision in Canada’s Human Rights Act. After…
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Andrea Horwath Will Scream Coverup
…but not bring down the OLP government over the discovery of more gas-plant cancellation related docs, because, she claims, she’s so damn straight. Her party has also fallen into 3rd…
On Hair, Ancient And More Ancient
Janet Stephens, the “hair dressing archaeologist”, has been much in the news of late for having successfully recreated the hair-style worn by ancient Rome’s Vestal Virgin priestesses. Here’s how she…
Is Sun News TV Canada’s REAL State Broadcaster
So if you watch this story on Sun News enough times (and believe me I’m not recommending you do it) the ads that introduce it …are this one for immigration…
Wind Power And Hair
If anyone was wondering why the feds have decided to delay and revise their study on the health effects of wind turbines, it is to collect hair samples, the chemical…
Jason Kenney Is Being Lied To
From Canadian Jewish News: A recent Canadian billboard campaign in Hungary targeting would-be Roma asylum-seekers to Canada with the message that new immigration laws severely limit their ability to seek…
Pumped Storage To Back Up Wind
The graphic shows it all, but the accompanying story is here. The Provincial Liberals have been talking about projects like this before the last election. In fact, I think one…
CAPP And The Government
Nancy on the coordination of polling research between the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and Environment Canada: Why is this interesting? Government public opinion research must be non-partisan. But here,…
Parsing The Martha Hall Findlay Apology
Dear Justin, My campaign for LPoC leader is so fucking doomed right now that its pathetic, and afterwards I’ll have nothing to show for it but debt. Debt, debt, and…
Tar Sands Contaminated Ground Water Headed For Athabasca River!
…though it hasn’t got there yet. No good way to sugar-coat this (though the shill from CAPP makes a good attempt in the linked article): Two unsurprising facts noted in…
One Of These People Is NOT Running For LPoC Leadership
But should I be? Everyone else is, and I’m starting to feel a little weird that I’m not.
Kathleen Wynne Reaffirms Support For Green Energy Act
Wind turbines for the willing could be part of Ontario’s new premier’s approach to green energy. Premier Kathleen Wynne told reporters Thursday her government would not step back from green…
Shale Gas Boom Going Bust In Bakken?
Shale gas will power the future. Or it won’t. There has been much back and forth over whether or fracked gas is the next big thing, or whether the nature…
Will Anti-Wind Activists Reign Of Terror be Stopped?
Well, maybe not quite a reign, but Tory MPP Ernie Hardeman also got that letter threatening vandalism to harvesting equipment on any farm hosting wind turbines. From here. So far,…
The Final Frontier
The bottom of Lake Whillans, a two meter deep body of water underneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, sandwiched between ice and rock. And, yes, it harbors life.
Truth Won’t A Defense In Any Arthur Topham Hate Speech Trial?
The hate-speech case against Arthur Topham, which I have written about on occasion, moves slowly forward. Topham has been discussing it at length on his website. His website’s cuckoo land,…
Christian Crossroads Communications: A Bash From The Past
From the CBC archives:Crossroads Christian Communications founder David Mainse speaking at an anti-gay rights rally in 1979. Ken Campbell also shows up, suggesting that gays are prone to child molestation.…
Diamond Jubilee Medal Recipient
…innocent until found guilty. Jesus. Pretty soon they’ll be giving me one. PS. If anyone is considering, they go for about $30 on E-Bay. I’d be just as happy with…
Christian Crossroads Previously Dinged By CSBC For Gay-Bashing Show
Christian Crossroads Communications has been in the news recently over this: A Canadian Christian communications group that does taxpayer-funded development work in Uganda has rejected allegations that it is anti-gay…