Emissions From Northern Gateway And Kinder Morgan
I think these graphs speak for themselves: But if they don’t. Simon Donner of UBC says: …the pipeline expansion would completely undermine not just B.C.’s emissions reduction policy, but the…
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A Quote From A G&M Story
“The day after the filing of this statement , bang: ‘You’re suspended,’ ” said Justice Noël, pointing out to federal lawyer Alain Préfontaine that the government has taken away Mr.…
Calling The Canadian Revenue Agency. Hellooo? Hellloooo?
The Fraser Institute continues to take ($150,000) in Koch Brothers money, and claims zero political activity in 2011. If the Sierra Club is in violation, you would think Fraser would…
A Fund To Fund Underfunded Funds
From the government presser to their Venture Capital Action Plan: $250 million to establish new, large private sector-led national funds of funds (a funds of funds portfolio consists of investments…
OLP Candidates On Wind Tubines
Didn’t like this bit:Kathleen Wynne is uneasy about the quality of information fuelling the renewable energy debate. “Where is the evidence and science in making these decisions?” asks Wynne. “I’m…
Which LPoC Leadership Campaign Has This Guy Collecting Signatures?
Other Liberal Party members weren’t so diplomatic. Fabrice Rivault, a volunteer handling media requests for Outremont Liberal candidate Martin Cauchon, received a copy of the letter from a member of…
AFN Demands: My Favorite One
All legislation must be unquestionably consistent with s.35 of the Canadian Constitution and the UNDRIP. Legislation and provisions of legislation as in C-38 and C-45 that contravene our Treaty and…
Omnibus Bills, Pipelines, First Nations
Chief Justin George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation connects a few of the dots leading from omnibus budget bills C38 and C45 to Kinder Morgan’s expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.…
Postmedia Continues Its Failing Failure
TORONTO – Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (TSX:PNC.A) had $8.3 million of net income and $26.7 million of operating income in its latest quarter, both down from a year earlier. The…
He’s Number Two
This story about everyone’s 2nd choice for LPoC leader is really just an excuse to show off my awesome unofficial Marc Garneau campaign buttons. There are still some buttons available.…
Yo Federal Liberal Leadership Candidates (Esp. Justin Trudeau): Bullshit Cometh Before The Fall
If you take the numbers from the last NDP leadership convention as a guide–and there is no reason not to–about 10% of the people you recruit on-line will be arsed…
Some Numbers
Government spending per capita, Toronto: $24,000.Government spending per capita, Attawapiskat: 11,355. That is all.
More On Attawapiskat Finances And Chief Spence’s Diet
From an APTN interview with Clayton Kennedy, the band’s former co-manager. Looks like yesterday’s outrage was a tad overblown. A couple of interesting facts re some of the “controversy” around…
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs That Tim Hudak Would Kill
Green Ones, too: Niagara Region Wind Corporation is on a recruitment drive as it gears up for one of the largest wind turbine projects in Canada. It estimates it and…
Chief Spence Is A Sideshow
This is the shit. And you know what? When First Nations sue the federal government, they win. Its a bit like when someone sues Ezra Levant–its a slam dunk. That…
Ethical Auctions: E-Bay Rejects Oil From Tar Sands
This week, Patagonia and eBay became the two newest US brands to join the fight against tar sands oil. The two companies have announced that they will no longer use…
How Much Will It Cost Tim Hudak To Unwind The Green Energy Act?
You thought cancelling that gas plant was expensive? Here’s PCPO MPP Monte McNaughton, representing Lambton-Kent-Middlesex: …we realize that when we make the commitment, we’re not going to build them, if…
Frankly I Don’t Give A Damn
I’ve abandoned the NHL for the UFC over the past couple of months. No chasing little rubber disks. No cold rinks. Just straight to the punch-ups.
Don’t Bet On A (n Ontario) Spring Election, Part Duh
The NDP has done well wielding the balance of power over the past year, and seems disinclined to lose its leverage by triggering an early election. Horwath has hinted that…
Gruending On John Baird’s Office of Religious Freedom
In fact, the plan is modeled on the Office of International Religious Freedom which was created by the Clinton administration in the United States in 1998. A common criticism is…