Understanding Climate Change And Its Impacts In Two Minutes
This two-minute primer shows us how the science of climate change is not, well, rocket science. Recommend this Post
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An Imperiled Democracy: Civic Illiteracy In Canada
I imagine that bloggers have any number of reasons for doing what they do, ranging from writing as catharsis to sharing information and insights in the hope of informing and/or…
More About That Gun Thing, Mr. Harper
Despite Stephen Harper’s strong warnings last year about its dangers, two professors of criminology have thrown caution to the wind and ‘committed sociology.’ In today’s Star, Irvin Waller and Michael…
Attention, Shoppers: Don’t Let The Terrorists Win!
An important message to all Canadians from Stephen Harper: Recommend this Post
A Work In Progress
The website SHD (Shit Harper Did) is currently completing a documentary looking into Canada’s surveillance programs. Now in post-production, it is seeking donors to help complete the process. If you…
About That Gun Thing, Mr. Harper
Yesterday, I wrote about Prime Minister Harper hitting upon yet another red-meat issue, this one potentially quite dangerous, over which his base can salivate. He suggested that guns are an…
There Is No Depth To Which He Won’t Sink
It is well-known that Stephen Harper is in constant election mode, ever in search of issues that will further divide Canadians as he makes almost exclusive appeal to his base.…
Some Much Deserved Mockery
Enjoy: Recommend this Post
Resisting The Fashion Fascists
If his shrill demagoguery is any indication, I suppose Herr Harper and his regime can be considered to be at war with Islam; the latter’s offences range from embracing jihadism…
Has Mr. Harper’s Niqab’s Misdirection Worked?
You decide. H/t Michael Nabert Meanwhile, Bruce Anderson wonders about the implications for our democracy in Mr. Harper’s pontifications on what women should and should not wear. Stephen Harper says…
I Start To Worry
This is, I believe, the second time in recent weeks that I have agreed with Rex Murphy. You see my problem. Recommend this Post
About The "Harper Gestapo Act" And Other Prime Ministerial Fear Mongering
I would feel much more hopeful about October’s election if I believed this kind of critical thinking were common among our fellow citizens: Re: Tory rhetoric defies belief, Editorial March…
Harper To Muslims: Prove You Are With Us
That certainly is the implication given the tone that Diane Ablonczy takes with National Council of Canadian Muslims executive director Ihsaan Gardee during hearings on Bill C-51. As you will…
Meanwhile, On the Back Nine
When this happens, do you still have to yell “Fore’? Recommend this Post
Philip Junop Has An Important Message
If we truly love our country, it is one we all should heed: Life in Canada has been good to me as I approach my 60th birthday. A loving and…
The Latest Example Of Tory Contempt For The Electorate
This is the ‘poll’ Conservative MP Lawrence Toet is sending out to his Winnipeg constituents: Federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair said on Wednesday the survey reflects a viewpoint pervasive in…
Mary Walsh Shreds Stephen Harper
Really. Literally. But enquiring Conservative minds (if that is not a contradiction in terms) will want to know if she qualifies as a terrorist under Bill C-51: Recommend this Post
If Only Our Politicians Felt This Sense Of Shame
Perhaps it’s time to send Pamela Wallin and Diane Finley to obedience school? Recommend this Post
Human Rights And The Politics Of Fear
When Alex Neve, longtime Secretary General of the Canadian branch of Amnesty International, speaks, people should listen. He and his organization have now weighed in on Bill C-51, the ‘anti-terror’…
But Can He Heal Himself?
That well-known metaphysician to the fundamentalist Christian soul, ‘Doctor’ Pat Robertson, prescribes some strong medicine to combat an infectious workplace agent: Recommend this Post