Strategic voting in Kanata-Carleton: vote Liberal
Strategic voting in Kanata-Carleton The riding of Kanata-Carleton in Ottawa is a new riding formed out of pieces of the old riding of Carleton—Mississippi Mills, which has been a fairly…
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The Liberal Party and the Public Service: A History Lesson
Today Justin Trudeau published an open letter to public servants attempting to convince them what a friend they have in the Liberal Party. I can only assume that Mr. Trudeau…
Denying Women Canadian Citizenship Does Nothing to Fight Opression
Are Stephen Harper and the Conservatives actually trying to argue that denying a woman citizenship for wearing the niqab is somehow promoting equal rights? It would seem to me that…
The Buy Now Pay Later Approach to Public Policy
As Canadians we are used to personal debt. Debt has become the new normal. So when Justin Trudeau says that his government plans to spend more than what it will…
Hulk Hogan released by WWE over racist comments
If Hogan Knows Best, his divorce and his sex tape didn't tarnish Terry Bollea's (aka Hulk Hogan) image in the minds of lifelong fans, this latest scandal is likely to…
Going To Work | FIFA sponsors must tell Qatar to play fair on workers’ human rights (Now With Video)
The upcoming World Cup in Qatar has already received a lot of negative press for a multitude of reasons, human rights not being the least of such concerns. The link…
Is the New Citizenship and Immigration guide ‘racist’?
Perusing the websites of local newspapers this morning, a few articles got my attention, but none piqued my curiosity like this gem from the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2015/05/19/immigration-guide-for-detecting-marriage-fra...
For Climate Change Deniers: A + B = ???
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/carbon-dioxide-global-levels-surpass-daunting-milestone-1.3064837 + http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/antarctica-s-larsen-b-ice-shelf-a-few-years-from-disintegration-1.3075634 = trouble The connection between the...
The Irrelevance of EQAO (and Standardized Testing in General)
In response to a comment about a Toronto Star article on the EQAO cancellations, (http://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2015/05/14/teacher-strike-standardized-tests-cancelled-because-of-job-action.html) a Toronto Star reader named justobs...
Force Awakens Teaser Trailer #2 and Information (POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD)
I am really sure that everyone on the planet has seen this TWENTY times by now, but I am going to post it anyway. Here is the second Star Wars:…
Why Are Elementary Teachers REALLY Starting Strike Action? (Pass this on to anyone who is curious about why/how we are striking)
I have found, in talking to many people, that most people don't know the real reasons why teachers are taking strike action all over Ontario right now. It has NOTHING…
Quote of the day
"I can't give you a brain but I can give you a diploma" -- The Wizard of Oz
Quote of the day
There are two types of people those who divide people into two types, and those who don't. -- Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
A Punk/Metal Song I am Working on Lyrics For…
Climate Change Nationalists mobilizing Racism on high Disabled still not enabled And the question is “why?” Empowerment has come to but a few While others toil, not knowing what else…
On WWE Fastlane from Sunday, February 22nd, 2015
On the very same night as the Oscars were disseminating from Hollywood, the WWE produced a live pay-per-view that looked intriguing on paper, especially from the standpoint of not knowing…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer
Here is the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (like you haven't seen it already!!) Likes: Fiery lightsaber saber, Milennium Falcon, X-Wings and TIE Fighters flying near…
Call on Zara to let workers unionize and negotiate collectively
Here is the latest from LabourStart, an organization that runs campaigns to advocate for workers' rights worldwide. There latest campaign is against Inditex, the parent company of Zara. Read below…
Toronto Municipal Election 2014: Vote Compass
The 2014 municipal election has tons at stake for a lot of areas, but none more so than Toronto. I am not saying to vote against the drug-dealing bully who…
The Canadian middle class has the precise geometric shape of a political football
Impossible to draw any conclusions from "New York Times story" The "New York Times story" about the apparent relative decline of the American middle class was delivered as if by…