PUBLIC ROUND TABLE ON INCOME INEQUALITY: IS THERE A REMEDY?
Saturday February 11th from 2 to 4 pm at the Riverbend Library (Rabbit Hill Road and Terwillegar Drive)Income inequality is a very old issue, but the problem is that it…
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PUBLIC ROUND TABLE ON INCOME INEQUALITY: IS THERE A REMEDY?
Saturday February 11th from 2 to 4 pm at the Riverbend Library (Rabbit Hill Road and Terwillegar Drive) Income inequality is a very old issue, but the problem is that…
Two guitar players missed
BCL (and others) have been discussing Rolling Stone’s recent list of the top guitarists, pointing out glaring omissions, including Django Rheinhardt. Here are another two who were somehow passed over.
TVO’s The Agenda: To Lead or to Serve – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Over the past quarter century, political parties have too often lurched away from being mass movements of individual Canadians sharing a common vision of the public good, and towards being…
Conferencing in Halifax while Rome Burns?
Cross-posted on CIC Dispatch Blog Billed as the Davos for Security, the Halifax International Security Forum – funded by the Department of National Defence (DND) – sought and accomplished to…
Apologies for the downtime
A slight misunderstanding with our host server and my programmer/website hoster guy Chris being out of computer contact for a few days led to an unfortunate bit of downtime.
New Sustainable Cities Research Program – New Job, Exciting Prospects
Vancouver-based NGO Sustainable Cities International is an excellent outfit that runs a network of cities focused on green urbanism that spans the globe. The research that I’ve been able to…
Together, we can do it
In October, TCU Place in Saskatoon played host to the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour’s 56th annual convention. This year’s convention was another overwhelming success with 500 to 600 delegates in…
TransPacific Partnership is wrong for Canada
This week’s Spin Doctors topic was on Prime Minister Harper’s plans to have Canada join the Transpacific Partnership. “With the U.S. delaying its decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, Prime…
Some Liberals still don’t get it
I’ve not blogged for several months, given the distractions of moving, settling in, and certain other challenging issues, but I cannot resist responding to the following comment by John Ibbitson,…
Occupy: Why Voting Isn’t Enough
Overhead view of the Occupy Toronto encampment, St. James Park (from Torontoist) Al Gore’s book, “The Assault on Reason” is one of the best treatises on American democracy I’ve ever…
New economic order needed to fight climate change: Dion
From Brockville’s Recorder & Times:The world needs a new economic order if it is to mitigate the effects of climate change, former Liberal leader and onetime environment minister Stéphane Dion…
Canada Goes to War (Again)
Mr Harper wants to go to war again (Iran) and again (Syria)
Police forces, I’d like to introduce you to YouTube…
With the G20 debacle fresh in our minds, many Torontonians are shaking their heads at the efforts of American city authorities and police forces to break up Occupy protests. Police…
The Empire Strikes Back
The oligarchy is worried, as they should be. They are losing the middle class.
Police spending $267,000 to save on health costs.
Spending money on health to cut health care costs! A novel idea. Should we call that health care spending? Analogous to changing the oil instead of replacing the engine. Too…
The National Post’s Poli Sci 101 for Marc Garneau: A Rebuttal
In their editorial today, on the Liberal Party’s position regarding the redistribution of seats in the House of Commons, the National Post editorial board clearly demonstrates they’re in need of…
Education… Who’s Education ?
Of course education is assimilative – in the societies of the colonizers. But education in indigenous cultures is liberating. The choice is yours. Pick the kind of education you want…
French Socialists Do It Better Than Canadian Liberals (so far)
Steve at Far and Wide has an excellent post today that captures the excitement an open primary could bring to the Liberal leadership race. And I agree with Steve and…