Movember: donate and I’ll write you a ditty
During the month of November, vanity will take a backseat while I grow a moustache for Movember to raise awareness and and a few bucks to fight prostate cancer. And…
During the month of November, vanity will take a backseat while I grow a moustache for Movember to raise awareness and and a few bucks to fight prostate cancer. And…
The deal that ultimately lead to the repatriation of Canada’s Constitution was struck thirty years ago, yesterday. Some interesting and informative essays have appeared in recent days to mark the…
A constitutional conference on Senate reform may occur in the not too distant future.Recently, Senator Bert Brown outlined the political events that would trigger a meeting of First Ministers to…
When even Fox News thinks something is unjust, you know it is a fucking catastrophe. This is going to end badly for the everyone, but especially for the Greek people.…
Contrary to the headlines in Postmedia News outlets and the reporting of Peter O’Neil, Quebec and Ontario would not get an effective veto under a new Senate reform proposal.The article…
I promised a friend who has been sleeping and cooking for the good and earnest people at Occupy Montreal that I’d post this rather brilliant speech by the American Journalist…
To all of our members who are Progressive Blogger current affiliates; I’d ask you (if it isn’t already set to this in your blog’s configuration) to change your feed status…
Media reports, as well as insider reports, indicate that Calgary may be the first city in Canada to take action against Occupy protesters. Please read our letter to city officials…
All legal arguments have now been filed in the unprecedented case against the Sask. Party governments’ anti-worker, anti-democratic, unconstitutional labour laws. As reported earlier in this blog, the Saskatchewan Federation…
See it here via The Huffington Post.
Who the hell has ever heard of needing Ministerial clearance, to use a public auditorium in a library? No one, until now. Come on libertarians. Make some noise.
Speaking of offensive halloween costumes…. For the full story and images, visit the New York Times A former employee of the largest foreclosure firm in New York City, Steven J.…
Read about here in the New York Times.
April Reign Normally I agree with this quote from Gandhi, “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ.” However a number of…
In order to realize the Edmonton-Leduc social democrats plan for an uninterrupted campaign that does not end after the election, we are searching for volunteers for a number of projects:…
DSC_0776.JPG By Wadner Pierre 41-year-old Haitian Lawmaker, Arnel Belizaire arrested at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport Port-Au-Prince on Nov. 27, 2011 upon his return from participating at an even in…
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out —Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak…
It’s been a little while since my last post. To be honest though, it seems as though there isn’t anything really new and exciting going on and I’ve actually been…
As Richard Wilkinson says, “Something we instinctively know, inequality is divisive and socially corrosive.” In this TED talk he takes us through the data, charts and numbers that demonstrate the…