Corporate Taxes
The issue of corporate taxes comes down to a single straightforward principle for me: Remove person status from corporations; then, and only then can you, and should you, remove corporate…
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At long last, Farber forced to denounce JDL
After years of treating the Jewish Defence League as if they were a rogueish but loveable younger brother, Canadian Jewish Congress supremo Bernie Farber has finally said something about the…
It’s Baaaaaack!
Just like I said last time, the per-vote subsidy will be in Harper’s next election platform – and likely in the upcoming budget. See around the 10-minute mark.
Anyone Can Grow Shit Themselves
Well, not quite anyone. If you’ve not a patch of land or a balcony or suitable space indoors for growing pots (not to mention the required additional equipment), then you’re…
Stuck in Traffic in Transportation City
“Send in the clownsDon’t bother they are here.”– Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical ‘A Little Night Music’ As a transit rider and taxpayer, I write of our right to…
Afghan Reality
The Tentacles of American Power: Afghan RealityBy Vijay Prashad, from CounterPunch, January 12, 2011. Slowly, but surely, the leakage of the U. S. State Department cables continues. Media interest in…
We can recognize Lebanon!
Hey, now that the nasty terrorist organization, Hezbollah, has resigned from the Lebanon government we are finally free to recognize the country.; ) .
China: Fear of its Rise is Fear of Ourselves
A recent Economist article, The dangers of a rising China, leads a 14 page report loosely discussing the dangers posed to the world by China’s eclipsing of the USA’s international…
BCNDP New Member Deadline Dissuades New Members
Any non-members of the BC NDP who want to have a say on the party’s new leader – who will be elected April 17th – must sign up for membership…
On Being a Teacher, or Why Merit Pay Stinks.
I’m taking a course on organizational theory right now and the readings have caused me to reflect on an issue that is getting a fair deal of play in education…
"As long as they kill Muslims, I don’t care"
BCL’s post on today’s JDL rally for the neo-Nazi English Defence League and Ron Banerjee’s promise to bring out “security” for the rally got me rememberin’ About a year ago,…
Dinner is Nearly on the Table
Last week I received a query from a pregnant woman who saw a documentary called ‘ Earthlings’. The video upset her so much that she asked how to embrace a…
Switzerland: Swiss Franc -ly Under Attack
Separate reports this week in the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuericher Zeitung (NZZ) are highlighting the difficult choices Switzerland, and by extension other nations, are facing in the continued onslaught of…
Fluoridation, again
Calgary may once again have a chance to get added fluoride out of our water supply. I found this to be a good site arguing against fluoridation. I don’t have…
Scarier of Two Evils
What’s worse than a “tax and spend” liberal? How about a tax-cut and spend Conservative! Prisons, Planes, and Post-signs – these are the things the Canadian taxpayer is going to…
British Ethics: A Dark Comedy
North Sea Oil Drilling by crawfish head Yesterday, January 6th 2011, the UK Parliamentary committee appointed to look into whether the government should enact a moratorium on deep-water drilling in…
Facts Matter In The Debate Over Water Fluoridation
It’s known as one of the top ten public health achievements of the 20th century; a “classic example of clinical observation leading to epidemiological investigation and community-based public health intervention;”…
Tunisia and Algeria: North African States of Unrest
Reports of civil unrest and suicidal protests in Algeria and Tunisia these past two weeks are highlighting the precarious conditions under which many people across the world live: on the…
Harper, Energy and the Environment: It’s the Politics, Stupid!
This is getting embarrassing. Up until recently, the best the Harper government could say about our dismal record on climate change, energy and the environment was that we were doing…
The Wee Shuffle
Today’s Cabinet Shuffle, necessitated by the retirement of Jim Prentice to move on to a job at CIBC, was as minor as it could have been. A replacement had to…