In Tuesday’s Sun: valuable
When a political party strays from its core values, what happens? Well, it dies, for starters. Political parties, more than anything else, are a vehicle for the expression of certain…
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On measured responses
Shorter Enbridge, responding to the revelation that a tidy 94% of its Canadian pumping stations are missing required backup generators and/or shut-off buttons: So the question is whether we’ll take…
5958…This Is What Al Jazeera Is About 2Day
At this what their anchor and personal friend of mine Richard Gizbert is about today. This is also what your capital is all about today too. WFDS
But did they fill out an application first?
Enbridge pipeline protesters close Ontario highway A highway near Hamilton, Ont., was shut down for almost 90 minutes Monday morning as a group stopped traffic to protest Enbridge’s plan to…
CETA: EU-Canada trade agreement threatens fracking bans
Note: CETA negotiations continue in Brussels today (May 6) through at least Wednesday. By: Council of Canadians | Press Release: Amsterdam/Brussels/Ottawa – The proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)…
Home care reform: how wrong are these incentives?
We probably wouldn’t have believed it had we not received the documents outlining the new plan for specialized home care funding. It’s staggering in its ability to further complicate administration…
Corporate Canada Is Safe With Justin Trudeau
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The state our Canada’s democracy is grim at all levels. Our PM Steve Harper is an overbearing, top down dictator. He has managed to BS too many…
Oil Companies: A threat to our planet
All oil companies care about is profit. The environment, the health and safety of people, is not a priority of theirs. Only profits, no matter who is hurt in the…
Arctic Ocean Acidifying Rapidly
Oh well, we probably won’t even think about this once the oil spills begin but it turns out that cold sea water is especially absorptive of CO2. And, that is…
5957…Say Hey To 82 Candles
Happy birthday to the Say Hey Kid, Willie Mays. You went to college; you figure out how old he is. WFDS
Re-reading Hirschman
Since I was a graduate student in the last millennium, I’ve been fascinated by the role of the cotton textile industry in recent economic history, beginning with that momentous event…
Re-reading Hirschman
Since I was a graduate student in the last millennium, I’ve been fascinated by the role of the cotton textile industry in recent economic history, beginning with that momentous event…
Hungry in Canada: One-in-Five Skip Meals to Help Make Ends Meet
By: Food Banks Canada | Press Release: TORONTO, May 6, 2013 – Today, food banks across the country are asking Canadians to join the Hunger Awareness Week movement from May…
Leave to appeal
Tomic v. Tough, 2013 BCCA 212 deals with the criteria for granting leave to appeal The criteria for granting leave to appeal were addressed by Saunders J.A. inGoldman, Sachs &…
5956…National Post, The, Down On 10 Per Centers
10 per centers are political pamphlets, usually very partisan, that MPs are allowed to send free-to-the-MP to 10 per cent of the households in their riding. It usta be, back…
Stand up for affordability and choice in Canada’s cell phone market
Did you know that the high prices in our cell phone market mean that you can own about four phones in Portugal for the same price as having one device…
Why Justin Trudeau May Be More Dangerous than Harper
The thing that has always bothered me about Justin – ever since his entry onto the public scene at his famous father’s funeral – is that he’s never appeared to…
Canada’s Nate Silver weighs in on B.C. ’13
Here. Dix didn’t have a great debate performance, Clark did. Also, going neg has worked for the latter – while refusing to do so hasn’t helped the former. That all…
Boston and Venezuela: Terrorism There and Here
Two major terrorists’ attacks took place almost simultaneously: in Boston, two Chechen terrorists set off bombs during the annual Boston Marathon killing three people and injuring 170; in Venezuela, terrorist-supporters…
Faker Than Ezra?
So far, I’ve unable to find anyone with a higher percentage of fake twitter followers than Ezra Levant. In fact nobody even comes close. The wannabes include some notable names,…