three stories about Canada
In my newsfeed this morning there’s a story about the Royal Bank of Canada hiring temporary foreign workers. Don’t worry, the company says that most of the workers will only…
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Some thank yous are in order
Thank you to Omar-Ha-Redeye, for hosting the Progressive Bloggers meetup at his law firm. Thanks to his law firm partner Qadira for supplying the finger foods and such unasked. Thank…
hundreds of nyc fast-food workers walk off the job, demand a living wage (plus: don’t fly porter)
Hundreds of fast-food workers in New York City walked off the job this week, demanding a living wage. This is their second walkout in six months, as this exciting labour…
CNN’s Very High Functioning Autism Awareness Efforts Misrepresent Autism Disorders
CNN’s Portrayal of Autism In the Days Surrounding WAAD 2013 Middle – Jack and John Elder Robison – High Functioning Aspergers Bottom -Trevor Pacelli High Functioning PDD-NOS (Holli Dunn Photography)…
Why We Should Fear What’s Happening in Montreal
It's a scene that keeps repeating itself in the streets of Montreal.A few hundred demonstrators set out on a peaceful march to protest against a totalitarian by-law limiting freedom of…
Boycott of RBC – make this a movement
RBC replaces Canadian staff with foreign workers, CBC, April 6, 2013 “Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada…
Apply to express an opinion: who runs this place anyway?
Financial manipulators and industrialists have control and they aim to set Canada’s economic course without input from Canadians. They bought the license from Stephen Harper. Evidence is provided by Gloria…
Ever since the world economy started crashing in 2008, a lot of…
Ever since the world economy started crashing in 2008, a lot of news has been uncovered about Ponzi schemes, financial institutions ripping people off, crooked government bailouts, banks laundering money…
Only when their lips move
On February 15, Times of India Film Awards flack Laura Ballance said, “About 35,000 tickets for the April 6 awards ceremony at B.C. Place went up for grabs Friday morning…
With all the stories across Canada of police brutality…
With all the stories across Canada of police brutality (including killings), harassment, rights violations, discrimination, perjury, political bias, corruption (e.g. bribes, smuggling, extortion, drug-dealing) – and seeing almost no consequences…
The Twilight of the Harper Regime
For seven long and dark years Stephen Harper was able to hold this country in his iron grip.For years him and his Cons were able to fool Canadians into thinking…
Print your own gun
This week’s Friday Film Pick is a new 24-minute documentary produced by Motherboard and distributed by Vice Magazine, on 3D gun printing (video after jump). The film peaks into the…
Climate justice and the political moment in BC
The following is based on a talk at the Bring Your Boomers election forum on April 3 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, the fourth in a series of intergenerational…
can money buy happiness? yes. no. sometimes. maybe.
My friend Impudent Strumpet writes a series of posts that dispute the oft-repeated notion “money can’t buy happiness”. (Here’s an example.) I find this idea very thought-provoking. I’ve definitely subscribed…
Billions In Tax Cuts To Canada’s Corporate Sector Has Resulted In 54,000 Job Losses This Month ..
A pillar of Conservative and Right wing ideology is the belief that ‘tax cuts to the corporate sector will create jobs as these savings are re-invested in the economy.” #FAIL!!Stephen…
Red cat
Once again, Popsicolor savages another image. Then into InkPad for some simple vectors. I suspect InkPad is capable of much more sophisticated work. Filed under: art Tagged: calico, Cat, standing
Who is Funding the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation?
I think it’s time to ask who is funding the self-styled Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation, and what they are funding them to do. A little transparency here would go a long…
ANALYSIS: The Slow Decline of The Liberal Party of Canada
By Joe Fantauzzi @jjfantauzzi The electoral fortunes of the Liberal Party of Canada, once routinely referred to as Canada’s “Natural Governing Party” have been in precipitous decline for nearly a…
Social Justice Activism and the pursuit of low-hanging fruit
An older picture of one of my sons at a political protest. One of the questions that keeps popping up in my life is whether or not we should take…
roger ebert, 1942-2013
Who would have thought a movie critic could be so loved, and so missed? Of course, Roger Ebert was so much more than a critic. He was a model for…