Thanks to Archive.org, I’ve obtained and read through the: Budget of 1991 in OntarioThe first budget of the first even NDP Ontario government. So, how much did these Bob Rae…
I get democracy. It is a set of political institutions that allows the demos, otherwise known as the multitudes, otherwise known as the people, to self-rule. By its very nature…
City hall’s new ‘efficient’ style will erode parks and recreation system By Terri Clark, Vancouver Courier Contributing writer December 10, 2012 One of Vancouver’s truly interesting characteristics is its 24…
Continuing our new feature “Captioning Harper’s Photo of the Day” Here’s the newest picture of Steve, posted on his site last week.
The commonsense view that predominates in North America tells us that we exist as individuals prior to our entry into any sort of social world. There are stronger and weaker…
I’ve been thinking about this a lot since the decision came down to oust Rob Ford over a “conflict of interest” technicality a couple of weeks ago. I have a…
A good pie chart over at DeSmogBlog, in article Why Climate Deniers Have No Scientific Credibility – In One Pie Chart. Here’s the chart: The media does seem to be…
PhotobyWadnerPierre.JPG By Wadner Pierre- originally published by The Maroon For the first time in two years, a group of Loyola students traveled to a US military- sponsored school in Fort…
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I get it, your wondering why I am still blogging about this topic after the media has already seemed to forget about it in it’s entirety! My answer to you…
From the Huffington Post Canada: In the spirit of the holidays, Abbotsford police are sending Christmas cards to gangsters and drug dealers featuring the police chief dressed as Santa in…
Please welcome yet another BC – based blog (had a couple of those of late) : Northern Insights
We’re starting to see the fallout from the Con government’s proposed changes to immigration policy. And while I agree that such policies need a reboot every now and then to…
Petroleum giant Enbridge Inc. has taken huge strides in recent weeks to complete its plan to transport tar sands oil to eastern Canada and from there to foreign markets. Already…
Capitalism Reaches its Ugly Claw into Recess This is appalling: capitalist invasion by way of neoliberal privatising of playtime at recess and noon. Isn’t it bad enough that we have…
Once again world public opinion faces a most bizarre political event: an alliance between political forces on the extreme Right and the Left, including collaboration between NATO regimes and Marxist…
There are plenty of conflicting messages swirling around the Liberal Party. There is also a tension for Liberals moving forward, between sober realities and game changing possibilities. One school of…
I prefer to deal with companies using email because it allows me to carefully ask questions and carefully consider the answers before asking follow-up question, as well as providing a…
