Accentuate the Positive
I’ve been giving a lot of thought on what to talk next about on the blog, and with news of the Saskatchewan Party’s newest round of attack ads, I thought…
Stephen Harper’s Ghastly Supreme Court Appointment
Well I see that Stephen Harper is determined to prove he can chew gum, padlock Parliament, corrupt the Senate, AND degrade the Supreme Court all at the same time. For…
America is Out of Business
America’s Taliban, a.k.a. Tea Party Republicans, have shut down the government of the United States. Having campaigned against Obamacare in the last elections – and having lost – the Tea…
Edmonton Election Substance and Style #1
TweetWith Edmonton’s election campaign in full-swing, it is easy for this political watcher to miss a moment or campaign announcement over the course of a week. At the beginning or…
Deutsche Welle Living Planet 2013 Arctic Diary
This week, Deutsche Welle Living Planet broadcast the first of my audio diaries from the Students on Ice 2013 Arctic Expedition. This first audio postcard captures the reflections of Canadian…
Is Montreal an Object Lesson for Canada?
Montreal’s atrophied infrastructure should stand as an object lesson on political responsibility for our federal government and every provincial and municipal government from coast to coast to coast. To comprehend…
Dear TPGA Autism Experts: Thanks For Advising Us to Love Our Autistic Son! If Only We Had Known Sooner!
During recent weeks the TPGA “autism experts”, have done a great favor to children, like my son, who suffer from severe autism disorders. The TPGA autism wizards told parents like…
"Shadows Of Glass" – Toronto’s Condo Skyline …
A great short film by Canadian film maker and progressive Mikailus. Written, Produced, Directed, Photographed, Edited by MIKAILUSNarrated by JESSICA BINSTOCKMusic by LEE ROSEVERE “Prologue”Lab: NIAGARA CUSTOM LABSTransfer: FRAME DISCREETShot…
Seniors Home In Premier Brad Wall’s Constituency Plagued By Bed Bugs
Saskatchewan’s Potash and Oil industries are booming. Billions in profits are rolling in to them steadily. Yet, services to the people of Saskatchewan – who actually own the natural resources…
Climate Change will hit Canada harder: international report
OTTAWA – The latest international report on climate change confirms that global warming is amplified in Canada and the trend is going to continue, the David Suzuki Foundation said Monday.…
In Tuesday’s Sun: McGuinty, ten years later
Ten years ago, the world was an entirely different place, with some political wins and some political losses. In January, 2003, Jack Layton succeeded Alexa McDonough to become leader of…
Tea Party Support Dwindles to Near-Record Low
http://www.gallup.com/poll/164648/tea-party-support-dwindles-near-record-low.aspx Filed under: conservatism Tagged: Conservatism, far-right, US Politics
We are taking your voice to decision makers
On July 24, 2013, the Our Fair Deal Coalition launched its Internet Voice tool at OpenMedia.org/DigitalFuture, and asked citizens in countries affected by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to speak out…
Help Saudi women get behind the wheel—sign the petition
In an apparent attempt to demonstrate that there is no limit to the idiocy of Saudi Arabian misogyny, a Saudi cleric has explained why women should not be allowed to…
The deeper reasons for the “war on drugs”
There is a deeper reason for the war on drugs, which is the central reason for the policy, even outweighing profits from private prisons and seizure of property by law…
Kevin Page at Journalism School and #UofR
Former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, now a professor at the UofO, was a guest at the UofR’s J-School, then CCPA sponsored lecture on Thursday night. I live-tweeted the events,…
Inquistr: TPP discussion to censor the Internet underway
We’ve won before by stopping legislation aimed at restricting Internet access – and as more and more people speak out against the ultra-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) Internet Censorship plan, we…