BC LNG will be powered by massive taxpayer giveaways
photo: Tina Lovgreen / BCIT Commons As we all know Christy Clark and the BC Liberals were elected on “prosperity” from BC LNG (liquefied natural gas) that will erase debt,…
Top Quebec Tory Fine with Charter of Values
The Quebec government’s proposed Charter of Values may have Jason Kenney’s frillies in a bunch but the Tories’ senior minister from Quebec, Denis Lebel, is fine with it. According to…
Ontario’s austerity policies self-defeating — Hennessy
There are many ways to tell a story. For Trish Hennessy, Ontario director at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, one way is to look at the most searched word…
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s speech at the United Nations
Below is an excerpt. In his full speech he pointed out, among other issues, that war in Afghanistan and Iraq caused destruction and instability – not peace and stability. He…
Four more free iPad IOS 7 3D wallpapers
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Bixi: Shouldn’t Be for Profit, Should Be a Public Service
Montreal’s famous bike rental system is undergoing a liquidity crisis, it seems. The program is wildly popular here, and has had success in New York and London, but the financial…
Hungry? Have a bowl of fresh worms/bugs or cook them and then enjoy
“A team of students from McGill University has proposed insect-infused flour as a possible solution to the global food crisis.” Looks delicious. Dig in.:)
Sept. 25: Missing the point….
All the comment I’ve seen on l’affaire Professor Lapierre has missed the point and only one group has reacted with any credit to itself. The rector of UdeMoncton has expressed…
Mountains Out of Molehills, or Harbingers of Doom?
That is the question I pose as to the impact of four NDP MPs from British Columbia deciding that a jump to the rough-and-tumble and far-from-a-sure-thing world of provincial politics…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Today is of course voting day in Regina’s wastewater treatment plant referendum – and you can get voting information here. And Paul Dechene…
Know your branches of economics
This comic does in one cartoon what the first chapter of Debt, the First 5000 Years does (pretty well) in one chapter. Alltop is a macro-humor generator.
Employment Insurance Claims in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2003 – 2013 #nlpoli
Every day, in every way, things are better and better. No, that wasn’t Inspector Dreyfus from the Pink Panther movies. That was one of the key messages Premier Kathy Dunderdale…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, September 25, 2013: Nominations open for 2013 Canadian Blog Awards Ohio man pleads guilty to sex with…
They Tell Us It’s About Principles
Tim Harper writes that the prime minister and the mayor of Toronto are a political odd couple: Harper would treat a meeting with a voter in an unscripted moment as…
Gary McHale: crowd-sourcing a lawsuit
Gary McHale is suing me. McHale, who you can read about here and here and here, is suing me because I wrote a Sun Media column describing him as “an…
More Thoughts On Muzzled Scientists
Last week I wrote a post on David Schindler, the retired scientist who wrote about the pernicious effects of the Harper regime’s muzzling of government scientists. These letters from today’s…
The challenge in Toronto-Centre.
It is something of a dry run. If Justin Trudeau is going to make a difference as Liberal Party leader in the federal election expected in 2015, the Liberals have…
"Golden Dawn’s rise signals breakdown of the Greek state’s authority." – Richard Seymour
Reblogged from Pluto Press – Independent Progressive Publishing: Richard Seymour, author of the upcoming Against Austerity (Pluto, 2014), has written an article for the Guardian about the emergence of the…
What a Secretly-Negotiated Free Trade Agreement Could Mean for Fracking in the U.S.
A trade agreement being secretly negotiated by the Obama administration could allow an end run by the oil and gas industry around local opposition to natural gas exports. This agreement,…