Justin Trudeau in Abbotsford
I was invited to my friend Jati Sidhu’s place to help welcome Justin Trudeau to Abbotsford.
What, Setting Aside Money for A Rainy Day? This Is Harperland After All!
One of the first thing Sideshow Steve Harper did upon seizing the reins of power was to powerfully defund the federal government. Clinging to the neo-con ideology that taxation is…
Jason Kenney and the Two-Headed Monster
I always knew Jason Kenney was a man of many faces eh?Some hidden and some not.I always knew he was extremely vain and incredibly ambitious.But who knew he was so…
Feeling Insignificant Department: Saturn’s Moons and the Earth
The little arrow is pointing to the Earth in this photograph taken from the space probe Cassini from Saturn’s neighborhood. Makes our problems seem pretty inconsequential, in the (very) big…
Global Warning
By superimposing a big red “N” over the black “m” in “Global Warming”, the editors of a feature article on greenhouse gas emissions in NewScientist magazine (Nov. 17/12) altered the…
Friday night: Trains
I’m pleased to be able to report that no Toronto city councillors were injured in the debate over which train songs to include in tonight’s post. This is British blues…
Michelle Is Still Trying Too Hard
Michelle Erstikaitis and her "friends" responded to an article in which we questioned her "White Nationalist" bona fides. Our argument is that she basically latches on to anything that will…
hey mcdonald’s: the working poor don’t need financial advice or higher banking costs. they need higher wages.
Part 1: McDonald’s version of company scrip (Part 2 below) Any minute now we’ll see the return of company scrip. In the bad old days before labour unions forced reforms,…
The Hydro-Quebec Statement of Claim #nlpoli
Via labradore, the statement of claim filed on behalf of Hydro-Quebec earlier this week. You can search it and read it in English. Those of you using Chrome will find…
TorrentFreak: Finland becomes first country to vote on a crowdsourced copyright law
Hey Canada, Finland just did something epic. Really epic. It’s time for us to do the same. Let’s start the discussion to shape our digital future. Make your voice heard…
Why I Chose Autism REALITY As My Social Media Name
The picture above, for those visiting my blog for the first time, is my son Conor now 17+ years old. I love him dearly and he brings great joy into…
What Would "Republic of Canada" Presidential Elections Look Like?
You’ve all seen it on TV, in the newspapers, and online – the overwhelming amount of adulation and gawking at the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s new son, Prince George…
King or Country
You may have missed it, since the story slipped largely under the radar, but a baby was born in England Monday. As this post will show, I’m a staunch republican…
Over 200 Groups And Organizations Formally Ask Harper’s PMO To Release Their ‘Enemies’ List …
OTTAWA—More than 200 public-interest and aid organizations are formally asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to reveal who’s on the “enemy” lists given to new ministers in this month’s cabinet…
Tesla sales in Canada, Jan-May 2013
My GreenCarReports article on Tesla Model S sales in Canada this year has been popular enough to reach second-place in GCR’s “Most Popular this week” sidebar. Very cool, and almost…
Canada’s Evolving Soft Fascism
Things are bad under Prime Minister Harper. They’re getting worse, even since the last time I wrote about Harper’s soft fascism. But how do we measure it? It’s so…subjective, unless…
Not In Front of the Children
“We don’t speak of these things, not in front of the children.” That, according to Gwynne Dyer, is the approach being taken by our political and military leadership when it…
11 Reasons to Divest from Fossil Fuels
There is a robust debate happening in university halls, around religious congregations, and at individual kitchen tables nationwide. The driving question: Should we divest from the fossil fuel industry? The…
Open Borders: The View from the US When French Canadians Flooded South
Former US Foreign Service Officer Steven Kelly has an interesting comment on the results of open borders in The New York Times today. He notes that thousands and thousands of…