In a previous post I argued that too often Marxists fail to recognize the ways in which capitalism remains dynamic and continues to advance technologically and socially. This one-sidedness distorts…
In a previous post I argued that too often Marxists fail to recognize the ways in which capitalism remains dynamic and continues to advance technologically and socially. This one-sidedness distorts…
Premier Kathy Dunderdale told delegates to the provincial offshore oil and gas industries association on Tuesday that the provincial government wants to see more exploration offshore. “Newfoundland and Labrador is…
This guy is not some kind of downtown elitist. Or the guy mentioned here. Nor are the folks that typically attend the Taste of Little Italy. His base is starting…
Teddy here with a quick look at Australia and what is going on in that country. Like Canada, most of the country is “empty” The areas in red are the…
Health Minister Fred Horne, at the wheel of Alberta Health Services, reverses course on some unpopular policies faster than you can say “take action to improve care.” The actual AHS…
Canada’s government claims that its secret blanket surveillance of innocent citizens doesn’t capture content and only targets foreign communications. That’s nonsense. Privacy expert Michael Geist explains why. We’re stuck with…
Outstretched cats.
THERE’S a section on the Heartland Institute’s website pointing readers to “Stuff We Wish We Wrote”. After events over the last year or so, the chaps at the fossil fuel-funded…
Julien Feldman from Montreal Comiccon on Facebook. Of course they would have to trade in the Batmobile for something sturdier coz as Wade Alexander of Montreal points out “Our roads…
It’s happening again. Research confirms agreement among most climate scientists that we are altering the Earth’s climate, mainly by burning fossil fuels. And industrial interests, backed by climate change deniers,…
While the media was playing up the make-believe non-ethical non-scandal of the fact that Justin Trudeau used to charge (gosh!) speaking fees for public lectures, those of us who are…
The hottest MP on The Hill, Eve Adams, the Conservative representing Square One, is in the news again. Un autre faux pas. This time The Hill Times Online reports she…
Sorry about the pause in posting, folks, but I am nursing a very sick companion of mine. My diabetic cat (named Silence) who suddenly started going moderate to heavily hypoglycemic…
There’s a whole bundle of things we need to talk about, so lets get right down to it. Last weekend, a note from a charity rocked Parliament Hill by asking…
The Gods among us have spoken. If you have any doubt that the G8 is a “global government” then ask yourselves exactly what status this entity created out of fiat…
That’d be kinda cool, eh? Especially now that there is a job opening in Montreal that he is qualified for. Mayor. CFRA Ottawa reports that as of this afternoon “Michael…
Nishi v. Rascal Trucking Ltd. 2013 SCC 33 upholds the doctrine of purchase money resulting trust. A purchase money resulting trust is a species of gratuitous transfer resulting trust that…
The Real News Story about the Relaunch of data.gc.ca
As many of my open data friends know, yesterday the government launched its new open data portal to great fanfare. While there is much to talk about there – something…