Iain Hunter: Green’s Andrew Weaver represents more than Oak Bay
Iain Hunter / Times Colonist May 19, 2013 Oak Bay-Gordon Head Green Party of B.C. candidate, Andrew Weaver, speaks to supporters at his election campaign headquarters at the Oak Bay…
IMF Calls on Cameron Tories to Change Course
Britain’s Conservative Cameron government are the High Priests of bone-crushing austerity. David Cameron and his gaggle of privileged Saville Row suiters are not interested in sparing the lash when it…
Did Somebody Mention Bruce Carson?
Oh yes, I did. I mentioned Bruce Carson simply to reinforce the point that the beating heart of corruption within the Harper government is, in fact, the Prime Minister’s Office,…
Triple Bottom Line Companies on the Rise, Propose New Corporation Classification
A triple bottom line corporation is one that watches closely not only profitability but also it’s sustainability. Triple bottom line companies are on the rise not only in performance but…
6033…Katherine Wynne Is Number One In Ontario
It was in yesterday’s Toronto Sun so it has to be true.“Premier Kathleen Wynne and New Democrat’s Andrea Horwath are the most popular leaders in Ontario, leaving the Progressive Conservative’s…
6032…Rob Ford Hits The Big Time
Jimmy Kimmel, The Daily Show. And I am sure he is being featured on every morning show in North America. Good on on you Mr. Mayor. Getting your home town…
The glory that Rob Ford brings to Toronto and Canada
If you’re a conservative, and you still support this human shrapnel machine, you’re an idiot.
Exxon Knew of Dangerous Contamination from Arkansas Spill, Yet Claimed Area “Oil Free”
This is a guest blog by Jesse Coleman, cross-posted from Greenpeace blog The Witness On March 29 ExxonMobil, the most profitable company in the world, spilled at least 210,000 gallons…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 22, 2013: Suspended and facing ethics case, Alabama judge blames president jurist, claims she rebuffed advances…
Grass carp found in Grand River sterile
It could have been worse. When the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced on May 3 that a Grass carp caught in the Grand River near Lake Erie was sterile,…
Musing on Melville’s Poetry
I came across a poem last night that I had not read in the past (always a pleasant thing to discover something new in one of your books)*. It is…
PM Puts Up Hand “Cheque Please!”
Harper hurried out of the country, and who could blame him? He had angry professional journalists on his tail, asking him questions that have no other true answer than to…
BC’s Election Stunner: Five Lessons for the Left
The NDP’s stunning loss in B.C. is being deconstructed, dissected, analyzed and mourned over not only here but across the country. Every pundit and political junkie, including me, thought the…
Government: "collective bargaining is achieving results & protecting services"
Yesterday I noted that the Liberal Budget plainly states that they are planning many more years of austerity. So how does it see collective bargaining with public employees? And, moreover,…
Their Howard Beale Moment
Yesterday Stephen Harper held a pep rally and beat it out of town. He gave no answers. He thinks it will go away. But, as Lawrence Martin wrote yesterday in…
At Issue Panel Opines On Harper and the Scandal
I have a bit of a busy morning, so I only have time for a couple of short posts. For reasons I have indicated elsewhere, I rarely watch CBC’s The…
FOIA Facts 3 – More Plagiarism – Get Grants Or Claim Credit
As a byproduct of FOIA Facts 1 and FOIA Facts 2, Ed Wegman or Yasmin Said are now alleged to have included plagiarism or falsification in 9 papers or talks…
That’s amazing
Over 138,000 of you worldwide have spoken out against the TPP’s global threat to Internet freedom. That’s amazing and our voice is getting stronger – but as we gain momentum…
Impress
Impress is a new, free drawing app. I think the developer decided to take some very few elements from Paper and write the code. Sometimes things show up like they…