Someone’s cranky about the Ontario elxn
Why so bitter?: Voting Conservative is “Gutter Morality!??” Tsk. So you got a little spanking on Election Day… okay, you were beaten like a gong. No, make that ‘beaten like…
Air Canada vs CUPE: the company charges ‘bad faith’
It would be funny if I didn't think that the livelihoods of 6,000 or so people hung in the balance. But Air Canada has charged the union with bad faith…
Thursday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day.- Thomas Walkom points out that the effect of cracking down on peaceful and legal strikes - as the Cons are so determined to do…
Hippies on Wall Street. Why Not??
There is a recent suggestion that the "Occupation" of Wall Street has become a "hippie haven". I actually see people of all ages and from all walks of life, but…
NDP a Contender for Second in Alberta?
A couple of polls - one from Lethbridge College and the other from ThinkHQ - have come out in the last month or so which are starting to point towards…
Occupy Wall Street to stand ground at 7 a.m. deadline to exit Zuccotti Park in NYC
The revolution begins tomorrow. Facing the prospects of being moved out of Zuccotti Park for a cleaning of the area and the establishment of new rules that may end up…
Liberals, let’s make Steve Janke eat his words
National Post's Steve Janke thinks we are doomed. He thinks we will shrivel up and die:I have to wonder, therefore, if there is a cure for what ails the Liberal…
Occupy Wall Street to stand ground at 7 a.m. deadline to exit Zuccotti Park in NYC
The revolution begins tomorrow.Facing the prospects of being moved out of Zuccotti Park for a cleaning of the area and the establishment of new rules that may end up killing…
Alert! Episode 190
Murray Dobbin examines the recent provincial election outcomes across the country. Derrick O’Keefe discusses the Occupy Wall Street movement as it develops in Canada while; Student activist Dan DiMaggio discusses…
urgent: nyc to move on occupy wall street: call and voice your outrage right now!
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced plans to evict the Occupy Wall Street protesters at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Please pick up the phone! Call the Mayor's office,…
Best practice accused be alerted during plea inquiry of implications of a court-ordered NCR assessment
R. v. Williams, 2011 ONCA 641 deals with a plea followed by an NCR assessment. The Court of Appeal suggests that the judge should alert an accused, where an NCR assessment would likely…
"Hands off our CBC" a poor choice of words
While I applaud the Liberals and their defence of the CBC, I am a little taken aback by the slogan they're employing. I realize the Liberals are being inclusive but…
Stay klassy Flyers fans
Ah the city of brotherly love. We knew Philly sports fans hated Santa Claus, but who would have imagined that they would boo an anti-cancer campaign? Tweet The Rev. Paperboy…
‘My Blackberry Is Not Working And I’m Very Disappointed’
The One Ronnie - BBC
Updated NDP & Bloc Leadership
So, as everyone who is anyone should be aware now that Québec's favourite son, Outremont MP Thomas Mulcair, has officially jumped into the race, and beside him come 33 MPs,…
Sask Party Healthcare Math
Yesterday, the Saskatchewan Party claimed that the provincial NDP’s plan for 30 additional primary healthcare clinics would cost $840 million. It has since removed this goofy press release from its…
Global News | Interactive map: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ events taking place across Canada on Saturday
Global News | Interactive map: 'Occupy Wall Street' events taking place across Canada on Saturday "Occupy Wall Street" events across Canada are continuing the movement that began with a small…
Harper government declares class war
We’re a mere eight years away from the 100th anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike, and it looks like we’re coming full circle. First it was a settlement imposed by…
Brad Wall Supports ‘Single-Desk’ Marketing Of Saskatchewan Potash BUT NOT For Wheat!
The following post was originally published in Next Year Country:"Can someone explain why Premier Brad Wall, now standing for re-election in Saskatchewan, was passionate about his support for single desk…
What the Occupy Movement Means for Canada
There is a surprisingly good article (but only online, I think) in the Globe and Mail by an economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Armine Yalnizyan, who offers…