Profile of Displaced Workers
There’s an interesting new research report from Statistics Canada, by Ping Ching Winnie Chan, Rene Morissette, and Marc Frenette, profiling the workers who were displaced in the recent recession, and…
finding balance
A healthy mind can work wonders on a sick body, and a healthy body can work wonders on a sick mind.J. J. GoldwagSo after being overwhelmed, laid low, sucked dry,…
Leeds Grenville All Candidates
Only Charlie Taylor of the Green Party of Ontario offered a consistently progressive perspective at last night's safe and cozy Chamber affair. (I have yet to see a serious disagreement…
A NorthVan Izzy Stone To Call Our Own?
DeepMiningTheDatabasesHeadLampShiningBrightVilleIn case you haven't noticed, NVG over at the Blog Borg Collective is doing some really great work combing through publicly available documents online and is pulling out some really…
CRTC Takes a Stand for Internet Openness
openmedia_logo.jpg New Internet openness measures are a small step forward, says OpenMedia.ca read more
Gamers Solve AIDS Enzyme Puzzle
If you thought playing games was just for fun, well Foldit is a game that has people solve problems for science. That itself is pretty neat, but what pushes this…
Let’s Hope We Never Sink To This Level
While the Harper government is no stranger to fear-mongering, its tactics look both brilliant and subtle compared to the the following two American political ads:Please sign this petition urging Prime…
Alert! Episode 187
As protesters gather on Parliament Hill to mobilize against the TransCanada XL Pipeline, three campaigners address the question of using civil disobedience against the tar sands and other causes: indigenous…
Prayer and the CFL
The genesis: US college gridiron prayerFootball players aren't the brightest people in the world. Unlike with other sports, football coaches are like little gods who warp sculpt their wards, guiding…
Leadership on Healthcare
From a PC government that closed dozens of hospitals (with Tim Hudak personally playing a role as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health) and didn't even bother tracking wait…
Troy Davis
After desperate pleas to halt the execution - including from Jimmy Carter, the Pope, and even from supporters of capital punishment - Troy Davis was executed.It is a sad story.…
Brian Topp On Israel’s Recent Prime Ministers
I don't know quite what to make of this.From Brian Topp's Globe and Mail Op-ed, "On Palestine, Harper and Nov.4":Mr. Rabin's successors have failed to carry out his vision, perhaps…
Taxing the Rich
Over at the Globe and Mail Economy Lab our friend Stephen Gordon argues that there are only limited revenues to be gained by taxing the rich. He plays around with…
Gerry Nicholls: Full Metal Wingnut?
All that matters is his almost mystical need to stop climate change, even if that’s an impossible task. And this perhaps is why Suzuki is endorsing McGuinty. It actually has…
Red Cross: Obese outweigh hungry
In a startling bit of news, surely representing the disparity between rich and poor, overweight people now outnumber the hungry globally.Asia-Pacific director Jagan Chapagain called it a "double-edged scandal" at…
Peter MacKay’s expensive limo ride
Overheard on ride home, “Oooh Mr. MacKay. Coffee, tea or … me?” Vacations are nice for a Conservative. They’re especially nice when you can commandeer a search-and-rescue copter to take…
An Apple A Day
One of the responses that we can all take to the looming peak oil/climate change crisis is to work to make our communities more resilient (for more on this, check…
An accused is permitted to adjourn the bail hearing indefinitely, until he or she is ready to exercise that right.
R. v. Hudson, 2011 ONSC 5176 is a strong statement for the proposition an accused need neither consent to a detention order nor run a bail hearing in order to…
On Allegations of Patient Abuse at St. Joseph’s
This story concerning alleged abuse of a senior at St. Joseph’s Health Care Centre (and yes, I know “alleged” is a weasel word) has been making the rounds in the…