“We kill trade unionists because they interfere with people working.” —former paramilitary leader Carlos Castaño Stephen Harper loves the way the government of Colombia operates. Defending the Colombia-Canada free trade…
Unfortunately I’m no vegan, but this article is inspiring me to try harder at being one! The article is an interview with Gene Baur, who is the founder of US-based…
Inspired by these stories: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/08/11/pol-harper-costa-rica.htmlhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2011/08/pmo-denies-brazilian-bathroom-holdout.html
http://bit.ly/pHNSuK Britain is considering disrupting online social networking such as Blackberry Messenger and Twitter during civil unrest, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, a move widely condemned as repressive when…
Are you so angry you’d: a- consider bombing a plane? b- leak a secret classified document? c- vote for Jason Kenney? d- all of the above? If you answered d-,…
Blacklisted Canadian artist Franke James is becoming a mosquito in the ears of the Harper government. Several weeks ago, I wrote about the Harper government’s interference in the European tour…
It looks at this point as if the Europeans may have gotten their act together (for the moment). I choose to take joy from small victories. However, I am not…
As I ran around trying to found what I've put away while admiring the nice things about our reconstructed house, I came across a story in today's New York Times…
Oh no. Poor David Cameron. First he had to cut short his vacation at a luxury villa in Tuscany. Then when he thought he could make people forget the News…
This video sums it up quite well. Watch how a baby boy reacts to it.
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Graham Thomson notes that for all the permutations and combinations that have developed among Alberta's opposition parties over the past few years,…
Don Martin weighs in with a common sense analysis of the looming Liberal President race and the signals it will send: Somebody make her stop. Please. The LAST thing the…
Toronto News: Hume: What goes around in Quebec comes around in Ontario - thestar.comExcerpts:This isn’t a matter of right or left, but of right and wrong. Due to circumstances well…
Part 2 of a 2-part series - read part 1 here.When does a foreign-owned corporation’s right to protect its share price trump the environment and Canadian public’s rights? Apparently, when…
Screen shot 2011-08-11 at 3.51.54 PM.png The Natural Gas Subcommittee of the Secretary of the Energy Advisory Board released their draft report today, which outlines immediate actions to imp...
City Budget: This isn’t about austerity & four other notes « Ford For TorontoHere is a great look into the current numbers game at Toronto City Hall. (read the link…
So to take a very short detour from the video posts for a moment I'd like to share a very short video clip: It's from, Waking Life, a philosophical film…
She's grown so much!
Stephane Dion the former Liberal leader for two years, and supported the Carbon tax has put the whole Turmel affair in perspective. He raised a few question that I found…
Shorter Stephen Harper: To anybody who dares question my free trade agreement with Colombia, I say this: you can't make a free market omelet without breaking a few skulls. That's…
