Torontonians and Ontarians are smarter…
... than to vote for three buffoons in a row. They’ll be more sensible in the Fall…. Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Pride Break
It’s Pride Week here in Montréal—the second GLBT festival of the summer—so I’m taking a short break to enjoy the festivities. A quick thanks goes to my awesome husband for…
Fire at the Edmonton Pride Centre Believed to Be Deliberate
Hate-crimes unit investigates fire at Pride Centre of Edmonton By Brent Wittmeier, edmontonjournal.com August 11, 2011 EDMONTON - The Edmonton Police hate crimes unit is investigating after a fire was…
A process of window dressing
The government has put chief apple polisher Candace Hoeppner in charge of the ad hoc panel to look at Supreme Court justice nominees. Predictably, people cry foul and that it…
Aussie Landholders Lock Gates to Keep Out Coal Seam Gas Industry
IN AUSTRALIA, landholders are responding to the country’s rush to exploit massive reserves of unconventional coal seam gas with a simple but defiant gesture. They’re locking their gates. More than…
Nymwars
I have deleted my Google+ account, as well as my Google profile — in protest and with extreme prejudice. Based on its real name only policy, I cannot in good…
alberta candidate nomination updates – august 2011.
I have updated the list of declared and nominated candidates hoping to stand in the next provincial election: Lethbridge-West: Shannon Phillips is seeking the NDP nomination in this constituency. Ms.…
End of the road
I don't suppose the Canadian Wheat Board ever thought there was really any hope. But they're going ahead and doing the responsible thing by holding a plebiscite on whether farmers…
pc leadership candidates wade into education politics.
Earlier this week I had the privilege of sharing some of my thoughts about the Progressive Conservative leadership contest with delegates at the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) summer conference in…
Annual Policy Assembly. Oshawa, August 27th, 2011
Sisters and Brothers: As previously announced, the SPO annual Policy Assembly will be held this year in Oshawa on Saturday, August 27th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All party…
Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx looks at London
If the Stumpy Cat is meowing and pawing at my leg, I know there is something she wants me to address. And sure enough, our cyber-kitty friend has found several…
Send Canada’s PM a Message — On a Square of Toilet Paper!
It seems Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper has a problem and spends an inordinate amount of time in the bathroom, most particularly when things aren’t going the way he wants…
Rogers LTE and 4G: Beyond Sales Puffery?
This blog post comes courtesy of Mike Fujimoto, PIAC's summer student intern. I hope to add occasional pieces on the open internet from a telecom-regulatory-consumer-advocate perspective and not to make…
Delaware River Basin Commission and Army Corps Sued Over Fracking Regulations
c959fd30f9d31481454a632d5a90-medium.jpg Last week, environmental watchdog groups including the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Riverkeeper, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and th...
Aggression during G20 perpetrated by police, but demonstrations criminalized by Harper & McGuinty, or “When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called “the People’s Stick.”- Mikhail Bakunin
In my previous post I wrote about one of the McGuinty government’s most egregious hours: McGuinty’s management of “security” at last year’s G20 Summit meetings in Toronto. In today’s Star,…
From The Heart To The Crisis In East Africa
The crisis in East Africa is only a world away if the actions of your heart are limited to the confines of your chest. Of course if you can move…