Farmed Salmon Confidential (Part 2): The Cover-up
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…
Scientists Say Obama Fracking Panel is Financially Tied to Gas Industry
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...
Ahem, Ford Nation. It didn’t have to be this way
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…
Don’t Be An Ant
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…
Flocke in France
She's grown so much!
Dion Is Right!
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…
On targeted development
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…
New column day
Here, on how B.C.'s HST referendum and Wisconsin's state Senate recalls should rekindle our interest in setting up direct democratic mechanisms to hold governments accountable between elections. No followup links…
Public transportation – I must like it…
If you have read this blog for a while, you’ll know that I’m a big supporter of public transportation – or transport en commun as they say in French. I…
New York Comptroller DiNapoli Introduces Frack Fund To Cover Industry Damage
Picture 3.png Although New York State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has yet to take a stance on the issue of hydraulic fracturing within his state, he introduced legislation on Tuesday that…
Letter to Supporters: What’s next for the Internet in Canada?
We're planning our next steps. We’re trying to learn more about the actions you want to take to defend the open, affordable, surveillance-free Internet. The Internet impacts every aspect of…
Why you should exercise your right to silence and not talk to the police until speaking to a lawyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
Counting your results before the people vote
Very interesting: In a flash sample poll conducted last weekend on 400 decided voters, Ipsos Reid found that the gap between Hudak and McGuinty continues to narrow. Of those polled,…
Ask General Kang: Can you explain how international finances work?
You must have me confused with an economist. Perhaps it is because I have not been allowed to answer any questions on The Skwib for some time (due to an…
So What Does a Communist Smell Like?
Just when you thought the neocons couldn't get any nuttier, with Brian Lilley of Fox News North calling the Ottawa Press Gallery Communist sympathisers, and Tea Party's Ben Shapiro believing…
20 Tips for first-year students: #4- Get some inside information
Fourth in this 20-part video series for the Class of 2015, Alex Dalton (fourth-year international relations) and Avery Wheeler (fourth- year environmental studies) share what they wish they knew before…
No Retreat, No Surrender: Time For Progressives to Explode Deficit/Monetary Myths
Friends, I’m concerned. I fear that too often, we on the left retreat when we should attack, surrender when we should vanquish. What do I speak of? Well, I am…
If Rick Hillier really runs for Liberal leader… #nlpoli
For those who may have missed it, CBC’s David Cochrane @cochranecbcnl tweeted on Wednesday that retired chief of defence staff Rick Hillier is in newfoundland and Labrador, talking to “senior…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for August 11, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Civility takes centre stage at ABA meeting - http://goo.gl/YQvBz'Baby-selling ring' lawyer pleads guilty - http://goo.gl/ajFCzLegal-Writing Resources on the Web -…