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BBQing meat and cancer…
If this is true, I’m screwed…. The question I’ve heard that barbecued food is cancer causing. Should I avoid it altogether this summer? The answer Yes, there is evidence to…
Communities At Risk from Gas Industry Air Pollution – Interview with NRDC’s Amy Mall
Picture 2.png The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is busy trying to figure out why communities near gas production facilities are experiencing life-threatening levels of hydrogen sul...
Shale gas protests in New Brunswick
Some interesting signs included: “No fracking way” “What the frack?” Another good sign will be “Mr. Alward (the Premier of NB) Frack off.” And many more. It would look that…
Let the record show
It was a bit less than two years ago that government lawyers, on behalf of CSIS, spiked their own evidence in the matter of the Security Certificate on Adil Charkaoui…
Coca Cola sponsors the Pope
What would Jesus do? Would he take a trip to Spain that cost the Spanish taxpayers, in the midst of a severe economic crisis, $80 million while accepting sponsorship from…
Graham Fraser’s So-called Secret Shoppers
Graham Fraser, Canada's commissioner of official languages, has kicked off a bit of a kerfuffle in the nation's capital over a recently announced plan to investigate the state of bilingualism…
Ford Nation planning to fill city boards with unqualified conservative cronies
Toronto News: Ford accused of stacking public appointments - thestar.comEarly this year, we saw Case Ootes appointed to completely replace the TCHC board, and then Gordon Chong (part of Rob…
Murdoch-Fox Journalism is not Postmodern, it is Dishonest
Canadians were taken by surprise a month ago by the sudden resignation of CTV Quebec City Bureau Chief, Kai Nagata. "Nagata's personal experience is an in-the-flesh example of how the…
The Ongoing Devolution of Toronto
Perhaps it stems from a sense of inadequacy, a measure of paranoia, or a recognition that when all is said or done, they are just not up to the job,…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. - Marc Lee tears into the "unfunded liabilities" spin on public benefits which is now making an appearance in Canada: (W)hat’s missing from this…
Still feigned indignation
At the very least, the media finally seems to have picked up on the reality that all Canadian national parties include some former Bloc members and/or sovereigntists in their ranks.…
HST Voter Turnout – Secret Warehouse Lets Sun Shine In!
AllTheScrutineersThatDon'tFitE-BCVille Yup. That's right. The image above actually shows the super secret warehouse and the seventy fine folks who are participating in the Oompa-Loompalooza (i.e. counting and verifying the HST…
Fashion, sexism and classical music – Pianist Yuja Wang’s dress creates war of words among reviewers
"Her dress Tuesday was so short and tight that had there been any less of it, the Bowl might have been forced to restrict admission to any music lover under…
Right to counsel
R. v. J.W.C., 2011 ONCA 550 released today has a good summary of the law regarding the right to counsel: The Supreme Court of Canada has set out a framework for analysis of…
Hiding in the loo.
Back in 2009, the PM missed a fotoshoot that was taking place at the G20. All the world leaders were there, except Stephen Harper. The BBC said he was in…
Say No to Negative Politics, Help Stop the Smears
It’s now a commonplace the incredible gains made by the NDP in the recent federal election had to do with its unrelentingly positive approach and unwillingness to engage in the…
Japanizing the World Economy
This guest post is from PEF members Marc Lavoie and Mario Seccareccia, both of whom are full professors of economics at the University of Ottawa. The “Japanization” of the World…
Further Proof that It Isn’t Hard to Trick a Bonehead
We're currently working on other projects right now (some related to the blog, some completely unrelated) but we couldn't not allow our readers the pleasure we had upon reading this…
Conservatives (and their corporate media partners) Desperately Scrambling Over Cabinet Minister Lebel’s Former Bloc Membership
It is humorous watching Conservative Party spin doctors (and their official MEDIA surrogates) desperately trying to defend Transport Minister Lebel's former Bloc membership on the heels of their attacks on…