You'd think with the hits the conservative media is taking from Murdoch's shenanigans it would be careful to avoid seeming unseemly and corrupt. But not Sun Media. It has pulled…
"Global investment in renewable energy jumped 32 per cent in 2010, to a record $211 billion," reads the Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2011 report. The report, commissioned by…
Besides the carbon tax, one of the most important BC government climate action initiatives has been the adoption of Carbon Neutral Government. That is, count emissions from public buildings and…
Yesterday afternoon, when onlookers in the crowd spotted Ford staffers handing out voting sheets to ‘Fordnation,’ as the right wing of Council is known, we who were there to support…
Jarvis Bike Lanes Saved for One Year, Birchmount and Pharmacy Bike Lanes to be Removed - TorontoistToday, Toronto City Council voted 28-19 in favour of removing the Jarvis, Birchmount and…
Al Sharpton has some interesting guests to discuss numerous issues including the right wingnuts who believe that Operah Winfrey is one of the anti-christ and some other obsessions of the…
The theory goes that America's demise will be triggered by the disconnect between its ruling elite and the middle class they have all but discarded. In previous posts we have…
From labradore: In the five years since the recent-historic low, in early 2006, of about 55,600 public-sector employees, the public-sector labour force has increased by about 11,500 or over 20%.…
April and I showed up in Montreal yesterday afternoon, after a few nights in Ottawa. While in the capital, we toured Parliament, and I saw Elizabeth May’s desk, tucked away…
This week's slaying of Ahmad Wali Karzai, brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a warlord/mobster with extensive power in Southern Afghanistan is a reminder that NATO and the Americans…
Layoffs loom for police and city staff - thestar.comBack in May 2011, Rob Ford gave the Toronto Police a big raise. Now, he wants to lay them off. The need…
The Heritage robot, James Moore, has said that the CBC isn’t immune to Strategic and Operating Review cuts – and this has the Twittersphere et al squawking mightily. While I…
You know Stephane Dion is back in his game when he puts out this substantive argument against Harper's brand of half-assed Senate reform:Stephen Harper’s Act would go against the interests…
Saskatoon city council has boldly gone where politicians always go to cut budgets -- they're grinding a few more dollars out of the poor: The largest decision made Tuesday was…
As far as substance goes, Stephane Dion's op-ed on the Government's Senate reform package is unassailable. As a political document, however, it leaves a lot to be desired.The Liberal's Intergovernmental…
R. v. Shi, 2011 ONCA 515 deals with the issue of "lesser and included" offences. The issue often causes problems. To be clear and offence is "lesser and included" if it must form…
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS BAHRAIN:TELL US WOMEN'S WORLD CUP PLAYERS TO SUPPORT THEIR FELLOW PLAYERS IN BAHRAIN:As this is being written the US Team at The Women's World Football Cup has advanced…
Last Thursday, July 7, BC’s Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Ida Chong, announced $16.8 million in funding for the arts, to be administered through the BC Arts Council.…
Disconfirmation-Model.gif Recently, I’ve become aware that the prominent climate science skeptic blogger Anthony Watts has been challenging a number of my posts. Maybe it's because in ...
In addition to writing a large portion of the final report for the "Private Eyes" research project, I've been stressing over something else - something I decided not to share,…
