By Joel Blok, originally published here. This summer five years ago, the Board of Directors of the SFSS suspended its office staff, barring them from entering their offices and sending…
A spike in food prices in 2008 pushed the number of hungry people in the world past the one billion mark. It was not a temporary phenomenon. Those record prices…
We might have hoped that by the 21st century hunger would be a scourge of the past. But the problem is actually worse now than it was a decade ago.…
Former Senate page Brigette DePape’s bit of parliamentary pluck has garnered near universal praise from the Canadian Left. But while her mute entreaty during the Throne Speech to “Stop Harper”…
Former Senate page Brigette DePape’s bit of parliamentary pluck has garnered near universal praise from the Canadian Left. But while her mute entreaty during the Throne Speech to “Stop Harper”…
The CAW has just released a 20-minute video featuring none other than yours truly giving a short lecture about the economics of the proposed Canada-EU free trade agreement (a.k.a. CETA).…
Having a beer in front of the computer. Who hoo! And the tupperware? Out of which I ate leftovers for dinner? Isn't even washed up yet! Double whoo! Bachelor week…
It took me a while to come to the realization that I need to vent over this subject right here, on my blog, no matter how petty, ridiculous and irrelevant…
I was invited back to serve as guest economics columnist all last week on Metro Morning, CBC Radio’s drive-in flagship show in Toronto, to substitute for the vacationing effervescent libertarian…
and when there is...if i am still on this plaintheir sworn enemy for all timei will be therebody, mind, spiritflesh, blood and boneon the lineon behalf of my ancestorsmy familymy…
This may be terribly naive of me (and I’m not ruling out that possibility, to be fair), but I am going to go out on a limb and make the…
Bill Maher compares the failure of jurors to convict Casey Anthony in the killing of her child with the failure of Republican voters to connect the dots between the U.S.…
Stephen Harper brazenly declared during his annual Calgary stampede BBQ that the Liberal era of political dominance is finally over.Sound familiar?Of course it does, as Harper and other conservatives throughout…
…is feeding the hungry a criminal offence. Hackers are on the job. Good on ‘em. (Can’t happen here? Don’t get too complacent, now.) ...
Canada—that is, the Harper government, not the decent majority—is pressing for on-going bantustan status for Palestine. Statehood, sought by the Palestinian authority, will be opposed in the United Nations by…
You can tell the Tories are worried about their support in St. Barbe because they’ve scheduled not one, not two, but three announcements in the district starring health minister Jerome…
During his most recent infrequent visit to Calgary, Stephen Harper told Conservative supporters that his government would finally get around to repealing the life saving long gun registry.Three questionsNow that…
Trudeau KILLS me sometimes! Descriptions of creationism can make creationism seem sooooo silly when penned by a talented writer… Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
The end of history was announced in 1992.The permanent Republican majority was announced in 2001.Now Harper has announced the end of Canada's ‘long Liberal era’.Well, we'll see...
