Doh!conomics: How to turn a doughnut economy into a feudal society
There’s a hole in the economy where the middle class used to be. And the Harper Government is making it bigger by busting unions. You’ve heard of Reaganomics? That’s where…
Murdoch a No Show, Defies UK Parliament
Rupert Murdoch is plainly feeling the heat. He closed News of the World and dropped (for now) his bid to buy BSkyB cable but, despite previous assurances by News Corp…
Open Educational Resources: A Definition
The DefinitionOpen educational resources are materials used to support education that may be freely accessed, reused, modified and shared by anyone.Stephen H. Foerster wrote: > Stephen Downes wrote:> > Open…
On surprising standards
I'm sure Terence Corcoran thinks he's making a brilliant sarcastic point of some sort. But ideology aside, is there actually any reason to disagree in the slightest with his portrayal…
Family law/bankruptcy
Schreyer v. Schreyer, 2011 SCC 35 released this morning is a very important family law/bankruptcy decision. A summary follows: The parties married in 1980,…
mla support in the alberta pc leadership contest (july 14, 2011)
Here is a preliminary list and map of MLAs who are supporting candidates in the 2011 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest. Please comment below or send me an email at…
How much does poverty cost BC?
We’ve known for a long time that we all pay for poverty. We just didn’t know how much. This is the question I investigate in my latest CCPA report The…
With Canada’s rich/poor divide widening, will seniors be forced to rural areas?
As I approach senior age territory, it's becoming more and more apparent that I'm in deep shit. I've spent most of my adult life traveling and working around the world.…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 14, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Girl, 12, sentenced for Facebook cyberstalking - msnbc.com -http://goo.gl/LGUqyRaccoon accused a no-show in court - Toronto Sun -http://goo.gl/tMLIh Shady clinics…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Armine Yalnizyan follows up on the Conference Board of Canada's recognition that growing inequality is a serious problem for Canada by noting the…
Stephen Harper: The Actor
The Role he should be playing – Charlie Chaplin. Instead he plays a dumb cop in an episode of the Victorian-era detective series "Murdoch Mysteries" airing July 20th. Come to…
New column day
Here, on the need for Canadian workers to follow Kai Nagata's example in valuing and insisting on the right to express their opinions.For further reading...- Sandra Thomas' rebuttal to Nagata…
UBB Hearing Report from the Pro-Internet Community’s Andrew Moore
En français ↓ Andrew Moore, long-time member of the pro-Internet community and OpenMedia.ca's Digital Action Team, gives a video update on the usage-based billing hearings happening this week: read more
Money isn’t everything.
Seen on Facebook: Only after the last tree has been cut down, Only after the last river has been poisoned, Only after the last fish has been caught, …Only then…
Green energy and the Ontario election
John Podesta spoke in Toronto last night on what's going to be one of the front and center issues in the Ontario election, green energy: Toronto, ON – This evening,…
The Plumbers Came and (Almost) Fixed Things
Well, actually the plumbers yesterday came to put the radiators back in place. They'd been removed so the new hardwood floors could be installed. It only took two guys to…
Scrap the Indian Act?
Christie Blatchford is surely right to say the Indian Act must go; the Act is a relic of a Canada long gone. But merely repealing the Indian Act is not…
Is Slavery Really the Best Thing for Families?
If you think keeping track of the myriad of think tanks and AstroTurf groups that prop up the neoconservative movement, is a challenge; try unravelling their Religious Right infrastructure.Just when…
Toulouse Le Grandfig’s Summer Vacation: Amazonia
Hermitage Villas, 3000 BC I’m in the land of the Amazons. The women are giant. And cruel. They play a game called “Truncheons and Skulls” with the men. The winners…
Notes from Missionazn 3
From my daughter Jul 14: Ally’s sick, so I had my first asian hospital experience. All the nurses were wearing pink nun uniforms and shiny sashes. We think she has…