The recent PQ defections have left some of their caucus members disillusioned with the party and apparently, with reality.Antoine Robitaille's story in Le Devoir revealed an email by MNA Stéphane…
bp-logo-fish_0.jpg Oil giant BP is urging the federal government to stop making payments to Gulf Coast residents affected by last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil geyser. BP claims that the…
In one of the most eloquent posts on how the US media functions, David Kurtz at Talking Points Memo writes that Obama needs to declare victory now in the debate…
Mamachas del Ring -Trailer – English from Betty Park on Vimeo. A glimpse of Betty Park’s documentary on the Fighting Cholitas of La Paz, Bolivia. These women are much more…
By Jason Magder for Edmonton Journal Canadian Internet providers have purposely or accidentally slowed down the speeds of its customers dozens of times in the last two years, and the…
Hello all! I have been absent from posting over the past few weeks, but fear not, for my political watch has remained stronger then ever. So lets see…we have a…
An excellent, succinct interview with Michael Hudson, who explains how the European common market helped to tank the Greek economy, and then sold it out to the IMF. One jarring…
Stephen Colbert devoted a must-see segment of The Colbert Report last night to the subject of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), mocking gas company Talisman Terry for its coloring book propaganda, "Talisman…
Tony Clement commenting on today's Conservative spending blitz which included cash for an airport, a donut manufacturer and a pork plant among many announcements today and in coming days: Treasury…
Of course the Murdoch-styled National Post is offended by Kai Nagata's truth telling. His treatise is largely about the shitty, biased, yellow journalism employed by outfits like NP.Nagata is the…
By Elizabeth Thompson for iPolitics Conflicting views over how Canadians should pay for internet usage clashed before the CRTC Monday, as the commission heard a new round of arguments over…
By Anthony Gabryluk for Telemanagement Consumer advocates have told the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that big telecommunications companies should address the issue of internet congestion by investing more…
By Matthew Lasar for ARS Technica It looks like Canada's telecom regulators are showing some new-found skepticism about metered or "usage-based" billing (UBB). The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)…
That should raise some doubt about Mr. Front Runner who seems to be playing a very, very safe and talking pointed campaign at the moment. Why on earth are all…
By Howard Solomon for itWorldCanada The telecom regulator begins a hearing to hone its unpopular decision on usage-based billing and set wholesale pricing for independent Internet providers so they can…
By Iain Marlow for Globe and Mail The country’s telecom regulator has cast doubt on BCE Inc.’s (BCE-T38.240.491.30%)argument that fast-growing Web traffic requires new usage-based pricing measures, setting the tone…
From Media Caster The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's public hearing into wholesale high-speed Internet access services began in Ottawa today. read more
