In Defence of the Senate
Seems everyone is fed up with the Senate.With Harper having a steel grip on power in Ottawa and doing all he can to circumvent scrutiny over the purse strings, it…
In Defence of the Senate
Seems everyone is fed up with the Senate. With Harper having a steel grip on power in Ottawa and doing all he can to circumvent scrutiny over the purse strings,…
Invasive surveillance bills will cost Canadians in cash and civil liberties, says new coalition
SOS_100x100.png Pro-Internet group calls "Lawful Access" legislation invasive, costly, and poorly thought out June 22, 2011 – Proposed ...
Jon Stewart 1, Politfact 0: Fox News Viewers Are The Most Misinformed
ff-20110127-globalwarming.jpg I have a lot of respect for political fact checking sites. I think they play a critical role, especially in our misinformation-saturated political and media environm...
Solar Map of New York City
New York City's new Solar Map has gone live, and it's a beauty. With a googlemap style interface, you can zoom into any building in the greater NYC area. Click…
rally for postal workers, rally for all workers, rally for public services
This morning in Toronto, locked-out postal workers and their supporters will rally at the legal offices of Canada Post, to protest the collusion of Canada Post and the Conservative Government…
“We’re Not Growing Quality, We’re Growing Crap”
I’m taking a sabbatical from writing for a while - for how long, I don’t know. I do know that I need a bit of a change/break. In the meantime,…
Kill It
Apparently, if Harper's Senate reform package fails he is prepared to abolish the red chamber altogether. It remains to be seen is Harper is just posturing to apply pressure, or…
New WHO AIDS guidelines target global discrimination of gays
Over 30 years after the first AIDS case was diagnosed on June 5, 1981, and after nearly 30 million people have been killed by the pandemic and more than 33…
The Emptiest Of Empty Threats
He's going to stiff Westerners over their precious Triple-E? Not likely. He's going to open The Constitution, followed a minute later by every group with complaint (legit or not) demanding…
The RCMP G8 evaluation in the early going
The way the news of a possible RCMP investigation into the Harper government's G8 spending broke yesterday really was interesting. We have learned, courtesy of the Auditor General's review, of…
The Velvet Glove Comes Off Harper Government’s Labour Relations Agenda
Even though labour relations is largely a provincial responsibility in Canada, we were worried about what would happen in this field under a Harper majority. And it didn’t take long…
70 years ago today
For the history buffs out there, this is one of Churchill's very memorable speeches selected in Brad DeLong's liveblog of today in World War II: "Winston Churchill Liveblogs World War…
JP Morgan Fined $153.6M For Doing God’s Work
It is becoming increasingly evident that the so-called "Economic Crisis" was carefully engineered to force governments to tear down their welfare states.The 153.6 million fine for JP Morgan is a…
Peter Gzowski returns to radio
Bill Freedman woke up in Bucolic City like he always did; the clock radio clicked on to the familiar sound of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He hated listening in the…
Well did she know in advance?
The shipyard that supposedly had so much work it didn’t know what to do just laid off 250 workers. Makes you wonder why the company dropped out of a lucrative…
NDP Resolves To Revoke Ex-Gay Charitable Status
I’ve got some particularly cool news today! The federal New Democratic Party, Canada’s official opposition, unanimously adopted a resolution over the weekend to revoke the charitable status of unscientific “ex-gay”…
Penis Envy
I’ll share a quote with you now from Canadian marathon runner Peter Maher that I found interesting: "Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It…
The Senate bill is a distraction
The government tabled their revamped Senate reform bill yesterday, complete with a new nine-year term clause and the ability to reappoint a Senator if their term should be interrupted –…