Spend ‘em if ya got ‘em: the Alberta version
In light of the suggestion the provincial government needs a blue ribbon panel of experts to decide how to safeguard the provincial economic future, take a look at what is…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 15, 2011
Today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Exclusive: Judge Bars Woman From Suing Over Faulty Google Map - http://goo.gl/6cH1m Justice Department Accused of ‘Reckless Technique’ -http://goo.gl/iBBrMQueen of S&M talks…
Tar sands threat to First Nations – the world’s dirtiest oil
Good read on the Conservative and oil companies war on indigenous peoples.
I don’t bother to post about kkkanadian politics much but…
this one's a doozy...from dawg's blawg...Extreme? Consider: if I feed you poison, drop by drop, day by day, knowing full well that eventually you could die an excruciating death, what…
OpenMedia.ca campaign update from the Hill
As many of you know, we at OpenMedia.ca recently released a comprehensive report that establishes the need for the principle of openness to guide digital policy in Canada. We had…
This book looks like it could be useful…for some…people…
who are struggling with what it means to be Black, African, socially/historically/politically conscious and sexual.from fahuma books and pambazuka press...‘African Sexualities’ is a groundbreaking new volume, forthcoming from Pambazuka Press.…
Media Advisory: MPs to Discuss Digital Future with OpenMedia.ca on Parliament Hill
SONReport_Globe.png WHO: Reilly Yeo - Reilly Yeo is the Managing Director of OpenMedia.ca and editor of the report Casting an Open Net: A Leading-Edge Approach to Canada’s Digital Future. ...
Go Canucks…and a few other things
It's the big Canucks game day and all so people are likely not going to be very interested in Canadian politics. But some big things are happening that bear mentioning.…
Stephen Hoover?
The Hill Times reports this morning that the axe has begun to fall. Tony Clement, the Minister of Austerity, has declared that the government plans to chop $10.4 billion from…
Conservatives on race and women. Case closed.
There is very little to add to this. It's obvious. The GOP's view of race and women have been rarely been exposed so clearly. I'm not shitting you. This is…
Stephen Harper and Jean Charest: cold-blooded killers
Extreme? Consider: if I feed you poison, drop by drop, day by day, knowing full well that eventually you could die an excruciating death, what does that make me? These…
Squeeze
I suppose the scariest thing about being Liberal these days is the underlying anxiety that we no longer control our own destiny, at least to a certain extent. Truth of…
New York Giants owner Steve Tisch joins marriage equality campaign
New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch has joined the campaign for marriage equality in New York State in a new video released Monday (below) in which he states: "As an…
NDP Continues Long, Painful Process Of Redefinition
...or, to put it more bluntly, of selling out. But its a good thing. Some of the nutty language in its constitution does nothing but provide fodder for Tory attack…
The Vowels: A Ken Burns Film
The Vowels: A Film by Ken Burns from Sam Cherington on Vimeo. Genius parody, via Brain Picker. Alltop makes love to Ashokan Farewell.
So Who’s the Elitist Now?
Rhys Kesselman, Canada Research Chair in Public Finance and a professor at Simon Fraser University’s School of Public Policy, has an op-ed in the Globe and Mail discussing the Harper…
Rupert Murdoch Should Listen To His Momma
A group of prominent Australians has published an open letter calling for a price on carbon to help deal with climate change. The letter is signed by four former Australians…
Hate Crime Reporting Improves
More and more hate crimes are being reported across the country, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In 2009, the number of hate crime reported in Canada went up…
Building the fishery of the future
To look at the fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador is to see as clear an example as one may find of the fundamental bankruptcy of the sort of old-fashioned politics…
Handing Harper the victory
I suppose it could be considered quite a coup for some, but probably not those who think they scored the points. Jack Layton and the NDP probably think they scored…