After a single day of strike, labour minister Lisa Raitt has announced the government's plan to legislate CAW members at Air Canada back to work. Wow. Welcome to Stephen Harper's…
http://bit.ly/j6noOh "The Harper government is threatening to legislate an end to the Air Canada strike if union negotiators and company management can't reach a deal." This is very odd indeed.…
If you've only just stumbled upon this little corner of cyberspace, then you won't be aware of my political leanings. You see, like many who observe the political arena, I…
John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
Responding to Warren Kinsella, who waxes enthusiastic about a united left. The thing is, a united left will bleed support from its margins to the Conservatives. It would bleed those…
I’m really convinced our premier has lost it. I’m seriously wondering if he’s on drugs. Sometimes I wonder if we have a need to do things so differently just for…
This one's going to be a little disconnected. The overarching thread, as said yesterday, is figuring out how to adjust our governing institutions to suit the importance of the principle…
@cityslikr's pal Urban Sophisticat on the Six Sigma sickness currently afflicting our municipal leadership. Read it now. On The Road To Metropolis « All Fired Up In The Big Smoke…
so tired of the word "democrayc" being bandied about as if it was synonymous with freedom, ethics, fiat of the people. that's so misled. even athenians didn't believe that democracy…
Around the time I started wearing combat boots, putting safety pins through my ears as improvised earrings and became perpetually sullen, I first heard Joy Division’s Closer. It was amazing.…
American negotiators are working out a deal that could allow US forces to remain in Afghanistan for decades. All this nonsense about an American withdrawal by 2014 was always just…
This is the week when I do book discussions, and I've been working on reading lists for the season that will begin in September. Here's a preview:2011SeptemberSecret Daughter by Shilpi…
I’m going to start off today’s blogpost in a similar manner to the way in which I began the last one, although I will be taking this post in a…
For a long time I've been thinking about just how much Github has revolutionized open source. Yes, it has made managing the code base significantly easier but its real impact…
Thank you, Elizabeth May. No thanks to you, Jack Layton.
"...The government is rushing because 31 Hells Angels were let out of jail. This bill does not put them back in jail," May said. With the LPoC navel gazing, and…
Shorter Israel: History may repeat itself, but it ain’t going to repeat itself here....
Obama Gas Bill.jpg The Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is taking their misinformation machine on the road in an attempt to convince American consumers that President Obama is causing t...
25-year old Crystal Harris has called off her engagement to 85-year old Hugh Hefner. They were to be married this Saturday but Crystal, it seems, changed her mind "after much…
