Green Party of Canada: Focus on the Future, Part II: Creating Local Opportunities for Success
In Part 1 of this series, I took a little look at how the Party has ended up where we are at today, through the lens of the struggle between…
Vancouver park board resurrects summer camps
By Sandra Thomas, Staff writer May 5, 2011Seven Vancouver parks will see the return of summer day camp programs this year, albeit part time. Vision Vancouver park board chair Aaron…
Here it comes……BOHICA and the Conservative Minority.
No, I have it correct. The Minority. 39% is not a majority, it's just the FPTP version of Demockracy. Bend over, here it comes again..... And with 39% of those…
Sportsnet fires host following anti-gay marriage tweet
Or it may have just been the last straw in a strained work environment. Whatever the reason though, kudos to SportsNet. After a spate of tweets in support of a…
Sportsnet fires host following anti-gay marriage tweet
Or it may have just been the last straw in a strained work environment. Whatever the reason though, kudos to SportsNet. After a spate of tweets in support of a…
Sportsnet fires host following anti-gay marriage tweet
Or it may have just been the last straw in a strained work environment. Whatever the reason though, kudos to SportsNet. After a spate of tweets in support of a…
Sportsnet fires host following anti-gay marriage tweet
Or it may have just been the last straw in a strained work environment. Whatever the reason though, kudos to SportsNet. After a spate of tweets in support of a…
May: The Change is Magic
Within a couple of days of warm weather, leaves burst out on the trees here, changing the whole world for the better.Since this photo was taken, the canopy has become…
Five Economic Tests for Harper’s Majority Government
This article was first published at the Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab. As Parliament resumes after Canada’s historic 41st election, all eyes are on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and how…
More Reasons Why Leadership Delay Is The Wrong Path
Over the past 10 years, we have all witnessed how Leadership campaigns suck the oxygen, energy and funds out of the Liberal Party faithful. So now Alf Apps and the…
Our reactions to homeless people
It is quite natural to feel some sense of revulsion towards homeless people. They may be smelly, unclean, imposing on our presence and saying strange things; this kind of appearance…
Reforming the Liberal Party: Who are we, and why are we here?
In my Liberal reform posts so far I've focused on questions of leadership and questions of structure. These are important to building the party into an accountable and efficient vehicle,…
On Communication and National Board of Directors
On Monday night the Canucks scored twice in the first period, apparently. I say apparently because I wasn’t watching the hockey game, I was on a conference call with twenty…
On Communication and National Board of Directors
On Monday night the Canucks scored twice in the first period, apparently. I say apparently because I wasn't watching the hockey game, I was on a conference call with twenty…
Goodbye Rita
I read the papers and the obituaries almost every day. I don’t know how anybody can die in this city without me finding out about it, especially if it makes…
LPC MPs had to write letters to talk to Leader Iggy?
«All MPs should have easy access to the leader. They should not be required to write a letter requesting an appointment. (This became the practice during Ignatieff's leadership.)» -MP Karygiannis…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Buddhism in the West
I've been reading James Coleman's excellent book, The New Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2001) of late. Subtitled, The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition, it chronicles the many threads of…
Micheal Ignatieff In Retrospect
In a recent column, Kate Heartsfeld recounts an incident which occurred less than a week after the election:Five days after the federal election, I was sitting in a car dealership…
Happy Bob Marley Day
Wow. 30 years already.
Precarious Labour
Precarious labour refers to the explosion of short term, temporary and part-time jobs issuing from the economic crisis of the mid-1970s. A crisis in profitability combined with competitive pressures unleashed…