Access to Post-Secondary Education
I recently had the chance to read a 2008 book entitled Who Goes? Who Stays? What Matters? Accessing and Persisting in Post-Secondary Education in Canada. Edited by Ross Finnie, Richard…
Alert! Episode 182
Roger Rashi talks about the Cochabamba + 1 Conference on Climate Justice (April 15-17) organized by Alternatives and Canadian Dimension magazine; Sean Devlin, the moving force behind shitharperdid.com talks about…
Shock and Awful – The Truth Behind CIT Cuts
Cutting corporate income taxes doesn’t create jobs. They may raise wages, but probably not for you and me. And they mean Canadian taxpayers are paying more….to help the Americans pay…
Dear Universe, next time I expect you to at least buy me dinner first
This why I'm glad Canada has reasonably restrictive gun laws and doesn't have the cowboy shoot'em up culture of our southern neighbour. I just got off the phone with a…
Stephen Harper 2004 to Stephen Harper 2011
Stephen Harper, 2011: Minority or not, I will not work with or compromise with the opposition parties.Stephen Harper, 2004:It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to…
Stephen Harper 2004 to Stephen Harper 2011
Stephen Harper, 2011: Minority or not, I will not work with or compromise with the opposition parties. Stephen Harper, 2004: It’s the government’s obligation to look really to the third…
Stephen Harper 2004 to Stephen Harper 2011
Stephen Harper, 2011: Minority or not, I will not work with or compromise with the opposition parties.Stephen Harper, 2004:It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to…
Stephen Harper 2004 to Stephen Harper 2011
Stephen Harper, 2011: Minority or not, I will not work with or compromise with the opposition parties. Stephen Harper, 2004: It’s the government’s obligation to look really to the third…
Updated, newer ad on Harper’s comments on healthcare
I think they may have preferred sticking with the original.{Video by LiberalVideo}Please send LVD your political and news videos and clips.
Updated, newer ad on Harper’s comments on healthcare
I think they may have preferred sticking with the original. {Video by LiberalVideo} Please send LVD your political and news videos and clips.
Updated, newer ad on Harper’s comments on healthcare
I think they may have preferred sticking with the original.{Video by LiberalVideo}Please send LVD your political and news videos and clips.
Updated, newer ad on Harper’s comments on healthcare
I think they may have preferred sticking with the original. {Video by LiberalVideo} Please send LVD your political and news videos and clips.
Gaffe Alert: "Businesses first. Families and pensioners second."
Oh really?"Let's be clear. We can only bring tax relief where we can afford it. It's for business first. For families and pensioners second." I'm pretty sure that this is…
Gaffe Alert: "Businesses first. Families and pensioners second."
Oh really? “Let’s be clear. We can only bring tax relief where we can afford it. It’s for business first. For families and pensioners second.” I’m pretty sure that this…
Gaffe Alert: "Businesses first. Families and pensioners second."
Oh really?"Let's be clear. We can only bring tax relief where we can afford it. It's for business first. For families and pensioners second." I'm pretty sure that this is…
Gaffe Alert: "Businesses first. Families and pensioners second."
Oh really? “Let’s be clear. We can only bring tax relief where we can afford it. It’s for business first. For families and pensioners second.” I’m pretty sure that this…
Cleaner Claims Under-the-Table Payments (Cartoon of the Day)
Inspired by these links: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110419/cleaner-payments-110419/ http://twitter.com/#!/harpersbrain/statuses/58586897429184512 http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=9c6b53f6-f0a...
Working cooperatively for better parks
Some pundits in the blogosphere have taken me to task in the past for working with the NPA on certain issues--Jericho wharf for instance--yet never for working with COPE or…
22 Reasons to Stop the Harper Conservatives
1) Although the Harper Conservatives campaigned on Transparency, the Speaker of the House of Commons had to rule three times that “the Harper government” appeared to breach parliamentary privilege. For…
Wonhyo’s Awakening (via Wake Up and Laugh!)
Wake up amongst the dead. Swallow. Lately I’ve been (slowly) revising a collection of stories told by Daehaeng Kun Sunim during her Dharma talks. Here’s the story of the awakening…