Brian Topp stakes out his ground
Stephen Harper and his cronies must be happy today. With Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, the Conservative war room had to argue against a carbon tax and quote mine extensively…
Canada
Freedom of linkage and hatred
It seems like liberals (of the traditional variety) have reason to celebrate Canada’s current Supreme Court bench. First, the Court ruled unanimously that Insite, Vancouver’s Safe Injection Site, could not…
Occupy Ottawa to Join Air Canada Flight Attendants Rally on Parliament Hill
The General Assembly (GA) of Occupy Ottawa last night resolved to join Air Canada flight attendants’ rally on Parliament Hill at 12:00 noon on Friday, Friday, October 21, 2011. Occupy…
Embedded Slavery
The last week has been super-interesting politically speaking in Regina. Not only is there an election campaign underway, but Occupy Regina challenged bylaws and to this point has won us…
Autism Woe Canada: From Coast to Coast, No One Stands On Guard for Canadians with Autism Disorders
Two news reports show all too clearly that no one stands on guard for autistic children, youth and adults in Canada: EDMONTON — A 51-year-old Edmonton man has been sentenced…
Occupy Ottawa to protest Canadian International Council foreign policy event on Canada-US integration
From Occupy Ottawa, unedited: Friends, We’re pleased to inform you that Occupy Ottawa will hold a protest march and rally outside the Sheraton Hotel (O’connor and Albert) on Wednesday October…
Great Start to Occupy Ottawa Protest
Occupy Ottawa started as a solidarity movement in support the Occupy Wall Street movement. On Sunday, the movement defined itself as truly Canadian. More than 750 Occupy Ottawa protesters marched…
The sensitivity of the Ontario election results to the Green Party vote
One of the interesting results of the Ontario general election was the collapse of the Green Party from its 2007 peak of 8% down to just over 3% in 2011.…
Irony, thy name is Johnny…
Or Steve…This article on the MotherCorp site is all about Ukraine’s imprisonment of the main Opposition Party leader… and how the PM is a tad worried about it. But this…
Video: Canada Gay Marriage
From Dominic Poliquin, this 60 second short puts a sweet and lovely spin on the Canadian Heritage Minutes, a popular series of short films illustrating important moments in Canadian history.…
Canadian Corporation Behind Efforts to Shut Down Occupy Wall Street Has Ties to Big Oil
OWS.jpg Occupy Wall Street is about challenging the power of the richest 1%. But what happens when that 1% owns the land of the occupation? It has been revealed that…
Oxymoron of the Day: Modernizing the Monarchy
The UK's Prime Minister, David Cameron, wants to modernize the monarchy. In our modern day and age, you see, the practice of preferentially selecting male over female heirs is the…
UN: Canada Prevented Torture
The Afghanistan war that has been going for 10 years(!) has caused a lot of horrible things to happen to all the belligerents. The American forces have been accused of…
Learn about gay and trans kids? No. Have them protest abortion? Okay.
A group of parents in B.C. are adamantly opposed to the Burnaby school district enacting an LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying policy. Catholic school districts in Ontario want to ban rainbows and Gay-Straight…
What Are They So Angry About?
On October 15 the #occupywallstreet protests will arrive at cities around the world and in one of the birthplaces of the movement in downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver based magazine Adbusters…
What Are They So Angry About?
On October 15 the #occupywallstreet protests will arrive at cities around the world and in one of the birthplaces of the movement in downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver based magazine Adbusters…
Climate News: Carbon Pricing in Australia And Oil Orgies In Britain
Yesterday Australia took a huge step toward a clean energy economy and tackling climate change. The Australian House of Representatives passed the Government’s package of 19 bills setting up a…
Government Too Big To Fail
While talking about market regulation, I came up with an example of a situation where I think more government oversight and fines would be useful at protecting Canadians. It occurred…
Oh yeah, torture…
I’m not sure why this wasn’t more of a story during the election, but the Afghan Detainee issue has once again made the papers. Afghanistan’s internal security service and police…
Oh yeah, torture…
I’m not sure why this wasn’t more of a story during the election, but the Afghan Detainee issue has once again made the papers. Afghanistan’s internal security service and police…