First the Recession didn’t exist…
First the recession didn’t even exist (No recession for Canada, er.. well maybe a “technical” one), and now the recession is going away. yep, ok, uh-huh, sure, I believe you…
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It isn’t surprising…
… that ‘Status Indians’ face threat of extinction, since the Indian Act was implemented specifically for the purpose of eradicating indigenous peoples and culture. Indian Status was designed to reduce…
It isn’t surprising…
... that 'Status Indians' face threat of extinction, since the Indian Act was implemented specifically for the purpose of eradicating indigenous peoples and culture. Indian Status was designed to reduce…
It isn’t surprising…
… that ‘Status Indians’ face threat of extinction, since the Indian Act was implemented specifically for the purpose of eradicating indigenous peoples and culture. Indian Status was designed to reduce…
ACTION ALERT: Keep Terminator Seed out of Canada
Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko (NDP) has reintroduced his Private Members Bill (C-343) to ban the release, sale, importation and use of Terminator technology. What is Terminator? Terminator Technology genetically…
ACTION ALERT: Keep Terminator Seed out of Canada
Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko (NDP) has reintroduced his Private Members Bill (C-343) to ban the release, sale, importation and use of Terminator technology.What is Terminator? Terminator Technology genetically engineers…
ACTION ALERT: Keep Terminator Seed out of Canada
Member of Parliament Alex Atamanenko (NDP) has reintroduced his Private Members Bill (C-343) to ban the release, sale, importation and use of Terminator technology. What is Terminator? Terminator Technology genetically…
Canada’s Banks: Accidentally not in Crisis Yet
Hahahaha!From Rick Mercer The National Post agrees: Canadian banks – saved from stomping around as monoliths on a world stage backed by Canadian taxpayers — are the least ugly in…
Canada’s Banks: Accidentally not in Crisis Yet
Hahahaha!From Rick MercerThe National Post agrees:Canadian banks – saved from stomping around as monoliths on a world stage backed by Canadian taxpayers -- are the least ugly in what can…
Canada’s Banks: Accidentally not in Crisis Yet
Hahahaha!From Rick Mercer The National Post agrees: Canadian banks – saved from stomping around as monoliths on a world stage backed by Canadian taxpayers — are the least ugly in…
Sharing Work and Food – Imagine That
Here's an article by Wayne Roberts of the Toronto Food Policy Council, quoted in full because I don't know how to link to it on Facebook. SHARING WORK AND FOOD…
Democracy Delayed is Democracy Denied
So let’s do a little comparative analysis: Number 1: David Warren calls a possible coalition a “Thai-style coup d’état”. Now as much as I like the guy, I don’t think…
Akaash Maharaj – Advisory: UNICEF Team Canada and the Campaign Against Childhood HIV-AIDS
No one is more astonished by the results of the International Tent Pegging Championships than we are. My hope for the Championships had been to represent Canada with honour, and…
Red Party Blues, The Liberals in Crisis? – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
TV Ontario's The Agenda debates the question of how long Stephane Dion and the Liberal Party can, or should, endure the Conservative government's electoral brinksmanship. Steve Paikin moderates, as Professor…
Power, the People, and the PMO – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
With more than a year of minority government behind us, Steve Paikin and The Agenda assemble a national panel to ask if political power in Canada is still primarily a…
Public Degradation and Public Discourse – Akaash Maharaj Podcast
A CBC Radio One national debate on the decline of civility in Canada's public discourse. More than a question of discourtesy, the decay of the tenor of political dialogue diminishes…
Group Sword at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
On the final day of competition at the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in Oman, my horse Shomool remained in a surly mood. The rider to our left is keeping a…
Group Sword at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
On the final day of competition at the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in Oman, my horse Shomool remained in a surly mood. The rider to our left is keeping a…
Group Lance at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
On the first day of group competition at the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in the Gulf States, I was matched with riders from the Oman National Team, and we galloped…
Individual Sword at the International Tent Pegging Championships – Akaash Maharaj Photocast
After an abysmal showing the previous day at the world equestrian skill-at-arms championships in Oman, my horse Shomool and I redeemed ourselves in the sword discipline, though not before galloping…