Ethical Oil and the Northern Gateway Pipeline Process
This piece is cross-posted from the Toronto Star’s Op-Ed Page. This week the “ethical oil” argument adopted by the federal government took an interesting twist. While billions from China pour…
Canadian Politics
Molly’sBlog 2012-01-11 01:42:00
CANADIAN POLITICS QUÉBEC: POLITICIANS LEAD CHARGE AGAINST PENSIONS IN QUÉBEC: It seems that in almost all countries there is a concerted effort to deny workers the pension benefits that they…
The Real Radicals Are Those Who Pollute Our Air and Water and Destabilize Our Climate, Mr. Oliver
Here are some excerpts from an open letter released yesterday by Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, just prior to the start of the Northern Gateway pipeline hearings in B.C. today:…
It takes a radical to know a radical
Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, is apparently mad that his government’s plan to dump an oil pipeline through some of British Columbia’s pristine wilderness and have oil tankers come…
Molly’sBlog 2012-01-10 01:12:00
CANADIAN POLITICS TORONTO: NO TO BUDGET CUTS IN TORONTO: The following call out for protest against proposed budget cuts in the City of Toronto comes from the Ontario Coalition Against…
MARS Canada doesn’t want to be affiliated with homophobia / transphobia.
Not long ago, Charles McVety’s transphobic “Don’t Confuse Me” ads about a proposed LGBT-positive curriculum in Ontario made the rounds — first on the National Post (which apologized for running…
What I’m Digesting: Good Reads from the First Week of January
Government Procurement is Broken: Example #5,294,702 or “The Government’s $200,000 Useless Android Application” by Rich Jones This post is actually a few months old, but I stumbled on it again…
Molly’sBlog 2012-01-07 13:46:00
CANADIAN POLITICS: THE REAL LAST MAN STANDING: It turns out that I was wrong about Winnipeg being the last Occupy camp in Canada. Recently the authorities have evicted a camp…
Maryanne Kampouris, LPC Policy Chair candidate, on Youth Issues
Managerial competence is above all, what I am looking for in the next policy chair of the Liberal Party of Canada. Maryanne Kampouris has been VP Policy for the Liberal…
Importance of Geography in the NDP Leadership Election
When choosing the next NDP leader, one question that can be raised is considerations for where the NDP leader is geographically based from. How much of a difference does this…
An ugly looking Caterpillar.
The big news down in this area the past few days – specifically in London – is that the big company Caterpillar decided to lock all of its employees out…
Michael Ignatieff on the Politics of Fairness
Many of the worst excesses of the age of greed occurred in markets that were anything but free, anything but transparent. Government must be there to clean up markets riven…
Canadian Politics Word(s) of the Year: 2011
Today is the final day for writing/releasing end-of-the-year posts. 2011 featured a federal election and provincial/territorial elections in Manitoba, Ontario, PEI, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, Yukon and the NWT. At the end…
As Fossil Fuel Interests Sway Politicians, The Political Will To Act On Climate Change Disappears As Fast As Arctic Ice
This excellent interview with Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Civil Society University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, discusses the huge influence that the fossil fuel industry, with…
It’s Time To Be Conscientious Objectors To The War On Our Children’s Future
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada and the only Green MP in our parliament, didn’t mince words about the Harper government’s betrayal of our children in her…
the dirty truth we’ve been expecting: harper government takes the first step in destroying universal health care
So the Harper GovernmentTM finally uttered the words we’ve been expecting and dreading: health care. We all know what they’re up to. It’s the standard reactionary playbook on public health…
More internal Liberal Party stuff – this time endorsements for Liberal Party positions.
I don’t usually give out endorsements for internal Liberal Party elections to posts, (I’m just one of those “stupid bloggers”) and this probably won’t matter in the grand scheme of…
Trans woman asked by NWT Finance Minister to leave to accommodate “spooked” Governor General
CBC News is reporting that a human rights complaint has been filed against Northwest Territories’ Finance Minister Michael Miltenberger over an incident that occurred during the December 9th visit to…
Attawapiskat: could economic sanctions against Canada work?
Recently the James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, issued a statement Tuesday saying he wrote to the Harper government Canada to express my deep…