Anonymous: The Commons and the Last of the Outlaws?
The ongoing attacks on net neutrality constitute a new round of enclosures of the modern commons. If the original enclosure movements during 16th and 17th centuries in England signified the…
Justice
Harper, Hypocrisy, Syria, and Degrees of Freedom
Yesterday I lifted my head from some work to watch the Ottawa journalists in Twitter filling us all in on John Baird’s first press conference as the majority Conservative government’s…
A Snapshot of the Vulnerable Underclass of Foreign Workers in Canada
There are lots of ways to look at Canada’s checkered history with immigration. Europeans welcome, French to a lesser degree after they lost a war or something, Chinese railroad workers,…
Stephen Harper is an Evil Astronaut – ShitHarperDid.com
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Hey, Mr. Wall ………… Pay Attention!
Sask. Party Premier, Brad Wall Since being elected in November 2007 the Brad Wall Sask Party government has been busy stripping away workers rights, and bringing in legislation that…
He said What?
“Our financial and business risk outweighs our legal obligation.” - Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco, April 6, 2011 (Executive Committee, Regina City Council) Ummm, Pat, wrong answer! The United Steelworkers (USW)…
Harper’s Hitlist: Power, Process and the Assault on Democracy – Dobbin
The following is reproduced from the Council of Canadians website: Stephen Harper’s Assault on Democracy Author and Rabble.ca columnist Murray Dobbin details the harm Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing…
Open letter to Premier Brad Wall – CPP Improvements
Today I sent the following "open letter" to Saskatchewan Premier, Brad Wall respecting proposed improvements to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). It is self explanatory: (PDF version here) March 18,…
Women’s Centres Rally Today Against Thompson Rape Case Judge’s Suggestion of "Implied Consent"
Via the Canadian Federation of Students - Manitoba. NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release Thursday, February 24, 2011 WOMEN’S CENTRES RALLY AGAINST THOMPSON RAPE CASE JUDGE’S SUGGESTION OF “IMPLIED CONSENT” MANITOBA—Women’s…
Judge Rules Rape Did Not Occur Because of "Misunderstanding"
According to Winnipeg judge Robert Dewar (appointed September 2009 by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson), women should not talk to men because it could be unintentionally conveyed that there is "sex…
Corporate Taxes
The issue of corporate taxes comes down to a single straightforward principle for me: Remove person status from corporations; then, and only then can you, and should you, remove corporate…
Corporate Taxes
The issue of corporate taxes comes down to a single straightforward principle for me: Remove person status from corporations; then, and only then can you, and should you, remove corporate…
Corporate Taxes
The issue of corporate taxes comes down to a single straightforward principle for me: Remove person status from corporations; then, and only then can you, and should you, remove corporate…
Corporate Taxes
The issue of corporate taxes comes down to a single straightforward principle for me: Remove person status from corporations; then, and only then can you, and should you, remove corporate…
RCMP Comment Fail
Northern News Service Online, March of the Pig: Const. Todd Scaplen with the Yellowknife RCMP said his detachment received a call about a pig wandering by the Ingraham Trail on…
Gun safety and registry!
What with all the hoo-ha over the gun registry recently, I wanted to put my two cents in. I got in a Facebook argument with someone I don't even know,…