Buffy Sainte-Marie
“”You talk about all the foster home kids, some of those parents they grew up without parents. They never knew a parent. How were they supposed to know how a…
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
“”You talk about all the foster home kids, some of those parents they grew up without parents. They never knew a parent. How were they supposed to know how a…
Interview in Western News
My authorial compadre at the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Kane Faucher, did a great job of interviewing me a while back, and it appeared in print today. Seriously.…
Alberta Getting a Climate Change Plan?
If they enact what is known to be good policy, but the previous government was afraid to do, that’d be a start anyway. I found it interesting that the newspaper…
This is Your Daily Economic Action Plan Reminder
Canada is not a Petrostate, I repeat, Canada is Not a Petrostate. There is no evidence that Canada places more value on oil than democracy. Remember, don’t “attack the Canadian…
The Establishment And Your Phone
In the good old days, Canada’s spy agencies were not supposed to spy on Canadians. Government departments are also supposed to benefit from their research into vulnerabilities in computer systems,…
This Isn’t Going To Work #skpoli
.@laurengolosky Why isn't the Environment Minister up to speed on #climatechange? It's basic knowledge for Environment portfolio. #skpoli — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) May 21, 2015 It’s 2015, and the entire…
ConCalls: Documentary Rolling Across Canada #RoboCon
Peter is making a film about the RoboCon election fraud. His tour gets started tomorrow in Guelph, where the most famous incident in hundreds of ridings took place. . @edayfilm…
Conservatives Take Their Debate Ball and Hide In A Closet
After so much effort from the Greens to ensure all Canadians can hear an inclusive debate, what the Conservatives are doing now is absurd and frustrating. So the Cons are…
Ontario Made $226.00 on Diamond Royalty
And I thought Saskatchewan/Alberta’s oil royalties were too low. I wonder how much we make on salt, compared to Ontario.
Oh My
Monday morning CBC news with David Common led with the story of Elizabeth May’s failed PPG skit on Saturday. How’s that for perspective? These are the people who until last…
Fair and Balanced Questions
As you probably know, “Fair and Balanced” is the Fox News tagline that exists to trick the more easily fooled into thinking that’s what their actual objective is. Check out…
The Hilarious Alberta Election
Last Alberta election it was the ridiculously wrong polling that was the news story. I think everyone is missing the big #abvote shocker: The polls were right! — Kevin Aschenbrenner…
Canada’s Oily Media
There are opportunities to support journalism in Canada that doesn’t take millions from the oil industry and the oil-soaked Conservative government. Had you heard that the Conservative Party communicated with…
Opposed to Coalition?
Yesterday’s news: .@davidcommon Odd report by @ElliottLouise about @JustinTrudeau & @ThomasMulcair #coalition didn't mention @ElizabethMay & @CanadianGreens. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) April 15, 2015 Today’s news: Most Canadians are opposed…
Haters Gonna Hate
And Liars Gonna Lie. So, one might expect @jkenney to retract that statement today but, I'm guessing, blame the mistake on bad information from DND and/or CDS. — Glen McGregor…
Baird Gold
It's probably nothing: Foreign Minister John Baird lobbied by Barrick Gold Corp. pic.twitter.com/drIUEvtQKB — Glen McGregor (@glen_mcgregor) March 30, 2015 It’s not easy for a long-time politician to leave public…
Fisk On Harper
It’s articles like this one that make you wonder if the Canadian media is telling you everything you need to know. (Seriously though, that’s plainly obvious.) If Stephen Harper is…
More Spy Stuff
The bottom half of this page is all about CSE. Canada’s had a recent track record that’s bad. PONY EXPRESS ring a bell? So what is our watchdog really doing?…
Leave It In The Ground
The world has much more coal, oil and gas in the ground than it can safely burn. That much is physics. Watch this compelling, factual argument about how to solve…