I Am So Proud to be Canadian Today
I was afraid that the Occupy Wall Street protests in Canada may not be well attended, given the human rights abuses at the G-20.But Canadians rock. Being locked in cages,…
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The Occupy Movement Goes Global
Yesterday the Occupy Wall Street movement, sparked by a call from the Vancouver-based Ad Busters magazine, started sparking occupations in Canada. From five thousand people in Vancouver, to three hundred…
Proper Disclosure of Statistics in Misinformation Era
I found this really cool tool on the OECD website the other day(link will be at the bottom). The tool contains massive amounts of statistical data for many countries in…
Proper Disclosure of Statistics in Misinformation Era
I found this really cool tool on the OECD website the other day(link will be at the bottom). The tool contains massive amounts of statistical data for many countries in…
Proper Disclosure of Statistics in Misinformation Era
I found this really cool tool on the OECD website the other day(link will be at the bottom). The tool contains massive amounts of statistical data for many countries in…
Helpful Tip of the Day
Jim Flaherty, fresh off of five years of claiming that Canada's recession, deficits and increased unemployment levels are all the result of international forces beyond his control as a mere…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading.- Jim Stanford rightly says that it's long past time for the Occupy movement to refocus our economy in the wake of a free-market-induced crash…
Harper on “Occupy” protests: “I don’t know that I want to get into commenting on that”
Harpie speaks! about the “Occupy” protests taking place in Canada today! Or maybe not so much — Mr.H doesn’t seem very interested in discussing the “Occupy” phenomenon. If he thinks…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Nycole Turmel sums up what Canadians should rightly expect from their government - but figure never to get from the Harper Cons:Canadian families aren't…
Get ready for OccupyTO and Right Wing Manipulation
I saw this picture(below) being sent around with a student showing a hand written letter about how wonderful they are for having no debt in their last year of University,…
Get ready for OccupyTO and Right Wing Manipulation
I saw this picture(below) being sent around with a student showing a hand written letter about how wonderful they are for having no debt in their last year of University,…
Get ready for OccupyTO and Right Wing Manipulation
I saw this picture(below) being sent around with a student showing a hand written letter about how wonderful they are for having no debt in their last year of University,…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Trish Hennessy is on board for an Occupy Canada movement:To my friends adopting a wait-and-see approach, I say: The least they can expect from…
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…
What the Occupy Movement Means for Canada
There is a surprisingly good article (but only online, I think) in the Globe and Mail by an economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Armine Yalnizyan, who offers…
Gerald Caplan Writes on The Occupy Wall Street Movement
In an online article entitled This is what democracy looks like: Occupying Wall Street and Bay Street, Gerald Caplan and Amanda Gryzyb discuss why the occupation movement is a healthy…