Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Canada's Prime Minister is openly advocating for the use of soldiers over mere books or arguments as a means of persuasion. Which of…
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Pipeline Protestors to Obama: This Is Our Environmental Impact Statement
From TPM.com, Why Far-Off Canadian Tar Sands Have Become Make-or-Break Issue For Obama With Enviros: For six days and counting now, hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the White House…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - The Mark is the latest to point out that the NDP's success in winning over former Bloc members and/or sovereigntists should be considered…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted and environmentally-themed content to end your week.- Lloyd Alter highlights the Cons' contrasting treatment of environmental scientists (who are being fired in droves) and oil lobbyists (who figure never…
Failing by any measure
It's no particular secret that "intensity" targets for greenhouse gas emissions are an utter joke, designed to facilitate the continued growth of heavy polluters as long as they make marginal…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Trish Hennessy crunches the numbers on vacation time for Canadians:47Percentage of Canadian workers who say they need a vacation more today than they’ve needed…
Parliament In Review: June 22, 2011
The second-last day of debates in this spring's session dealt mostly with Bruce Hyer's motion on small business. But lest anybody think there would be agreement on the details of…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jay Bryan weighs in on dangers of increasing inequality and corporate greed:Of course, the corporate mantra is that top executives are making millions because…
On top priorities
Of course, a national energy strategy could be a huge plus if it includes some recognition of environmental issues and other concerns beyond immediate profits. But let's just say there's…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Following up on yesterday's post, the Hill Times reports that even the first set of cuts from the Harper Cons' majority looks to have…