Lying: The Pillar Of Politics
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Joy Taylor Has A Mission
Ninety-two years old and still fighting the good fight. H/t Operation Maple Recommend this Post
The Ghastly Hypocrisy of the Shameless Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper has so many monstrous human flaws, I think my fingers would fall off before I finished typing all of them.But one of the worst is his ghastly hypocrisy.For…
The Life And Death Of Worker Resistance
When it comes to jobs, we live in very precarious times, with fewer and fewer people securing full-time work with benefits. Paradoxically, union membership continues to decline, while right-wing propaganda…
Bye, Bye, Steve
Operation Maple has a series of videos in which ordinary Canadians discuss their reasons to ‘leave Steve’ in 2015. Here they begin: Recommend this Post
Can Stephen Harper Buy Your Conscience?
Stephen Harper offers so much to so few – tax cuts, increased Tax-Free Savings Accounts, income-splitting, to name but a few of his ‘gifts.’ His disingenuous rhetoric notwithstanding, however, Harper…
Attention, Young People: Here Is Why You Should Vote
This brief but powerful video should be viewed by all those who are politically disengaged, especially our young citizens: H/t OperationMaple Recommend this Post
It Could Happen To You
Although the narration is at times melodramatic, the message of this video is clear: trusting government to respect your privacy is a naive notion. H/t Occupy Canada and Operation Maple…
"Something’s Not Right, Mr. Harper"
While Mr. Harper would have us all believe he is working to make Canada safe from terrorism, there is a far more insidious problem that he is choosing to ignore.…
Raising The Minimum Wage: Countering The Right-Wing Propagandists
Given the disappointing news about the minimum wage coming out of Ontario, and the relentless propaganda from the right about wage increases being job killers while conveniently ignoring the experience…
Underpaid PSWs locked out after refusing wage concessions
The March of Dimes is a registered charity that helps Ontarians with disabilities live independently. Recently the charity locked out about 30 Oakville Personal Support Workers (PSWs) after they refused…
Justifying Poor Remuneration
Ever the big business apologist, The Globe and Mail, as reported by Operation Maple, had an article the other day by one of their newer hires, Leah Eichler, who essentially…
Police Brutality in Canada! Is This Democracy?
Richard Hughes Political Blogger Make no mistake folks the genie is out of the bottle and fascism is staring us right in the face. Many people do not want to…
For All the Union-Bashers Out There
Ninety-year-old Joy Taylor asks all of us to ‘be the voice’: Recommend this Post
Operation Maple Video: Placing staff and patients at risk
Would you want to work here? Would you want to be a patient here? Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences has been on our radar in recent weeks and…
Operation Maple: Funny video looks at ways public services touch our lives
Operation Maple are at it again. Interviewing people on the street of Toronto, several claimed that they “don’t use public services.” Oh really? Upbeat and funny, the video looks at…
New Operation Maple video highlights corporate tax evasion
Thirty Fortune 500 companies didn’t pay any tax in the last three years. Ever wonder why corporations continue to pay less or no tax while governments become more and more…
Vancouver Observer: Canada’s right-wing media monopolies move further right
I’ve made the domination of Canada’s right-wing media the centrepiece of this blog. Sometimes I wonder why. Those posts are the least travelled, the least linked of any on this…
Vancouver Observer: Canada’s right-wing media monopolies move further right
I’ve made the domination of Canada’s right-wing media the centrepiece of this blog. Sometimes I wonder why. Those posts are the least travelled, the least linked of any on this…