Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- The University of California, Irvine examines the connection between air pollution and spontaneous preterm births. And Attracta Mooney and Jana Tauschinski discuss how the…
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Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Michael Kempa discusses Justice Paul Rouleau’s findings on federalism in his report on the use of the Emergencies Act – though the hope…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Eric Anderson writes that capitalism has been developed to exploit psychological vulnerability for profit. And Ludvig Weir and Gabriel Zucman highlight how the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Moscrop discusses how the Trudeau Libs have chosen to funnel money to cutthroat corporate consultants rather than building a functional public…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Henry Mance talks to Mariana Mazzucato about the big con by private consultants who have been treated as a substitute for a…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Courtney Shea interviews Colin Furness about the combination of immunity theft and negligent public health messaging that’s resulting in widespread avoidable illness,…
The in-and-out trick: Thoughts on Canada Post, CPP and your child’s breakfast
The past few days have not been great for public services in Canada. Canada Post will be phasing out home delivery of mail. Expansion of the Canada Pension Plan was…
In This Season Of Getting And Spending
… a timely reminder about the practices of the world’s biggest retailer: This article is also worthy of perusal. Recommend this Post
On Insincere Apologies
I’ll probably have more to write later, but for now, here are some always reliable insights by Star readers on the ‘apology’ from RBC CEO Gord Nixon: Royal Bank chief…
Two Blogging Recommendations
With so many things of note to comment on, today is one of those days when, if I had the time, I suspect I would spend most of the day…
Outsource Canada
I’m not sure who is actually responsible for breaking down these outsourcing statistics according to province and company, but we certainly owe him or her a real debt of gratitude.…
More On RBC’s Outsourcing From Star Readers
I have a busy morning ahead, so for now I take the liberty of reproducing two letters from this morning’s Star that make some excellent points as to how to…
Bad Corporate Behaviour Abounds
As fellow blogger LeDaro pointed out to me the other day in a comment on my post about the Royal Bank’s outsourcing of jobs, such practices are common among all…
A Rogue’s Gallery
Just two pictures, so perhaps not a real gallery, but I think the descriptor is accurate. Recommend this Post
The Royal Bank Responds With An Attempt At Damage Control
Somehow, I don’t think George Orwell would be too impressed by the RBC response to its public relations nightmare over the outsourcing of Canadian jobs: Said Zabeen Hirji, RBC’s chief…
Now It All Makes Sense
RBC CEO Gord Nixon I just knew there had to be a logical explanation. This explains that. Recommend this Post
Score Another One For Orwell
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever. – George Orwell As always, the writer had exceptional clarity about where…