Lest we Forget #nlpoli
More people will pay attention to Remembrance Day this year than usually might. The murder a few weeks ago of Corporal Nathan Cirillo, and to a lesser extent, the murder…
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Conservatives Learning Lessons of History
11. Government handing over the most vulnerable to religious groups has worked out well in Canadian history: look at the residential schools — Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) November 10, 2014 1.…
That’s So Meta #PRISM
This is why Edward Snowden risked life and liberty. http://t.co/FNhj7mIi8a https://t.co/c7f4hynSZm via @RecentApp pic.twitter.com/PED4veBpWw — Declan McCullagh (@declanm) November 9, 2014 Critics of Snowden tried to claim that no one…
Clearing The Forest
The Queen’s act against this homeless woman is unkind, and Canada’s laws shouldn’t be unkind for the sake of protecting unused land from First Nations people building a temporary home.…
Apprentice. Intern. Slave.
The employment climate for many students and graduates has been a difficult terrain to not only navigate but also survive. And slavery masked under labels of ‘apprentice’ or ‘intern’ only…
You Get What You Need
Between changing more diapers and falling deeper in love than I’d have thought possible, I’ve struggled to put in to words my thoughts on Toronto’s election since the ballots were…
Mind-Numbing Sameness #nlpoli
The Conservatives were looking to the by-election in Conception bay South to break their losing streak. As it seems now as voters in the district head to the polls on…
Suzuki: Constitutional right to healthy environment gaining traction
David Suzuki and Neil Young, who will team up in Vancouver for the “Blue Dot” tour (Photo: davidsuzuki.org) The idea of a right to a healthy environment is getting traction…
Cancer Time Machine
One disturbing part of modern life, is that no one will escape this Earth untouched by cancer in their life somewhere. It’s a toxic environment we’ve created for ourselves, and…
A Year Without Politics – Month 1
Just after 9am on October 1st, I sat down at my computer, left every political group I was a member of, unfollowed every political page I was a fan of…
Bob Rae in Regina about Honouring The Treaties
Hundreds listening to @BobRae48 at #uofr #bigcrowd #HonourTheTreaties #IdleNoMore pic.twitter.com/QAzkPW01Lz — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) October 31, 2014 The Calder case about the Niska people. Argued no treaty so they had…
ConCalls: DDM Goes Down For #elxnfraud
The Prime Minister’s first attack dog on the RoboCon file, Dean Del Mastro, has been found guilty of election fraud in 2008. The courts haven’t really caught up fully with…
On Ghomeshi
Years ago, in the house of a queer friend from Atlantic Canada, I joked about Jian Ghomeshi and how he rudely and aggressively hit on her once. She laughed, I…
Austrialia Is Nuts About Space
And Australian conservatives may just destroy Earth. What we don’t know, could demolish us faster than anything else. In the space age, it’s really flabbergasting that we’re not doing everything…
Dr. V. Shiva at the #UofR #EarthDemocracy
Dr. Shiva gave an interesting talk about how system we’ve built are being used to manipulate individuals in societies all around the world into valuing money over life. #earthdemocracy #yqr…
REVISITED: 7 THINGS TO WATCH IN ALBERTA BYELECTIONS
Last week, I wrote about the 7 things to watch in the four October 27th by-elections and now that the results are in, I thought I would revisit the questions.…
#BlueDot Tour in Regina
David Suzuki came to town last night with musical and other intelligent guests on the stage. They gathered a crowd in the Centre of the Arts to show public support…
Revisited: 7 things to watch in Alberta byelections
Last week, I wrote about the 7 things to watch in the four October 27th by-elections and now that the results are in, I thought I would revisit the questions.…