Stephen Harper has been trying to win over Barack Obama on the stalled Keystone XL pipeline (Adrian Wyld/CP) Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks increasingly desperate to find ways for expanding…
Chinese demand for the fins of sharks (I have no idea what they are good for) has gone up over the past couple years. India is one of the largest…
One thing we share is an abundance of unsafe Quebec chrysotile AKA asbestos. Most of the world stopped using the miracle mineral once they realized what a global disaster its…
Stephen Harper meets with National AFN Chief Shawn Atleo in 2011 (Reuters) So Prime Minister Stephen Harper and members of his cabinet have been meeting with BC’s First Nations chiefs…
The Huffington Post has a piece comparing open atheists in government in the USA with the UK. They note that only two American legislators have only ever really professed non-belief:…
This government page will almost certainly disappear at some point on the original website, so here is a backup: Climate change is a long term shift in weather patterns. Since…
I follow politics pretty closely and among the first things I did upon arriving here was register myself and Sonia to vote (I’m a citizen through descent and Commonwealth citizens…
Kate MacEachern and The Long Way Home Post by The Long Way Home. There is a kind of trauma when people leave chapters in their life: graduating, retiring, marriage, childbirth,…
Wrestling with Democracy is an ambitious, historical examination of the changes in voting systems across a large number of Western liberal democracies over the course of the twentieth century that…
The BC NDP’s outgoing leader, Adrian Dix (photo: BCGEU) Today’s decision by Adrian Dix to step down as BC NDP leader, pending a leadership election next year, comes as no…
The BC NDP’s outgoing leader, Adrian Dix (photo: Jonathan Hayward/CP) Read this Sept. 18 story from The Globe and Mail on NDP Leader Adrian Dix’s announcement that he will step…
Good old visitor logs, shining light on the hogs. These are also the only times that the names of Tkachuk, then chairman of the Senate’s internal economy committee, and Gerstein,…
I will be doing regular updates on two events to increase awareness about PTSD, particularly as the Canadian Forces spends too little on treatment of its members and PTSD. Regardless…
Homosexuality is not an offensive concept, Alison Redford. When you amended the Human Rights Act as Minister for Justice your government told Albertans that homosexuality, sexual orientation, and human sexuality…
Salmon biologist Alexandra Morton (from “Salmon Confidential”) Over the past several years, the Harper Government has waged an unprecedented war on science in Canada – in favour of advancing its…
Read this Sept. 12 story from CBC.ca on the caravan of federal ministers and bureaucrats aimed at convincing BC’s Forst Nations to back down on their opposition to the proposed…
Previously on Things Are Good we’ve seen Canadians concerned about democracy mobilize to ensure that our political leaders make informed decisions. After a streak of attacks on knowledge, scientists and…
Let’s talk about minimum wage again. It’s getting close to September 14th, when advocates of raising Ontario’s minimum wage will be staging actions across the province. In the meantime, the…
The BC Liberals have the worst attendance record in the BC Legislature since 1976 – especially with this week’s decision to avoid a Fall sitting…again. If they were employees working…
Adrian Dix may be mulling stepping down as BC NDP leader (photo: Jonathan Hayward/CP) Read this story from CBC on the BC NDP’s upcoming caucus meeting to discuss the future…
