Tomorrow on Earthgauge Radio: the Doha Climate Summit special!
Tomorrow on Earthgauge Radio on CKCU 93.1 FM, it’s our United Nations Doha Climate Summit special broadcast. We’ll hear audio from our correspondents on the ground in Qatar and a…
politics
#Palestine| #Israel to advance east Jerusalem building plans
Palestine | Israel to advance east Jerusalem building plans Why? Because for Israel, suffering from cognitive dissonance, as Shir Hever has said, the rest of the world does not matter.…
Provincial-Federal Politicians Neutered In Our Present System Of Party Discipline
John Van Dongen-Independent MLA Our Canadian Democracy has been hijacked by the political party system for far too long. Slowly but possibly surely politicians are speaking out, most often it…
Cheaper Keggers Under Tim Hudak? #onpoli
The University of Ottawa Conservatives are notably excited by the prospect of buying cheaper booze in Ontario. I’ve noticed one other university student tweet touting the benefits of cheaper alcohol…
Interview with John Bennett of the Sierra Club
Click the audio player to hear my interview with John Bennett, Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada, about the federal government’s proposed changes to the Navigable Waters Protection…
Creating Political Change: activism and slacktivism
Yesterday I wrote about trying to be active in lobbying the government even while looking after my children. Writing letters, supporting organizations, learning about the issues, participating in protests and…
Stay classy, my home and native land…
…stay classy. Canada was one of only 6 nations to vote yesterday against a UN resolution calling for Israel to open up its nuclear facilities for inspection. The others were…
ConCalls: Kinsella in 2011 guessed #RoboCon
I don’t normally link to Sun, or Kinsella, but it’s worth taking a look this time, I promise. While researching the cut brake lines that Elections Canada never found a…
Sasha Issenberg (author of “The Victory Lab: The secret science of winning campaigns”) speaks to the Samara Institute.
I have been a fan of Sasha Issenberg for a while now, reading his articles on Slate.com, enjoying him on the Slate Political Gabfest podcast and then devouring his fantastic…
Stephen Harper Flip-Flopped On Gun Registry Too
Conservatives are calling Justin Trudeau a flip-flopper for first voting for the long gun registry and then recently admitting it was a failed policy. That's fine, but lest Conservatives forget,…
ConCalls: CBC vs. Postmedia vs. Elections Canada #RoboCon
There’ve been several Canadian media organizations investigating the RoboCon election fraud scandal linked to the Conservative Party. In February, Postmedia broke the story by tying the many localized reports of…
Day to day life and looking at the larger issues too
This weekend I took one son to beaver camp. Then later at home we set up our Christmas tree and sang Christmas carols. This morning the boys did some schoolwork…
It’s worse than we thought and everyone is to blame
So, scientists are finding that once again, it’s worse than we thought regarding global carbon emissions. Particularly interesting here is the list of the top 10 polluting countries in 2011.…
It’s worse than we thought and everyone is to blame
So, scientists are finding that once again, it’s worse than we thought regarding global carbon emissions. Particularly interesting here is the list of the top 10 polluting countries in 2011.…
ConCalls: Rex and Terry and CBC
My guess is that Rex Murphy and Terry Milewski don’t agree very often, but they were both right about the legitimacy of the Conservative Harper Government, nine months ago. Rex…
The NHL Players Could Walk Away And Form Their Own League!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger There are many options floating around as a result of the current NHL lockout. They run from various new leagues bringing in new rich owners…
Concalls: What’s At Stake? #RoboCon
Page 70 “the Court has acknowledged the utmost public importance of these proceedings, and has held that: “…. the applications raise serious issues about the integrity of the democratic process…
Status of Women on PEI – Failing
I’m not sure why, on PEI, we even bother to put a woman in the role as Minister responsible for the Status of Women. I say that because if you…
Voting For, Against and Together
Great proposal from Andrew Coyne. I couldn’t have said it better myself, and I’ve tried, and tried and tried. “The opposition parties would agree on a single candidate to put…