The weekend is here and wages are falling
Phew. Made it through another week. Work is really busy these days. I hope y’all will see why soon enough. And then immediately afterwards we will have the workers paradise…
politics
TVO’s The Agenda: To Lead or to Serve – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Over the past quarter century, political parties have too often lurched away from being mass movements of individual Canadians sharing a common vision of the public good, and towards being…
TVO’s The Agenda: To Lead or to Serve – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Over the past quarter century, political parties have too often lurched away from being mass movements of individual Canadians sharing a common vision of the public good, and towards being…
Slater Street …
… in Ottawa while atop one of OC Transpo’s über-cool double deckers! Wheeeeee!!!! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Liberal Party of Canada Presidential Candidates’ Debate Report Card – Nov. 22/23
On November 22nd and 23rd I listened to/attended two debates of the four candidates currently running to be President of the Liberal Party of Canada. The first was a phone…
This won’t mean anything or matter…
…to anyone outside the NCR, but wow! Hasn’t the demolition of the old Gallery building on the corner of Albert and Elgin ever made a difference streetscape and skyline-wise? It…
Occupy movement: was there an exit strategy?
This will also be unpopular with many of my friends and readers. But it’s been bugging me since the first few weeks after the occupy movement took hold across North…
Together, we can do it
In October, TCU Place in Saskatoon played host to the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour’s 56th annual convention. This year’s convention was another overwhelming success with 500 to 600 delegates in…
That Annoying Twitter Access
I’ve seldom seen a journalist whine so much about politicians who are too accessible to the public. Look no further, you can find them in the Calgary Herald. Mayor Nenshi…
What Super Committee?
It seems the so called committee that was going to save the U.S deficit crisis (yeah right) ended up doing nothing. And those so called triggers that would have come…
Burnaby Overwhelmingly Rejects Anti-Gay Municipal Party
Parent’s Voice, the municipal political party whose sole purpose revolved around revoking the Burnaby District School Board’s anti-homophobia and anti-bullying policy, has been soundly defeated. Parent’s Voice was a staunch…
Dewar Ideology Lets Have Everything!
“The orange wave stopped in Manitoba,” (Dewar) Yes it’s true, but only in the sense that the west of the country didn’t fly straight into the NDP like Quebec. But…
Liveblog – BC Civic Election Returms
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No Engagement – Occupy Regina to be Occupy City Hall
Mayor does not want to engage the protestors Mayor Pat Fiacco maintained on CJME’s Morning News on Monday, he would not engage the protestors. “We’re busy, we’re very, very busy…
Economist: Universal Health Care is Good!
A new report done by top economist warns Canada that it should stay with Universal Health care. It states that although Health Care spedning is growing too fast for revenue’s…
Douglas Coupland on Hockey and the Canadian Identity
“Canadian winters are long. Life is hard and so is ice. Canadian teams playing within the NHL are, in effect, a microcosm of Canada’s ongoing process of trying to remain…
Supreme Court orders Canada Post to pay 20 years of pay equity wage top ups
It took the Supreme Court of Canada all of 20 minutes to decide that it was time for Canada Post to pony up after 28 years of trying to avoid…
Ian votes in Vancouver
Because Saturday is municipal election day in Vancouver, it’s the week of announcing everyone’s slates, and I don’t intend to break that trend. Before I state who I’ll be voting…
United Republic: Creative Organization Grows from OWS
Democracy takes time, and it’s rough and tedious work, so it’s amazing that in the two short months since the Occupy Movement began an organization has sprung up that will…
Occupy Regina – Private Security Doing Police Work
While the Occupy Regina protesters were stationed 24/7 in Victoria Park, I felt safe going there. Many people I know do not feel safe in Downtown Regina at night, and…