The late, unlamented Equifax.
It is just one of the many problems faced by Canadians because of our outmoded constitution. Responsibility for credit reporting companies resides with the provincial governments. It enables the large…
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The Return of Stuff Happens, week 35: A game as old as hockey itself.
There was big news from Alberta’s second city this week — the Calgary Flames are unhappy. And if the Flames are unhappy, ain’t nobody happy. As you may have heard,…
The eurozone may be back on its feet. But is Greece? | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/16/eurozone-back-on-its-feet-but-what-about-greece Filed under: Uncategorized
In defence of Conrad Black?
Lord ‘Cross-the-Pond’ Black has never needed us to defend him. He is a man of immense ego living out his life in the last of his estates. His love of…
The House Covers the Opioid Crisis
I cringed as I listened to ‘The House’ on CBC doing a special on Canada’s opioid crisis. Scratch the surface on this folks: we need to go after the companies…
Free Pass to Conference Board of Canada Summit
Carbon49 will give away one free pass (value $1,195) to The Conference Board of Canada’s flagship event in sustainability, Business Usual: Profit from Purpose Summit. The conference will showcase how…
Forget the Parthenon: how austerity is laying waste to Athens’ modern heritage | Cities | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/sep/12/athens-modern-heritage-austerity-neoclassical-architecture-acropolis-greece Filed under: Uncategorized
The Rise and Fall of Syriza: Finding a New Way Forward for Greece’s Radical Left (3/3)
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=19903 Filed under: Uncategorized
The Rise and Fall of Syriza: Finding a New Way Forward for Greece’s Radical Left (2/3)
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=19837 Filed under: Uncategorized
The Rise and Fall of Syriza: Finding a New Way Forward for Greece’s Radical Left (1/3)
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Ted Cruz Likes Porn, Literally
So Ted Cruz, how will you remember 9/11? Ted Cruz: pic.twitter.com/TW0psPuBQh — Antony Copland (@SprowstonStud) September 12, 2017 8 months ago, this Twitter user claimed Ted made the same mistake…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 34: Dear Earth …
Dear Earth: This is a difficult letter for us to write, but something has to be said. Are you mad at us? I mean, seriously, seriously angry? It sure seems…
The Globe and Mail’s Ibbitson flunks math?
Reading a recent column by the Globe’s John Ibbitson, I was a little confused by his logic but I was even more concerned about his mathematics. He was forecasting a…
They Must Be High
Wynne’s plan to control the sale and distribution of marijuana in Ontario will be a complete waste of taxpayer dollars and will only frustrate voters.
NPR Interview on Silicon Valley and journalism
I was recently on NPR’s new national show 1A discussing how Silicon Valley is shaping journalism. Part 1 is here, and part 2 (responding after the interview with Facebook’s Campbell…
French Labor Reform Attempts to Remove Labor Union Protection
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The Return of Stuff Happens, week 33: Water, water, everywhere …
Houston and much of Texas was devastated this week by Hurricane Harvey, or Wally, or Larry, or whatever it was called. (Note to the people who name hurricanes: if you…
Onward religious warriors.
A picture said it all. It was of a Buddhist monk, in saffron robes, with his begging bowl, sitting between the cement walls of modern expressway ramps. It makes the…
The Return of Stuff Happens, week 32: The history police strike!
The Ontario elementary school teachers’ federation has voted to ask the provincial government to remove the name of Sir John. A. Macdonald from Ontario schools. According to the teachers’ union…
They are rewriting history, again.
Now the revisionists are going after Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister. And what is their problem? They think Sir John was racist and disrespected Canada’s aboriginals. You…