Premier Wall Takes Potshot at First Nations Leaders’ Pay #skpoli
.@TDellerCBC I'd have to agree with the FSIN leader that @PremierBradWall took a pot shot at leaders' pay, rather than offering to help. — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) March 4, 2015…
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Illegal botox seized in Vancouver
Last month, an undercover CBC investigation exposed that a number of spas and health clinicas around Metro Vancouver were offering botox injections illegally. Botox in Canada can only be administered…
Hilldog16 on SnapChat?
I have a Snapchat account. I’ve not used it in years because it was making my cell phone too full. Imagine if Hillary Clinton had a Snapchat account too, for…
Can’t Tolerate Bigotry…
Time to put the brakes on our slide to intolerance: Tim Harper A government which deals with only symptoms and refuses to look at root causes is part of the…
“I Can’t Breathe,” Could You?, By Chairman Shaka Zulu
Shaka Zulu All power to the people! Northern State Prison, like most prisons, constitutes one huge cesspool of corruption, connected to one huge machine called Mass Incarceration. This huge machine…
Stuff happens, week 8: Alberta election assured; Harper spins terrorism
It’s gloom and doom in Alberta these days, what with falling oil prices and all. Time to tighten the belts, Premier Jim Prentice says, because we’re going to be billions…
From ‘Covert’ to ‘Overt’ to ‘Over’
After a long spell of writing about issues in the Canadian political sphere, I’ve made the very difficult decision to get on with my life and put that behind me.…
Collingwood council’s committee system is broken
Last term, council approved a recommendation from the CAO to dump its traditional structure of council and public committees, to an internal system of standing committees filled only with politicians.…
Live Long, And Prosper – Nimoy Dies at 83
Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock on Star Trek, is dead from COPD. He quit smoking 30 years too late. Of the original Star Trek cast, Scotty and Bones have also…
Wheat a Minute – Sez Who?
Wheat Belly arguments are based on shaky science, critics say Scientists dispute claims in best-selling book, fifth estate finds CBC News Posted: Feb 27, 2015 11:00 AM ET Last Updated:…
And Now, For the TFSA Switch!
Following up my blog post of 4 years ago about Harper’s tax break for the wealthy are stories on CBC and elsewhere regarding the TFSA folly. The increase benefits only…
More Debates, Not Fewer Debaters
The unethical fools at the Broadcast Consortium will probably gladly keep Elizabeth May away from the debates this year too. Especially amusing is the Conservative spokes-tool saying more participants would…
The Pony Express Government
CSE has undertaken a domestic spy operation that is illegal in Canada, because it’s spying on communication of Canadian citizens. CSE is supposed to only spy on foreigners, and the…
C-51 Being Pushed by “Fascist” language
A former Mountie and CSIS operative thinks Harper’s so called anti-terrorism bill is scary and unnecessary. Mr. Lavigne, 55, left government in 1999, but follows intelligence news closely. He spent…
Hot Room Politics
Media in Ottawa are too busy eating each other alive to focus on the main course passing authoritarian Bill C-51. Glen McGregor takes the proposed Press Gallery changes apart. @pdmcleod…
Left Over 2015-02-24 12:32:11
Privatized playground at North Vancouver’s Cousteau International French School angers parent Cousteau International French School has leased the grounds of former Fromme elementary school CBC News Posted: Feb 24, 2015…
The scathing letter of Syriza MP and Economist, Costas Lapavitsas
Originally posted on The Greek Analyst: Earlier today, Costas Lapavitsas, Professor of Economics at SOAS and influential MP of Syriza, wrote a scathing letter in his blog addressed towards his…
Stuff happens, week 7: The return of premiums; a Canadian dog has its day.
The Prentice government continues to float trial balloons. Not long ago, it was a sales tax. Now, it’s the return of health care premiums. The government says most Albertans are…
Why Is The Clinton Foundation Receiving Donations From Foreign Affairs?
If there’s a positive connection between the Hillary campaign and Keystone XL, what does that say about donations made by Foreign Affairs (on behalf of Canadian taxpayers) to the Clinton…
Spain’s labour reform: three years on
Originally posted on Revolting Europe: By Vicente Clavero* Three years ago the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy pushed through its labour reform against despite big opposition. Most of the parliamentary…