Stephen Harper’s War For Oil
NEW IMPROVED TERROR (ISIS) is just what Stephen Harper needs to get a vein for his junk from Alberta. Oil pipelines for all!
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Your Call Is, Truly, Unimportant to Us, Stay on the Line..or Hang Up, we Don’t Care…
Customer service is becoming more Kafkaesque by the day Companies like to deflect problems with call-centre bureaucracy then use social media to show they’re just like us. They’re not Oscar…
SaskPower Carbon Capture and Storage Goes Online Late, Over Budget
I must print a “correction” to my piece in April when I reported that the SaskPower CCS plant was on time and online. The plant went online late last month,…
Pro-rating funding for PSW wages creates unintended consequences
In 2010 a provincial coalition of experts was assembled to look an integrated hospice palliative care system in Ontario. Hospices are a specialized residential facility for palliative care patients. As…
Take the Keys and Lock ‘Em Up…..
Lock up chronic runaways to keep them safe: Winnipeg police officer The longer they are on the street, the worse it becomes for them, says Supt. Danny Smyth CBC News…
Moby Dick, The Manufactured Man, and the Fate of Humankind
“The permanent constitutional condition of the manufactured man … is sordidness.” So says Captain Ahab of Moby Dick. And Melville was right. This is what we are fighting. We are…
#VIFF2014 Everything Will Be Interview with Director Julia Kwan & TICKET GIVEAWAY
Vancouver’s Chinatown at a crossroads: A conversation with filmmaker Julia Kwan I had the opportunity to sit down with Julia Kwan, the Director and writer for Everything Will Be, which…
How partisan conservative media maintain their audiences
Given the diverse sources of news now available in the U.S., partisans can easily choose news sources that align with their political attitudes. Does the rise of partisan news—on cable,…
Fed Auditor Fired for Outing Goldman Sachs for Conflicts
how are whistle blowers ever going to help shed light on corporate corruption when we don’t protect them?
Sigh … Who are the Extremists?
Sigh … another international political leader has painted my belief structure in a very broad brush, explicitly saying that I now longer have a right to question those in charge.…
Judging a (Municipal Candidate’s) Book by Their (Technological) Cover?
You’re a candidate in the upcoming municipal election in Ontario. Do you have an appropriate email address? A web site? A social media presence? No? Don’t expect my vote.
World War III Started By Lies
Why is Stevie and his crew lying to Canadians about their participation in the pile on against the mythical beast called ISIS?
Will health care derail the 2017 target for balancing the books? Not likely.
The Conference Board of Canada likes to tell the world that it is independent and unbiased, but a quick look at its board of directors will reveal that it is…
Gasland Part II – Fracking Hell
Watched “Gasland Part II” on HBO on demand, and it is something you have to see. The case it makes against fracking is a very strong one, and it shows…
Ontario keeps its secrets as hospital labs may face more privatization
The Ontario government has been less than transparent when it comes to the future of its public medical laboratories. A recent Deloitte Review of Ontario’s public lab system has been…
Spurred on in Part by Children, Rockefellers Join Fossil Fuel Divestment
It’s good to hear that billionaires at least listen to their children, and not just fiscally conservative accountants. Ms. Wayne said the family’s commitment is intergenerational, and continuing. She said…
#LyingLeona Lies Again to the UN #cdnpoli
Canada’s Minister of the Environment is a jester. She says the most outrageous lies and expects people to buy them. Just a couple days ago in the House, a Conservative…
The Dogs of Ford
The term “dog whistle politics” refers to politicians making a public statement, which also has a deliberate unspoken message for a targeted group of supporters. Like a real dog whistle,…
Vancouver Sun: Let’s Give ‘Em Subban to Talk About…
Vancouver Sun’s Jordan Subban photo caption sparks outrage Newspaper posted photo online calling Vancouver Canuck ‘dark guy in the middle’ CBC News Posted: Sep 24, 2014 7:41 AM PT Last…
People’s Climate March
On Sunday I attended a climate rally in Regina with what looked to be well over a hundred other people. It’s too bad more of the 33,400 Rider fans in…