Tim Hudak’s “Job Plan”
It is election time in Ontario, and Tim Hudak, leader of the PC party, says he’ll produce more jobs by cutting 100,000 public sector jobs. There’s a variety of good…
Uncategorized
Convention 2014: Winners of the HCDC Pharmacare
Winners of this year’s Health Care Divisional Council are: Fern Crawford, Local 497 Jackie Gibbons, Local 346 Adriana Thompson, Local 214 Come see us at the HCDC table to see…
Corky Evans: How YOU can help save the ALR in 5 min
Former BC Environment Minister Corky Evans (Photo: RichardHughes.ca) An Open Letter to Almost Everybody: My name is Corky Evans. I garden and farm in the Kootenays of B.C. Many years…
Convention 2014: Take our Pharmacare quiz and win!
Every Commission that has looked into health care delivery in Canada has recommended bringing prescription drugs under the Medicare umbrella. As modern health care has evolved, drug therapies have become…
Air and Space
Walked around Balboa Park. Gave a 50 cent coin to a magician, maybe he’ll use it in his act in the future. Got lost, found my wag son after crossing…
Wynne’s to Lose
The provincial election in Ontario is only a week old. Polls suggest a tight race lies ahead, and of course campaigns matter. All that said, on June 13th Kathleen Wynne…
Justin Trudeau, choice and open nominations
My view? I don’t think you can be a liberal and be anti-choice – which I’ve written about before. And I don’t think that open nominations are the way to…
Visit us at the OPSEU Convention and win!
Are you at the OPSEU Convention in Toronto? The Health Care Divisional Council has a table set up just outside the entrance to the main convention hall. This year we…
Why focus criticism on Vision Vancouver?
1 ICYMI: Why focus criticism on @VisionVancouver, as non-partisan? I ≠ reporter. I'm an academic. I interrogate power. VV has it. #vanpoli— Melissa Fong (@internationalmf) May 08, 2014 2
Election 2014: Economist says “jobs candidate” would begin by cutting 165,000 of them
PC leader Tim Hudak has wrapped himself in the persona of being the jobs candidate. He claims that his government would create a million jobs in Ontario – a 15…
Canada PetroState vs. United States of America
Americans hear this on their news last night. “Feds Issue Tighter Regulations For Trains Hauling Highly-Flammable Crude” Canadians are told this of their explosive oil in unsafe train cars. “B.C.…
Baseball
Robert and I appeared on the big screen in the outfield briefly. Two clothed streakers were on the field. 8-0 for the Royals. Got our tickets on sale for $25…
Tim Hudak Kamikazes Himself
I LOVE IT! Tim Hudak crashes and burns. Next question: “Tim, why the hell would someone vote for you?” Answer: “We’re hoping there’s a lot of stupid going around in…
RIP Bud Osborn
RIP Bud Osborn http://t.co/CrWrlN1PR7— Melissa Fong (@internationalmf) May 07, 2014 raise shit – a downtown eastside poem of resistance “the myth of the frontier is an invention that…
It’s Mental Health Week — has anybody noticed?
It’s mental health week – not that any of the politicians has particularly noticed on the campaign trail. We’ve all heard the statistics. One in five of us will experience…
Vision Vancouver creating false dilemma of Left vs Right
Let me talk to you about Vision Vancouver (for the umpteenth time)… I am just incredibly surprised with how slick they have become. As I told you yesterday- they have
More Food
Barra Saloon appetizer before my grilled swordfish taco, which came promptly. I rode the rails today to the Mexican border. I bused around San Ysidro then forgot my plastic water…
Election 2014: Shocked… shocked to find there’s been privatization going on here
There is a scene in the movie Casablanca where café owner Rick is surprised to see his friend Captain Renault has sent the police to close down his backroom casino.…
What kind of activist do you want to be? Reflections on One City moving into the fore
Yesterday One City launched their party with RJ Aquino front and centre. There are some suspicions about some of the startings of One City, and I, myself, am keen on
My Vote for the NDP in Ontario’s Election
Think about it: the NDP deserves an opportunity to run Ontario.