UnFair Elections Act
Sent by email to pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca Dear Mr. Poilievre: I’m very disappointed with the proposed Fair Elections Act. I agree with experts like the CEO who says Canadians will be disenfranchised…
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Austerity, the Hard Right and the French Election: Two Views | The Bullet No. 963
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The Tsipras List: A European Perspective to Overcome Divisions in the Italian Left | The Bullet No. 962
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Was Monday really a tipping point?
On Monday I saw Ontario Health Coalition Director Natalie Mehra at a noon-hour rally on University Avenue. As far as rallies go it wasn’t a big one. About 50 people…
Soudas was Resign-Fired #HarperFired #cdnpoli
It happens with plenty of Harperites. They Resign, no wait, they were Fired. Depending on who you are, there’s a different tale of what caused the undesirable to fall under…
Mikey Doesn’t Like It…
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The wake for the Health Accord was great, but what’s next?
There’s got to be a morning after. Yesterday more than 40 communities across Canada marked the end of the 10-year health accord between the provinces and the federal government. Listening…
SaskPower Carbon Capture and Storage Going Online Today, On Schedule
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Politician Marriages and Silly Scandals
This is probably not going to be the most popular of positions to take, so I want to make clear that I am stating this position independently of any employment…
Health Accord: End of 10-year agreement sad reflection on leadership
Today is it. It’s the last day in which we can claim to have a national plan towards health care reform. Starting tomorrow the Harper government is simply cutting the…
Malaysian Plane: They Might As Well Be Looking For Santa Claus
The massive search efforts for Flight MH370 remind us that after all the money spent on security and all of the inconvenience, we might as well be looking for Santa…
Sunshine List overlooks thousands of private contractors: OPSEU
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Soudas All By Himself
Soudas @MarkHorseman LOL, don't worry, @PMOharper took care of that too. news.nationalpost.com/2014/03/24/rob… #Anders— John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) March 28, 2014 I think Rob Anders would have been a better choice for…
Hemp Revolution
Hemp has enormous potential to help us build an ecologically sound society. It can replace most uses of tree-derived paper products and lumber, thus saving vast amounts of forests. It…
Locating Canada’s State Multiculturalism As A Racist Doctrine
I, like many Canadians, am a product of Canada’s state multiculturalism. My family was permitted to enter and remain in Canada, achieve legal, civil, social and economic rights and ultimately,…
Locating Canada’s State Multiculturalism As A Racist Doctrine
I, like many Canadians, am a product of Canada’s state multiculturalism. My family was permitted to enter and remain in Canada, achieve legal, civil, social and economic rights and ultimately,…
Our Acidic Ocean
The last time Earth's oceans were this acidic, a six mile-wide asteroid had just smashed into the Yucatan Peninsula: gizmodo.com/how-global-war…— Extinction Symbol (@extinctsymbol) March 26, 2014 It’s incalculably high what…
High-profile line-up featured in Holler 4 Health Care March 31
You don’t want to miss this. More than 30 performers –including some of the most prominent actors in Canadian theatre – will be participating in Holler 4 Health Care March…
PRISM: Obama Broke Hearts And Promises
Kinsella is right that Obama has broken hearts. The precise moment at which Barack Obama broke many progressive hearts, however, is just as easy to ascertain: it came in June…