Mikey Doesn’t Like It…
Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt quits NDP Harcourt let membership lapse over many issues including the party’s opposition to carbon tax CBC News Posted: Apr 01, 2014 8:10 AM PT…
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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
@tingeyd -Construction of the @SaskPowerCCS facility is complete. Currently commissioning and preparing for commercial operation Spring 2014— (@SaskPowerCCS) January 27, 2014 “The government boasted at last week’s Boundary Dam symposium…
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
TORONTO – Ontarians aren’t getting a clear picture of government pay practices from the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, the president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says. “Today’s…
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…
Scarborough hospital CEO says “never say never” on merger
The two CEOs representing the Scarborough and Rouge Valley hospitals appeared before the Central East LHIN this morning following news last week that their proposed merger was off – at…
Voter Suppression in Quebec
During the first half of the 20th century, any American in the South who wished to register to vote would have to come before the Board of Registrars. They would…
Reflections on Chartres Cathedral, the death of civilization and the deification of the banal
Thinking of Chartres Cathedral, I ask myself, what, if anything, have we built in the past eight centuries, that compares to this? The iPad, computers, cell phones, the internet? Are…
ConCalls: Satire and Analysis Becomes Reality in #RoboCon
Ever wonder why Elec Canada didn't raid CPC hq. On robocalls? I know I do. See ipolitics @HarrisAuthor #cdnpoli— Michael Harris (@HarrisAuthor) March 24, 2014 In early March 2012, I…
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