LHINs — Opening up the “integration” process
The Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) were supposed to bring health service decision-making much closer to the communities. At the core of that decision-making is the integration process. As we…
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Future Proof: Ice Storms
Last year Shane vlogged about ice storms. Let’s not wait until a big storm hits Saskatchewan before we future proof our homes being built today. You can check out Shane’s…
Neil Young Rocks
Neil Young’s war of words against the Tar Sands defenders (aka Stephen Harper and Dirty Oil Money) is welcome.
Neil Young’s credibility takes an atomic hit.
First, a few kind words about Neil Young. I like some of his music, if not so much his singing. He hasn’t been afraid to write politically aware songs, which…
Briefs: Temporary LTC inspectors, LHIN documents, NHS interim CEO departs and more
Last June Health Minister Deb Matthews announced all 633 Ontario long-term care homes would receive a “comprehensive annual inspection” known more technically as a “resident quality inspection” (RQI). A deadline…
Lockout at UNB
University of New Brunswick has locked out professors. NEW THIS MORNING: #UNB fulltime faculty on the picket line, classes on #Fredericton, #SaintJohn campuses suspended. http://t.co/HHnNjZsKIZ— Nick Moore (@NickMooreCTV) January 13,…
ConCalls: Fantino RoboCop Faces More #elxnfraud Scrutiny
Liddy thinks that a note she sent to Elections Canada may have lit a fire. In that note, she told investigators that she had also alerted the RCMP to a…
Fix for Windows XP not updating on Windows Update
I recently reinstalled Windows XP SP2 on a Dell Vostro laptop, and Windows Update wouldn’t work. I knew malware wasn’t the cause, it’s a bug in Microsoft’s Windows Update and…
The Rise of Finance [1/4] – YouTube
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLhiXBRrj94Pclgi3CCOg3_1j5jAV0yEik&v=sMmNVA-90NE&feature=plpp John Peters on unions, pensions and the rise of finance. Filed under: Uncategorized
Countering Colonization (and other great books)
So University of California Press has just made 700 of its books available for online reading (to read on a tablet you have to copy paste into some other program…
Marx and Engels on the State
Reblogged from Bob Jessop: This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘Marx and Engels on the state’, in S. Hibbin, ed., Politics,…
The Radical Left in Europe: An Outline – Transform Network
http://transform-network.net/en/journal/issue-132013/news/detail/Journal/the-radical-left-in-europe-an-outline.html Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Socialism, the Left
Nothing Left? In Search Of (a new) Social Democracy
http://www.social-europe.eu/2014/01/a-new-social-democracy/ Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: social democracy, the Left
The Veil of Oppression?
Hair is the western woman’s veil The west is fixated on Muslim veils, but all women’s hair is bound in ideals of femininity, and a source of male judgment Arwa…
Keep it to yourself, it’s my life: On solitude, simplicity and trust in yourself
(A rough draft. I don’t usually release any writing that has not been proof-read at least a few times. Even though I rarely edit, I still like to look it…
Blogroll Overhauled
Letting you all know, the Kersplebedeb blogroll has been fixed and is now up and running. Dozens of blogs and other websites are indexed and will have their articles automatically…
20% Off at Leftwingbooks.net — AND THEN VACATION
So here’s the deal: until January 17th (next Friday), everything at leftwingbooks.net is 20% off, so long as you order $10 or more. This discount can be used as many…
PRISM: Telcos Violating Privacy
It apparently doesn’t matter if the Canadian spy agencies don’t spy on Canadians. To be clear though, the Ed Snowden leaks make it clear that they do spy on us.…
Renovate or start over — which way forward for the LHINs?
“The LHINs tell me time after time that they do not have the autonomy you say they do. They do as you tell them to do.” – Liberal MPP Donna…
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was…