The high cost of subsidizing Wal-Mart’s profits
Reblogged from Systemic Disorder: Each United States Wal-Mart costs taxpayers nearly $1 million because of the miserably low pay at the same time that the four heirs to the Wal-Mart…
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Obama’s NSA is the East German Stasi of our time
German leader flat out states that Obama’s government is little better than the East German Stasi. “In an angry exchange with Barack Obama, Angela Merkel has compared the snooping practices…
Mental Health Care: Two stories, two different parts of the province
Back in the early 2000s when the economy was booming more than a quarter of million Ontarians experiencing serious mental illness could not find a job. Mental illness and poverty…
He Didn’t See It Coming
Picking the exact date for the end of the world, without scientific evidence to back you up, makes you a fool. Harold Camping was a fool, and unscrupulous and foolish…
What’s a 9-letter word for obsessive preoccupation with one’s self?
Behold, the taxpayer-funded, Brian Jean crossword puzzle!
Rosie DiManno, the quintessential blogger.
Having never been a fan of Rosie DiManno, this is by way of apology. She deserves a further read. This is because of today’s epic by Rosie that so scathingly…
Peter Van Loan knows his base!
Peter Van Loan worries about the effects of the so-called Reform Act: Van Loan believes there are “real problems” with the Reform Act. He says the bill may be well-intentioned…
Conservatives Are Not Responsible
Conservatives are not responsible for your neighbour’s children. Your neighbour’s children will be paying off debts incurred by Conservative Ministers, however. Conservatives only feel responsible for your neighbour’s children when…
The new Canadian Plague: Have We all been Infected?
Sadly, Rob Ford epitomises what Canada has become With his crack smoking and drunken misbehaviour, Toronto’s mayor personifies our crude, swaggering, bungling New Canada Robert Hays in the Guardian Fri…
Ontario sixth province to fill in gaps in refugee health coverage
It was last January when we stood shivering outside the Ministry of Health with a group of young activists concerned about federal cuts to refugee health coverage. A year ago…
Authenticity, freedom and compassion: To thine own self be true
“What if we choose not to do the things we are supposed to do? The principal gain is a sense of an authentic act – and an authentic life. It…
Gag orders
Yesterday, on the CTV True North Political Panel, we were going to be chatting about this super stupid lifetime gag rule that Parliamentarians were trying to impose upon staffers. We…
PSW Strike: A real-life Dickens tale here in Ontario
It’s day three of the Red Cross Care Partners (RCCP) strike and the weather is freezing. 4,500 personal support workers across the province went on strike Wednesday after the Service…
Another $220 Million Down the Tubes
Enough with the big ‘ribbon cutting’ handouts to corporations. Stop it. Please.
Future Federal surplus? Use it for health care say Canadians
There is little doubt that the Harper government intends to start the tax cuts rolling again as soon as it reaches a balanced budget, but are Canadians really looking at…
Canada Post: Deflection Perfection
The cuts to Canada Post: absolute perfection when it comes to deflection from the real issues facing Canadians.
The (Distilled) Politics of the Canada Post Cuts
Stop boo-hooing about the cuts to Canada Post and start putting together a vision for the future.
Driving a Nail into the Foot of Tourism
Canada shouldn’t bend to the American desire to insulate the continent from people outside our borders. Stop harming our tourism industry by making travel here even more difficult. If people…
ConCalls: Election Fraud Makes You Look Electable
MP Adams can pay for her own damn toothpaste, then drink $16 Oda Juice. ottawacitizen.com/life/Elections… #elxnfraud #CPC #cdnpoli— Saskboy K. (@saskboy) December 11, 2013 I think over $500 for personal…
Huffington Post: Big Brother is Unstoppable……
I don’t think I’m alone in this..I hate Facebook and the site has morphed into..a crassly capitalist commercial, 24/7…and after telling us that they would use whatever images we had…