Rob Ford is Not a Nice Man #TOpoli
If you defended Rob Ford during his election campaign in 2010, I would have simply said you made a mistake. His angry outbursts against the media, and his ridiculous comments…
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Last day to help fund Great Bear Rainforest wilderness cameras
BC-based conservation group Pacific Wild deploys stunning imagery to help protect the Great Bear Rainforest from the impacts of logging, salmon farms and, in recent years, proposed oil tanker traffic.…
VON Grey Bruce — Nobody respects a cheapskate
Sometimes the government and its contract health providers just don’t know where to draw the line between fiscal responsibility and simply being cheap. Nobody respects a cheapskate except for other…
Mental Health: Strike looming over province’s failed promise
Hopefully Kingston Mayor Mark Gerretsen made some phone calls yesterday. Having met with unionized staff members from Frontenac Community Mental Health and Addictions Services, he expressed concern about a potential…
Ex-Harper advisor slams Canada’s Keystone XL pipeline promotion
WASHINGTON – A former Harper government appointee used a keynote speech at a Washington event Monday to trample Canadian authorities’ message on oil pipelines while describing the country as an…
On the “decline” of Madrid, the state re-appropriation of public space, and strange hope
Reblogged from Contentious Politics in an Age of Austerity: Cristina Flesher Fominaya During the Global Justice Movement the constant refrain in Madrid’s movement network was how to break out of…
New Review of "Marxism and Social Movements"
Reblogged from Shadows of Tender Fury: Mark Bergfeld has penned an insightful review of “Marxism and Social Movements” (Brill, 2013) in the latest issue of Oxford Left Review. The text…
Greetings from Winnipeg, you infidel atheists!
Just in case we waver and forget how the base Conservative actually views those of us who have eschewed organised religion: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/seasons-greetings—-even-to-infidel-atheists-pallister-234034381.html Conservative Leader Brian Pallister says he didn’t mean…
Today’s austerity will be tomorrow’s professional shortage
During the November meeting of the Canadian Health Professional Secretariat, our colleagues in British Columbia let us know that they are seeing increasing numbers of health professionals migrate there from…
The Debt
Watched most of “The Debt” and would watch the rest later if it was convenient to do so. It’s about spies in East Germany attempting to kidnap a Nazi. The…
A Good Solution For Leamington (& Ontario & Canada)
Surely there’s a better solution than to just shut down the Heinz plant in Leamington. Some thoughts on the road we should follow.
Outbreak equals opportunity
It’s the things that go wrong in the health system that often preoccupy us. While we frequently look for big answers, it is often in the everyday efforts that real…
This afternoon’s CTV True North political panel
Had a blast on Todd van der Heyden’s show this afternoon with NDP’er Rebecca Blaikie and one of the nicest Tories around, Michael Taube. We start talking about Liberal leader…
#cdnpoli Spying On You
The G20 scandal just got broader. Besides Canadian police massively violating protester’s rights, the NSA appears to have been assisted by CSEC to illegally spy on Canadians in Ontario for…
Made in Canada Scam Plan #cdnpoli
Conservatives are stalling, as they have been for nearly 8 years on both Senate reform and climate change action. .@mikedesouza Only 7 years ago the Made In Canada plan for…
Harris had to stop hospital cuts after two years – what about Wynne?
When Health Minister Deb Matthews spoke at the closing of this year’s Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) HealthAchieve, the hall was two-thirds empty. Only two days before there was standing room…
The Ford Nation, Perils of Populism and Public Choice
Watching Rob Ford in the recent weeks reminds me of what John Ralston Saul once wrote of Benito Mussolini and his contemporary reincarnation in Silvio Berlusconi: “He was the nascent…
Oil and Tobacco
It’s worth remembering that marketers should not drive scientific research. Cigarettes are dangerous? We’d better make them appear less dangerous so they will still sell. I know, let’s filter the…
Funding “reform” has CEOs chasing hospital mergers
In a perfect world hospitals would be publicly funded to meet the health needs of their communities. That would be it. When the government started talking about funding reform, the…
Lights from Space
Tragic fire from space. Check out Mars in great detail. – More link dumping: –Teach your kid how to share. An excellent list of free programs, and ones you cannot…