Without getting into the merits (or the politics) of Justin Trudeau’s call for the legalization of marijuana (of which I think there are many — one of the numerous reasons…
This government page will almost certainly disappear at some point on the original website, so here is a backup: Climate change is a long term shift in weather patterns. Since…
Reblogged from John Klein – Regina: The big debate between Jim Holmes of Regina Water Watch, and Mayor Fougere of the City of Regina, took place Wednesday evening at an…
Reblogged from LBO News from Doug Henwood: These are comments I delivered at a panel on The Making of Global Capitalism, by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, at the Rethinking…
Today, for an hour, I swam with Vivaldi. Not the actual composer, of course. He died in 1741 at the age of 63. Would have made a mess of the…
Former Ontario PC Leader John Tory says his successor should take “the right to work stuff and get rid of it.” Speaking last night on TVO’s The Agenda, Tory says…
John Wright, The Scarborough Hospital’s (TSH) former CEO once proudly told staff that they were among the first in Canada to have a Vice-President of Patient Experience. While there is…
We’re getting pretty excited about a new short documentary that OPSEU will be releasing soon on the impact of the mis-named “right-to-work” movement in the United States. The Ontario Conservatives…
Contrary to the much publicized Fraser Institute press releases accusing the public sector of abusing sick leave allowances, earlier today Statistics Canada issued a report suggesting there is in fact…
Kathleen Wynne should pay attention to recent reports that jobs are becoming a growing issue in Ontario. Earlier this week Statistics Canada noted that the number of unemployed people per…
The world of advertising has been at a crossroads for some time. The advent of digital more than a decade ago has taken most ‘traditional’ advertisers by surprise and left…
Reblogged from Real-World Economics Review Blog: from Dean Baker Many economists and business writers view the duration and severity of the downturn as being a mystery. They argue that it…
Just when I was saying that we should blog about less, here comes General Leslie with his sexy announcement. Let the riding speculation begin! My guess, Ottawa-Orleans. Strong military community…
Good old visitor logs, shining light on the hogs. These are also the only times that the names of Tkachuk, then chairman of the Senate’s internal economy committee, and Gerstein,…
Earlier this year we posted a link to a video presentation by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff that was supposed to be delivered to the food industry. The Ontario Medical Association got…
Reblogged from The Working Class Heroes: The Anti Austerity Alliance will challenge the austerity parties, Labour, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, in next year’s local elections. After a meeting of…
Reblogged from Real-World Economics Review Blog: This graph which refers to the United States is from Derek Thompson’s article in The Atlantic Read more… 75 more words
Last week we wrote about a possible Scarborough-Rouge Valley hospital merger that threatens an innovative local food program. We tweeted our story to Toronto chef Joshna Maharaj , a rising…
It is somewhat astonishing to see PC Randy Hillier vote against a Tory private member’s bill that would free construction giant EllisDon from a 55-year-old obligation to hire only unionized…
At a time when the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is advocating an end to “defined benefit” (DB) pensions, the latest retirement index suggests that the alternate “defined contribution”…
