Deb Matthews enters paid blood donation debate
Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews has asked Health Canada to delay licensing of three new clinics that would pay donors for blood plasma. This new clinics represent a fundamental change…
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Could the Wynne government do a u-turn on austerity?
It didn’t get much coverage in the mainstream media, but last week the big banks told Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to take his foot off the brake when it…
Tarsand Analogy
This is an unpolished analogy of Canada’s attitude toward the tarsand/climate change problem. Let’s say Canada is a person complaining about their weight (they think their carbon footprints are too…
RIP Pressing Politics: The blogging days are over
I knew today would come eventually, and it finally has. I started this blog last year partially out of boredom and partially as a vice. Now it’s time to put…
WikiLeaks: Hollywood Hatchet, Swedish Swindle
The problem with how Sweden, the UK, and the United States have been treating Julian Assange of Wikileaks, has dragged on for years. It’s left the foremost journalist in the…
Not A Lot
Not much to say tonight, except it was a busy and fulfilling weekend, with lots of community gathering, and plenty of optimism for the Spring, gardens, cycling, busing, and all…
Two books on Human Security
I have two books on human security coming out this year, which have both just gone to production. The first is a Sage Major work on Human Security, which is…
Subsidizing Reality in BC
B.C. premier’s office mobbed over child-care costs CBC News Posted: Mar 9, 2013 4:49 PM PT Lots of people complain that those who cannot afford childcare should simply stay home,…
Wall’s Leaky Logic
Brad Wall went to Washington in order to pitch the Keystone XL pipeline project. In doing so, he made some really absurd claims, that CTV failed to juxtapose against the…
Stompin’ Tom Connors Stomps Out
Farewell to a Canadian music legend who made folk music cool. Stompin’ Tom is bound to provoke cultural references for years to come. Listen to Corb Lund’s cover of Stompin’…
Premier Wynne – Important memo re public health care
Memo: To the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier, Province of Ontario From: Your new pals at OPSEU Diablogue Dear Premier Wynne – Imagine our surprise when we discovered in today’s newspaper…
Kingston P3: John Gerretsen should know better
As a Minister of the Crown, Kingston MPP John Gerretsen should know better. At yesterday’s anti-privatization rally in front of his Kingston constituency office, Gerretsen was steadfast in his assertion…
Over $400 a day to Travel
Wrote this a couple weeks ago, and forgot to publish it. Here it is, in some hindsight. *** The math outlines the extreme expense incurred by Conservative Senator Pamela Wallin…
The Empress Has No Clothes…..
B.C. Liberals face budget vote amid ‘ethnic-vote’ scandal Premier Christy Clark doesn’t rule out possibility of scandal forcing her out CBC News Posted: Mar 5, 2013 7:04 AM PT Clark,…
How to Critique Wealth Inequality without Caring about Poor People
This video on wealth inequality in the United States is currently making the rounds on social media – in my universe anyway – and it got me thinking. It has…
Thinking Is Not Hard
Thinking is not hard to do, but some people treat it like others should do it for them. Clicking that link may be painful, as it has details of a…
Kingston to launch P3 plebiscite campaign today – and we’re part of it
Moshe Safdie is one of Canada’s most celebrated architects. Best known for Habitat 67, a model community housing complex built for Expo 67, Safdie is also the architect behind both…
*hack hack cough cough*
Susan on the Soapbox is sick. Stay tuned. Professor Matthew Hay … assailed by the furies of typhoid, measles, influenza, whooping cough and scarlet fever (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
How one nice guy made a lousy day a little bit better.
This is the true story of how a bad day became a pretty good day thanks to one act of kindness. On Saturday morning, I thought I would join my…
Who Benefits from M&A?
The Globe and Mail (Feb 28) reports that “in the past few years…Canada’s resource plays have attracted international attention, and Canada has punched above its weight in generating fees for…