Federal government compromises the safety of more than a half million Canadians
I guess I’ll call and find out if I’m one of them. Stay tuned. Thanks for nothing, Harper.
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Hard Drive with Student Loan borrowers Personal Info Went Missing
The federal government has called in the RCMP to investigate what could be one of the largest privacy lapses in Canadian history, after losing a non-encrypted external hard drive containing…
#IdleNoMore University of Regina Round Dance
Cadmus Delorme started off the speaking without a mic (and was audible!). Here he is with some amplification. Let’s amplify his message over the Internet, also. The noon hour finished…
Can David Bertschi Please Stay Positive?
Running for leader when you have no chance to win is one thing, but attacking Trudeau’s family is another. For a campaign “of ideas,” Bertchi certainly has a lot of…
Climate Change Explained
By Bob McDonald, Quirks & Quarks The end of the Kyoto Protocol, and our inability to do something about rising carbon emissions, is like arguing over rising water in the…
Canadians paying billions more for drugs without Pharmacare
UBC professor Steve Morgan has been writing a series of excellent BLOGs on Healthy Debate this month about the need for Pharmacare in Canada. As Morgan stated last November, our…
Tarred and Feathered
It’s one of those “I told you so” findings, as the toxic fingerprint of tarsand oil production is found in distant lakes supposedly unaffected by the decades of strip mining.…
Bargaining: St. Elizabeth drops from top employer lists
There used to be a time when St. Elizabeth Health Care boasted of making Canada’s Top 50 employer list. They used to talk about how their happy staff didn’t need…
High School Isn’t What It Used To Be
Imagine the embarrassment of being a teenager again, except now your source of torment is not limited to forced school interaction with ruthless bullies, but now occurs at home and…
Confused about Attawapiskat?
You’re not alone. We are being bombarded with mixed messages, a concerted effort to discredit Chief Spence and a big dose of bullshit, in some cases. If you are longing…
ConCalls: Are Canadian Elections Unfair Now? #RoboCon
Two people today questioned my point that Canadian elections are growing unfair, and so produce questionable results. This lack of a clear, and legitimate winner of elections erodes peace and…
More on the OLP leadership convention and bloggers
After rumours that the Ontario Liberal Party wouldn’t be allowing bloggers’ access to the upcoming leadership convention, I’m happy to hear this. I’m running to be a delegate – for…
Too frank for the food industry
Last year Dr. Yoni Friedhoff was invited by the Ontario Medical Association to speak at a small food industry association breakfast. Just days before the event, the organizers uninvited Dr.…
You win, Ubuntu, take my money now
In my last post, Ubuntu Phone, I talked about the concept for Ubuntu Phone that’s been floating around. Now, it seems the concept may be closer to reality. Take a…
Sandra in iPolitics
I get asked, often, what Sandra’s like – truthfully, she is exactly who she presents herself to be, which is sometimes a rarity in politics. Not only smart, savvy and…
A News Hope
I missed this Rap News from last May. You won’t want to miss it. If it’s confusing though, you’ve got fifty minutes of documentary catch-up, plus some news footnotes to…
Mazza in the Globe
I have many things to say about this but due to a generous court settlement, I can’t.
Hit TV series reminds us why we need a public health system
Several years ago musician and labour advocate Tom Juravich reminded us that popular culture can be a means of comprehending an issue at a much deeper level than traditional political…
Oh Kay, That’s Low
“The doctors haven’t actually examined Ms. Spence. They seem more like political cheerleaders with medical-school degrees.” (fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/01/04/barbara-kay-on-theresa-spence-you-call-that-a-hunger-strike) But Barbara Kay has examined Chief Spence? She questions the seriousness of the…
We all contribute to multi-million dollar CEO compensation packages
As we flail managers in the public sector for their annual bonuses, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives reminds us who is hauling down the really big bucks at everyone’s…