No One is asking “Where’s the Beef?”
XL Foods targeted for takeover by Brazilian company CBC online Oct. 18, 2012 If anyone in this country needed to rationalize the road to vegetarianism for any reason at all,…
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Shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic: E. coli-plagued Brooks packer handed off to Brazilian owned multinational
Deckchairs on the Titanic. The situation in the head office of XL Foods may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: The JBS logo. The U.S. arm of a giant Brazilian…
Guns, Gun Control, and the Gays
I shot a handgun for the first time in my life earlier this month. I was visiting some friends in America for one of their birthdays, and as one of…
Clean Coal?
Romney said during the first debate there is an “Economy Tax”, and the US “can continue to burn clean coal”. Neither exists. The former was his attempt to coin a…
After a month with an iPad
As I’ve mentioned here many times before, I’ve been an iPhone user for several years. When the iPad was released 2.5 years ago, I wanted one of course, being a…
LSUC Publishes Articling Task Force Report
This article was originally published on www.LFTI.ca The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)’s articling task force has released its final report on its proposed solution for what has been…
Rachlis tireless in myth-busting around health care sustainability
It’s good to see Dr. Michael Rachlis on the opinion pages of today’s Toronto Star. Rachlis has been tireless in his myth-busting around the sustainability of health care. As he…
Report Says Women Drivers Cause Homosexuality
Saudi Arabia is one of the only countries in the world that forbids women from driving. Any woman caught behind the wheel there is subject to arrest and lashings. Amidst…
Nothing like getting paid!
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“Newsworthiness”
Last September, NPR write about the Occupy Wall St. protests that were happening in New York City. People got upset. They complained to the NPR Ombudsman The executive editor for…
In the age of Lean, why are health care providers telling their workers to shut up?
As a public sector union we are often left to speak for those who can’t. Members often face reprisals and discipline from their employer if they speak publicly about problems…
Event: P3 Privatization of St. Mary’s and the Kingston Psychiatric Hospitals
Economist David MacDonald and Ontario Health Coalition director Natalie Mehra will be among panelists speaking at a public meeting in Kingston October 26 on the privatization of proposed replacement for…
Armchair quarterbacks
Everyone obviously has an opinion about the iPhone 5, but sometimes it’s just funny to read. Here’s one (from the obviously well-respected Woz, but still): Arrogant Apple should build a…
Hospitals: Let’s get the cuts out in the open
When faced with underfunding, should hospital CEOs make clear the consequences, or should they quietly find ways to cut services that may be less noticeable to the public? For the…
ConCalls: Israeli Ambassador Told Canadian MP to Stay Home
A little strange news linked to the election fraud of last year: The Liberal MP Borys W., who led the case to have Etobicoke Centre’s results overturned successfully, was once…
Tired of the high cost of hospital parking? Try not paying
If there is one universal issue that irks Ontario hospital patients, it’s hefty parking charges. In many towns the only “pay” parking is at the hospital. Where there are commercial…
Divide and Conquer…
Logging of old-growth forest mulled by B.C. government CBC online Oct 10, 2012 Can anyone think of a more emotional hot point to distract BCers from the resumption of the…
(Almost) The Last Picture Show….
Granville’s last movie theatre closes CBC online Oct 10,2012 I was shocked to read that this is the last of the Granville theatres..when I left Vancouver a few years ago,…
You Had Me (Choking) at Affordable…
This morning, I had to control my urge to laugh while reading: Affordable Housing Canada: Housing Boom, Government Cutbacks Create ‘Rent Squeeze’ by Rachel Mendleson in HuffPost Oct 4, 2012…
Last days of free market capitalism and the true believer
Being an unapologetic capitalist is not all that it’s cracked up to be. John Hancock, senior counsellor at the World Trade Organization, was sweating profusely as he told his audience…