A few weeks ago, Mika and Zak, two harp seal pups at the aquarium in Iles-de-la-Madelaine, were issued a death sentence by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans…
Month: September 2012
Corporate reality is as bad as it sounds
Sitting at home for dinner with friends—a married couple in their late twenties and mid-thirties—who are visiting from America, the conversation quickly turns sour.
In Romney’s Words
Leave it to a secret recording of Mitt Romney giving a speech to wealthy donors to teach us more about the man behind the Etch-a-Sketch. If what he said is to be believed as genuine thought then I’d have to say the leaders of the Republican Party haven’t grown in intelligence since George W.
Quebec’s asbestos industry gone for good?
Canada will finally be reversing its controversial status on asbestos, thanks in part to the PQ’s new anti-asbestos policy. What this means in terms of […]
Occupy Wall Street One Year Later (Infographic)
It’s been one year since protestors first took to the streets of New York and the world to protest inequality, corporate greed, and corruption. To […]
Everyone’s A Crazy Critic
Hard times usually bring out the crazy in people, whether it’s economic hardship in the United States or political adversity in the Middle East (or vice versa). Religious radicals tend to thrive in these environments, but as this past week has shown, the misapplication of the freedom of speech is all that is required to demonstrate the ugliness of our societies.
If Harper is Statesman of the Year, then it must be 1984
George Orwell taught us that sometimes, with the right reinforcement, war is peace. This week, the Appeal of Conscience Foundation in New York proved that […]
Feds thumb nose at Quebec demand for gun data
Does anyone remember the concept of “open federalism?” That was the anti-centralist concept of Canada espoused by the Reform party back in the early 90’s that said the role of the feds should be limited to those areas that the provincial government either can’t or won’t do themselves.
Education for the Sake of Education. Who Woulda Thunk It?
I wonder how and when we stopped studying for the sake of learning. Why must it be an investment? A must? A pressure?
Reality-checking the “fact checkers”
I’d like to challenge this assumption that fact checkers are a force for good, if only for a moment. Because after scratching beneath the surface, it doesn’t appear that “fact checkers” are any more reliable than the “facts” they’re checking…