In Washington and Ottawa, signs of political unwillingness and inaction for Syrian intervention are beginning to show. All signs suggest a concerted misleading effort to […]
Year: 2013
Conservative State Television: Harper’s secret CBC takeover
As Canadians we respect our crown corporations. We take pride in owning our own national and provincial services such as Canada post, Via Rail and Hydro Quebec
P-6 Power Trip: How the SPVM may be ignoring their own script
447 people detained at a May Day march Wednesday, some for as long as six hours without food, water or access to a bathroom. Elementary […]
Terrorism inside out: Rethinking Bill S-7 and the causes of radicalization
Conservatives and Liberals joined in the House last Wednesday despite NDP opposition, to pass the Combating Terrorism Act. Passing this legislation, otherwise known as bill […]
Can we save and re-purpose the Royal Victoria Hospital? A Scottish baronial opportunity
The MUHC (McGill University Health Centre) intends to sell several major properties, including the Montreal Children’s Hospital, the Montreal Thoracic Institute and Royal Victoria Hospital, as a means to […]
The Conservative Unthinking Majority
It’s amazing how Canadians elect politicians who refuse to analyze the country’s problems, but that’s what we did when we handed Stephen Harper and his Tories a majority government. The Conservatives try and pride themselves as being the party of action
Cité des Familles: How Montreal needs action not studies and condos to stop exodus to the suburbs
The Tremblay and Applebaum administrations have both done the exact same thing – nothing – to actually facilitate family living in the city, or even the actual establishment of the bare services to make the city a place where one lives a more interactive existence. Current city living is capsule living, sanitized and overtly corporate
How Republicans are killing Santa Claus
Taking a look at President Barack Obama’s latest budget proposal, you’ll find it trims Social Security benefits for millions and concentrates very heavily on deficit reduction. What you might not realize is that Obama is playing right into the hands of a decades old Republican strategy
Getting high for a cause
3… 2… 1… 4/20! And with that, the smoke floated en masse up towards the emblematic clock tower that signifies Canadian parliament. Even though I didn’t smoke, […]
Political Profiling: The Habs, Instagram and the SPVM
They’re not even trying to hide it anymore. Montreal’s police force, the SPVM, is now openly engaging in political profiling. Over the past few months, […]