The Media Eats Us Alive–And We Pass it the Salt
The CRTC in Canada and the FCC in the USA are not designed to ensure the media plays its role as a free press educating citizens of the issues required for us all to be active participants in healthy functioning democracies. Those organizations are regulatory bodies designed to toss in a few show trial constraints [...]
The Liberal Party: The Other Half of Harper’s Majority
As much as this photo just plays into Stephen Harper’s quest for a majority government, it also truthfully reflects the tone of the Liberals: don’t vote, don’t act, choose to do nothing and let the Harper government have a functional majority. But as Jack Layton spoke to the BC NDP convention tonight, the tone of [...]
Logical Absurdities: Only Anti-Government Sentiments Are Political
So, US Iraqi war veterans who oppose the political mission, though presumably they support the troops [themselves, their comrades and friends], aren’t allowed to march in a Veterans Day Parade in Long Beach. “They do not fit the spirit of the parade,” she said. “The spirit being one of gratitude for what the veterans have [...]
Canada: "Economic Injustice for the Poor!"[tm]
Just to start off, any country that spends the post-Cold War period eroding its progressive tax system so that the richest 1% of families pay a lower tax rate than the poorest 10% of families is just offensive. And I don’t care about the relative dollar value of tax paid by these two groups. The [...]
Sam Sullivan’s Latest Re-Election Schemes, 54 Weeks[!] Before the Election
Today’s fresh new email from Mayor Sam Sullivan [see below] graced my email inbox with an upfront expression of his concern for the recent shootings in Vancouver. After the debacle of his attempt at union-breaking strike management he now wants to assure us he’s out to protect our lives. Start the email with fear and [...]
Child Sexual Abuse Treatment: BC Government Lies About Underfunding
Some lessons to heed from question period this week: 1. BC’s neoLiberal party abuses Freedom of Information requests to make themselves look good and justify leaving abused children vulnerable. 2. BC’s neoLiberal party has lied about the need for better funding for treating children who have suffered sexual abuse. 3. The installation of a Representative [...]
Sears is into Union Busting in the Lower Mainland
Taking a cue from the morally-repugnant labour tactics of Vancouver’s NPA, Sears has locked out IBEW 213 after they refused a take-it-or-leave-it concession-filled contract without even bringing it to their membership. Sears has also been involved in impeding unionization in Belleville in 2006. I’m sure Sears will blame it on the strong Canadian dollar. Service [...]
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