This time Mexico isn’t invited, but on February 4, 2011, Stephen Harper and Barack Obama announced a new era of the SPP. Today, the Government of Canada announced [see the press release below] a 5-week consultation process “with all levels of government and with communities, non-governmental organizations and the private sector, as well as with [...]
Several days ago, I wrote about how a “BC Grown” sign at an East Vancouver Safeway was atop a display consisting entirely of imported fruit. The store’s assistant manager blamed a produce clerk for not removing the sign from days early. She also said she had never heard a complaint about this kind of false [...]
Update, 8:00am 9.15.10: I spoke with the Safeway’s assistant manager yesterday afternoon. Her responses: she sounded like she was going to reprimand the produce fellow who gave me the dull stare staff are supposed to change the signs, but sometimes they don’t [bad staff, bad!] if the majority of the fruit on the top [but [...]
Imtiaz Popat and I celebrated Labour Day on “The Rational” last night. The video podcast is below. We discussed: Labour Day my Labour Day article today: “Labour Day, Dignity and Doubling the CPP” volunteer labour dignity for seniors doubling the CPP because $11,000/year is unacceptable BC’s pathetic minimum wage a fall federal election could lead [...]
We already know the National Post is aimed at the right wing, American republican-loving, conservative, anti-progressive markets in Canada. On the weekend we saw a shining example of the kind of delusion and hyperbole that is fit for the front page [albeit, below the fold] in a story about pregnant “illegal” Mexicans invading the USA: [...]
