The Canadian Progressive: Dr. James Hansen: Keystone XL, tar sands expansion...
By: Dr. James Hansen Today (May 9, 2013) 36 Norwegian organizations sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stoltenberg expressing opposition to development of Canadian tar sands by Statoil (the...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Premier Clark Should Reject Kinder Morgan’s...
By: Forest Ethics | Press Release VANCOUVER, June 13, 2013 – The National Energy Board (NEB) reports that a crude oil spill of unknown size was detected late Wednesday near Merritt, British Columbia...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: B.C. residents off to Fort McMurray to witness...
by: Council of Canadians | Press Release: Photo Credit: www.healingwalk.org VANCOUVER, June 28, 2013 – On July 4th, dozens of residents from Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley will be driving to...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: Chutzpah and corporate ‘self-regulation’ won’t make Canadians...
Rail tanker cars hang precariously over the Bow River in Calgary before their successful removal from a flood-damaged railway bridge last month. (Toronto Star photo.) Below: Humourist Leo Rosten, who...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Enbridge to delay required pipeline safety fix for...
Enbridge “will delay required crude oil pipeline safety fix for three more years”, according to a document received by the Council of Canadians via an access to information request. The post Enbridge...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. - Bill Gardner discusses the effect of inequality and poverty starting at birth: There are three important facts packed into this slide. First, the lines...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your holiday reading. - Paul Buchhelt discusses eight areas where privatization has proven to be a disaster in the U.S. – with one holding particular interest for Regina...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: ForestEthics sues Harper government over limits on...
A Vancouver-based environmental group ForestEthics and activist Donna Sinclair are suing the Harper government over new rules that drastically limit Canadians’ participation in pipeline project...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. - Not surprisingly, this week’s revelations about Pamela Wallin have set off plenty more discussion about what’s wrong with the Senate and its current...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Lana Payne writes that it’s long past time for Newfoundland and Labrador to boost its minimum wage: Last year, a statutory review of minimum wage, conducted...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: On patterns of behaviour
Sure, it’s tempting to treat Pamela Wallin’s role as a director of a failed oil sands firm as a personal commentary on the Cons and their Senate appointees. But the story is far more closely connected...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Alan Pyke observes that instead of reflecting any particular merit, massive payouts to CEOs are all too often made despite (or because of) executive...
View ArticleLeDaro: Conservative Party of Canada: New Logo
Oil shall drip all over North America, China and elsewhere.
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - Gordon Hoekstra reports on a study by British Columbia determining that Canada lacks any hope of containing the types of oil spills which will become inevitable if...
View ArticlePaul S. Graham: Video: No Prairie Pipeline
TransCanada Pipelines’ proposed “Energy East” pipeline project, which is intended to transport Alberta tar sands crude to eastern Canada, is meeting growing opposition from First Nations,...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. - Frances Russell discusses the dangers of Stephen Harper’s authoritarian democracy. And Michael Harris takes note of Harper’s decision to mete out career...
View ArticleLeft Over: *Yawn* Another ‘Scandal’ Masks the Real Issues
Senator Mike Duffy’s bombshell allegations raise more questions Duffy says PMO coached him to lie about source of $90,000 cheque CBC News Posted: Oct 29, 2013 6:02 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 29, 2013...
View ArticleLeft Over: Mulcair Seems Not to Care…
NDP vows to keep pressure on PM over Senate expenses NDP’s caucus chair speaks to media after meeting with MPs CBC News Posted: Oct 30, 2013 11:07 AM ET Last Updated: Oct 30, 2013 11:31 AM ET...
View ArticleAlberta Diary: A tale from the political crypt: a tip o’ Broadway Bob’s Top...
Bob McClelland spotted walking down a staircase in Victoria, circa November 1985. (Ancient Vancouver Sun photo.) Mr. McClelland didn’t know it yet, but forgiveness for his sins was at hand. Below:...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - John Ivison makes the case for more discussion of government spending rather than corruption and scandal. But it’s PressProgress leading the way in actually...
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