Share | Bookmark By Richard Fantin | Canadian Trends A new report has been released today slamming G20 police for “excessive force”. While damning, this report is a whitewash. It continues to play the “few bad apples” routine spewed after Bill Blair’s “vast criminal conspiracy” ended up being full of holes. This report makes ludicrous claims such as “the Toronto Police had trouble tracking the black bloc”, even though there is plenty of video evidence showing walls of riot police looking on while the “black bloc” destroyed property without interruptions with police screaming “disengage disengage” in the background. At the bottom of this post I will link a documentary of the G20 and you can decide...
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The IMF on what caused the UK’s debt
Share | BookmarkBy Duncan Weldon | October 2011 | TouchStone Earlier this week the IMF released its Regional Economic Outlook for Europe. The press picked up on the fact that it was reiterating its call for some countries (including specifically the UK and Germany) to slow the pace of cuts if growth falters. They made the same call in the most recent World Economic Outlook and Director Christine Lagarde urged policy makers not to ‘slam on the fiscal brakes’ in an FT article back in July. Given that this isn’t a new call I thought the chart below was perhaps the most interesting bit of analysis in the report. And something I’ll be returning to in a future blog. It...
Bill C-38 repeals the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act.
Share | Bookmark Originally posted here Mr. Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre, NDP) Mr. Speaker, we keep unearthing all these little treasures hidden deep in the bowels of Bill C-38 that we did not even realize were being snuck into this omnibus bill. Now we know why they were put there and their significance. Bill C-38 repeals the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act. This is the construction fair wages act for the federal jurisdiction. For 100 years, we have been fighting for fair wages and working conditions for the construction industry. It is an industry with a transient workforce. Contractors and the like can exploit desperate working people in the construction industry if we do not...
Now 4 billion people know the joy of txt
Share | BookmarkContentsNow 4 billion people know the joy of txtThe humble SMS is 20 years old… and a far more important invention than the flashier inventions that have followed it Now 4 billion people know the joy of txt The humble SMS is 20 years old… and a far more important invention than the flashier inventions that have followed it Published Sunday May 6 2012 | The Guardian By John Naughton Here’s a question: what’s bigger and far more important than Facebook? Hint: it’s very low-tech and doesn’t need a smartphone or even an internet connection. And this year marks its 20th birthday, which means that in internet time it’s 140 years old. Oh,...
