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Matt.
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Canada has 1.8 doctors per 1000, and 2.1 laywers per 1000. I second that motion.
Seriously, this guy wants to pick an argument with Matthew Good. Good is one of the most socially aware artists, Canadian to boot, that calls it […]
Stephen Lewis featured in CBC documentary
McMaster Daily News - Stephen Lewis featured in CBC documentary
CBC Television | the nature of things | stephen lewis: the man who couldn’t sleep
Seriously, if you have any social awareness and social empathy watch it, tonight at 8pm on CBC-TV — no excuse, there is nothing of quality or substance on at that time. […]
Show your respect
The Dominion Institute - Canada’s Last Great War Veteran Petition
CBC.ca - Petition calling for state funeral for WWI veteran gaining steam
“We the undersigned feel enormous gratitude for the sacrifice made by all the Canadian Armed Forces through the ages in defence of this country and its values; acknowledge the very special nature of the sacrifice […]
Privately funded public television?
InsideTheCBC.com | CBC Television now gets more money from advertising than taxpayers: Inside the CBC
“?English television now costs about $580 million in total, which includes Newsworld,” Stursberg said. “Of that, about $275 million comes from the public subsidy, and about $305 million comes from earned revenue. In other words, about 55 per cent of our […]
Just because he’s a rapper
AllHipHop.com : Daily Hip-Hop News - Lil’ Wayne Banned From Morgan State For Money Tossing Incident
Lil’ Wayne has been barred from performing at Morgan State University and may face criminal charges, after a homecoming concert went awry when the rapper’s entourage threw money into the crowd.
During Lil’ Wayne’s performance, members of his entourage tossed $20, […]
Stroumbo up for a Gemini - Go vote!
If you are fan of Stroumbo, and enjoy a fresh take on the news of the day on his show The Hour on CBC Newsworld, then go vote for him at the
21st Geminis: Viewers Choice Award - Lifestyle Host.
FYI, The Hour has made it to the main network starting this fall after The National, at […]
No Trust in Government
and for many, no more money in income trusts.
CBC.ca - TSX tumbles on income trust reaction
TheStar.com - Flaherty stands firm
During the January 23, 2006 election campaign, Harper promised to preserve income trusts by “not imposing any new taxes on them“. Well, while you were out trick or treating with the kids…. they did.
The […]
Ready for Black Wednesday?
Flaherty imposes new tax on income trusts
Hey Jim, thanks a lot for the impending plummetting of my income trust investments tomorrow. Good job! Seriously, I knew the children, the environment, the low income households, the sick (I could go on.., ok one more), and canines would get the shaft from “Canada’s New Government”, […]
It is the thought that counts
Boing Boing: African tech billionaire offers $5 mil for best African prez
The hope is that cash incentives for good governance might serve as a counter-balance and change the ways of those presidents that are instead ilegally making millions from oil, diamonds, illegal contracts and corruption.
Seriously, the perpetual illegal millions from oil, diamonds, and corruption or […]
Canadian Military Fit is as can be
Military drops fitness test for new recruits
Looks like all those donuts and double-doubles at the Tim Horton’s in Kandahar are fatting up our military. So to be fair to the new recuits back home the fitness test has been dropped. So if you can’t do 19 pushups, 19 situps, and run a couple […]