$3B Question.. Cry For Science.. MP's Polar Bear Letter Slammed

April 30, 2013 Subscribe · Forward The 3 Billion Dollar Question The federal government isn't monitoring whether billions spent on anti-terrorism measures since 2001 are meeting the desired objectives and can't account for $3.1 billion, Auditor General Michael Ferguson found in his spring report released today.  Continue reading... Tory MP Slammed For Polar Bear Letter Reserve Swamped In Sewage A Cry For Science In Canada LOOK: 'Any Race Except Caucasian' Posting For CBC Job WATCH: MP Defends 'Root Causes' Quip, Slams 'Pseudo-Intellectuals' Tory MP Denounces Trudeau Ads LOOK: 'Any Race Except Caucasian' Posting For CBC Job Auditor General: Aboriginal Programs Awry LOOK: 'Any Race Except Caucasian' Posting For CBC Job Roméo Dallaire's New Mission WATCH: MP Defends 'Root Causes' Quip, Slams 'Pseudo-Intellectuals' ADAM KINGSMITH The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada Less than a generation ago, Canada was a world leader when it came to the fundamental democratic freedoms of assembly, speech and information. So perhaps it is time for us Canadians to wake up and smell the suppression -- no longer are censorships solely the purview of tin-pot dictators in far away regimes. Continue reading... J.J. MCCULLOUGH Media Bites: The Sad State of B.C. Politics The 40th British Columbia General Election is a dreary race between dreadful choices. That's an easy thing to say about any election, granted, but the sad state of B.C. politics is truly the stuff apathy was designed for. The final droplets of ideology, vision, principle, passion, and leadership having long since drained from this province's governing class, there's now nothing left but empty partisan squabbling. Continue reading... KEVIN GRANDIA With Kinder Morgan, Clark Will Destroy Vancouver According to Tourism Vancouver, in 2011 visitors to our city spent an estimated $92 million, and "cruise passengers increased by 15 per cent over 2010. Between May and October 2011, Port Metro Vancouver welcomed 663,425 passengers on 27 different vessels over 199 cruise ship calls." While Vancouver has many amazing attractions, restaurants and cultural centers, it is the ocean and all the nature around that bring people from all over the world to visit our city. Quite frankly, if it wasn't for the amazing oceanscapes and natural beauty, Vancouver would be nothing more than a small version of... wait for it... Toronto. Continue reading... MARNI SOUPCOFF The Week In Review: HuffPost Bloggers Bravely Commit Sociology This week, the debate raged on over the "root causes" of terrorism. On CBC's Power & Politics, Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre took a literalist approach, declaring the root causes of terrorism to be terrorists. On HuffPost, the analysis ran a little deeper, with many suggested causes, including oppressive foreign policy. "The root cause [of terrorism] is only depravity," wrote one blogger, Lauryn Oates. "The line between seeking to understand this depravity, and seeking to justify it, is fine and must be tread upon with care." Whatever one's perspective, that's advice worth heeding. Continue reading... SAM TSEMBERIS How Economic Action Plan 2013 Could End Homelessness in Canada Something largely overlooked by wide media coverage of the federal government's Economic Action Plan 2013 was that it marked a significant change in the way we will tackle homelessness in this country. The policy lens dramatically shifts from supports for "helping the homeless" to "ending homelessness." Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.