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The Ranting Canadian: Interview with Glen “the Hamilton Kid” of the Steeltown...

Interview with Glen “the Hamilton Kid” of the Steeltown Spoilers: The above link is to an interview with Glen “the Hamilton Kid” of the punk band Steeltown Spoilers. Glen talks about his band of...

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The Ranting Canadian: Jim Flaherty, the most incompetent finance minister in...

Jim Flaherty, the most incompetent finance minister in Canadian history, released his pathetic 2013 budget on March 21 and almost immediately snuck off to Hong Kong, en route to Thailand. He only...

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The Ranting Canadian: SNC-Lavalin + Canadian politicians = organized crime...

SNC-Lavalin + Canadian politicians = organized crime The thoroughly corrupt SNC-Lavalin has its dirty mitts in a bunch of lucrative federal and provincial projects across Canada, despite being tainted...

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The Ranting Canadian: Here are some unintentionally hilarious excerpts from...

Here are some unintentionally hilarious excerpts from an old interview with Jim Flaherty, Canada’s worst finance minister. The article was published by the pro-Conservative (and plagiarism-tolerant)...

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Politics and Entertainment: Inform your "fiscally conservative" friends...

#neoliberalism Under Flaherty the #cdnecon since 2006 has been a debt-fuelled financialized one only with little real production, productivity, or significantly increased employment to drive demand....

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Politics and Entertainment: The issue is not #capitalism under new...

More and more I tend to agree with George Monbiot that it is not neoliberalism in and of itself as an ideology or economic theory that is the root cause of our economic/political/social woes, but the...

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The Ranting Canadian: RBC declares war against Canadian workers

RBC declares war against Canadian workers: Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is firing dozens of its employees in Canada and replacing them with lower-paid temporary foreign workers. RBC is forcing their...

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Politics and Entertainment: Maybe its time to begin thinking about...

“Yes, the Conservatives are focused on what they call the economy. But their economy is a ruthless, inhuman task-master. It demands that the very profitable Royal Bank be even more profitable. It...

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Politics and Entertainment: Why are governments addicted to neoliberal...

The key to deficit reduction is not austerity – reducing government spending by cutting programs and personnel - but good old-fashioned employment. Stanford’s argument is in the Krugman reformist,...

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Alberta Diary: Advice for Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau: Hammer Stephen...

The neoliberal Harper economy at work: a Toronto street scene, last week. Below: Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper and Margaret Thatcher. Here’s some free advice for a couple of would-be...

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The Ranting Canadian: Toronto Mayday 2013 – Photo set 1 These pictures are...

Toronto Mayday 2013 – Photo set 1 These pictures are from the starting point of the International Workers Day rally in downtown Toronto in the early evening of May 1, 2013. The trees and sunlight in...

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The Ranting Canadian: Toronto Mayday 2013 – Photo set 2 Two current issues...

Toronto Mayday 2013 – Photo set 2 Two current issues that were emphasized at the 2013 International Workers Day rally in Toronto were the deaths of hundreds of garment workers in a recent factory...

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The Ranting Canadian: Toronto Mayday 2013 – Photo set 3 These are various...

Toronto Mayday 2013 – Photo set 3 These are various photos of the International Workers Day march in downtown Toronto during the evening of May 1, 2013. A wide range of groups, individuals, causes and...

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Politics and Entertainment: organized labour is the only potential political...

Here’s my take on the May Day CUPE Sponsored Workshops in Ottawa  on Saturday, the 27th of April: It was an interesting affair for its lamentations and the myriad problems it laid forth with little...

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Politics and its Discontents: He Certainly Has Mr. Harper’s Number

It is always heartening to me, and I am sure to countless others, to see that some members of the Canadian electorate are not asleep at the proverbial wheel but instead busy exercising their...

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The Ranting Canadian: Canada is an un-developing country. It has been for...

Canada is an un-developing country. It has been for decades. Here are some of the signs. * Crumbling infrastructure. * Irresponsible deregulation of industry and cutbacks to enforcement of the few,...

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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Unemployment Numbers: Most Important News During A...

Led by declines among youths, employment decreased by 39,000 in July, and the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 7.2%. With this decrease, employment gains have averaged 11,000 per month...

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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Summer Is Almost Over

..and poli-talk turns from the wan mellow of good ganja  to the economy, which ended Q2 with an enormous thud: On a monthly basis, real GDP by industry declined 0.5% in June. Work it out and that means...

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BigCityLib Strikes Back: If You Haven’t Noticed Yet

…the economy is under-performing: The Bank of Canada signalled Tuesday that it’s lowering its forecasts for economic growth in the second half of 2013 and possibly for next year, citing a more prudent...

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The Ranting Canadian: I downloaded this image from Facebook. It perfectly...

I downloaded this image from Facebook. It perfectly sums up what Canadians are experiencing under the disgraced Harper Conservative government. The traitorous scum are slowly destroying Canada bit by...

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