daveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Alberta cities, province fly the Rainbow...
TweetDefying the stereotypes of Alberta as a conservative backwater, Rainbow Pride Flag are flying outside of city halls in Edmonton, Calgary and St. Albert and the Alberta Legislature today in...
View ArticleThe Progressive Economics Forum: Canada’s Job Market: Slower, Lower, Weaker
The following commentary on yesterday’s job numbers is quoted in today’s National Post (page FP4): The Olympic motto may be “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” but Canada’s employment growth is slower, lower...
View Article350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
Here’s a tribute to the Sochi Olympics from The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion: * Not to be outdone, the Norwegians have come out with a response to the anti-gay laws passed in Russia...
View ArticleLeft Over: Canadian Athletes: Smart Like Tractor, eh, Putin?
Vladimir Putin and the Horror at Canada House http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/ Why are you even surprised, Simon? The fact that they are involved in the ‘owe-limp-icks’ tells you everything you need...
View ArticleYappa Ding Ding: Olympic Update
CBC coverage of the Olympics has been fantastic. I don’t have TV reception in my home so have been watching events via olympics.cbc.ca. CBC shows live events, webcasts of the entire event (including...
View ArticleYappa Ding Ding: Another Olympics, Another Scandal
So Canada is the alleged victim in another Olympic figure skating scandal, this time in ice dance. There are the usual calls for ending all judged sports at the Olympics, as if questions about fairness...
View ArticleRegan Wolfrom: Life as a Smug Canadian: Winter Olympics Edition
So it’s really hard to resist feeling good about being Canadian. Especially when as of this post, Canadians are second in gold medals at Sochi. But you know what makes me even happier? Knowing that...
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Dead Wild Roses: Today in Patriarchy – Women, Unpeople Owned by Men
Patriarchy is alive and well in 2016. Let’s head over to the Olympics – Exhibit 1: Ooookay. Maybe this is just a fluke this isn’t a implicit patriarchal norm – we just need to find all the stories...
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A Different Point of View....: Olympic groups wasting $-millions while...
Dozens of athletes from Canada and thousands from developing countries have had a difficult time raising the money needed to train and take part in the Olympics Games in Brazil.In Canada, more than two...
View ArticleA Different Point of View....: Olympic groups wasting $-millions while...
Dozens of athletes from Canada and thousands from developing countries have had a difficult time raising the money needed to train and take part in the Olympics Games in Brazil.In Canada, more than two...
View ArticleA Different Point of View....: Olympic groups wasting $-millions while...
Dozens of athletes from Canada and thousands from developing countries have had a difficult time raising the money needed to train and take part in the Olympics Games in Brazil. In Canada, more than...
View ArticleAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: The World Anti-Doping Agency Think Tank
I joined the WADA Think Tank in Lausanne, as the agency grapples with state-sponsored doping. We are all careering towards a confrontation between the high ideals of sport and the low ruthlessness of...
View ArticleAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: WADA and the IOC Will be One Another’s...
Too many of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s ostensible sport partners appear to feel that the agency has betrayed them, by unmasking the ugly truths that lie behind the Olympic’s impeccable fictions.
View ArticleAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: Montreal Gazette: WADA and the IOC Will...
In my article in the Gazette, I caution the International Olympic Committee against undermining the World Anti-Doping Agency. Not everyone who stands up to you is your enemy, just as not everyone who...
View ArticleAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: Montreal Gazette: WADA and the IOC Will...
In my article in the Gazette, I caution the International Olympic Committee against undermining the World Anti-Doping Agency. Not everyone who stands up to you is your enemy, just as not everyone who...
View ArticleWe Pivot: White- and Male-Dominated History Perpetuates White, Male Supremacy
If, like me, you don’t recognize these women as household names, you are likely a victim of history education that focuses on males and white people. And while you are likely not a racist misogynist,...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robert Reich offers some lessons we need to draw from the coronavirus pandemic – including the recognition that while billionaires won’t save us from...
View ArticleDead Wild Roses: Kicking Women Out – The New Inclusion in the Olympics –...
“Inclusion” is the new best and brightest way to hide your fundamental hatred of women. Gender ideology is a toxic mess of male supremacy and misogyny wrapped up in friendly pink and blue colours. The...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jillian Horton discusses the lack of any meaningful effort to make education safe at the point when provincial governments should be planning for the start...
View ArticleIN-SIGHTS: Olympics, a money loser for the general public
July 18, the Globe and Mail headlined, “The Olympics are a great party. But they’re not worth billions in public money.” The editorial added, “Hosting a huge party takes a lot of work and money, but...
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