新闻1。Whitman running for mayor Matt Whitman is running for mayor in next year’s municipal election. Zane Woodford with The Star Halifax was at City Hall where Whitman announced his mayoral bid. I am absolutely convinced that my love for this great city, coupled with my determination to do right by you, its citizens, […]
Archives for October 2019
More jerks who pay less than a living wage
晨报，2019年10月30日，星期三
新闻1。The Climate Emergency We’ve taken the first two parts of Linda Pannozzo’s four-part “The Climate Emergency” series out from behind the paywall. Here’s “Part 1: Why it’s time to ditch the language of economic growth.” And here’s Part 2: Why growth, even if it is green, is not enough.” 2. New traffic act delayed […]
“我们需要胆量”
Morning File, Tuesday, October 29, 2019
新闻1。Power back on after being cut for incident in South End NS Power cut power to thousands of residents in the South End Monday evening due to an incident on Harbourview Drive, which runs parallel to the rail cut and NS Power transmission lines. The information from police, via CBC News, is that […]
哈利法克斯（Halifax
Morning File, Monday, October 28, 2019
新闻1。冠Stephen金柏写道: After a crazy week of blind-siding legislation, insults, distortions, bluster, meaningless committee hearings and more fact-free moments than you’d find in a Trumpian White House, the province and its Crown attorneys are right back where they began — at the bargaining table. Well, not exactly as illustrated… Click here […]
Tidal power update: new legislation clears way for three new projects, but a tidal power industry is still “decades” away
The dream of commercializing renewable energy from the world’s largest tides got a new lease on life last week. The Nova Scotia government amended a law to give three tidal developers permission to pursue the goal. The first project to test the powerful tidal waters of the Bay of Fundy, a $20 million-plus venture between...
The Crown attorneys are singing a new tune now that the Neoliberal state is attacking them
First they came for the anarchists, and I prosecuted them. Then they came for the Occupy protesters, and I prosecuted them. Then they came for the union organizers, and I prosecuted them. They they came for the land defenders, and I prosecuted them. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to say anything.
On Friday, lawyers for the province’s Crown attorneys and for the government met in court as the government pursued an emergency injunction to force the prosecutors back to work. The government has declared the strike by Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors “illegal.” Outside the courtroom, Crown attorney Rick Woodburn said: “They will take away and smash and […]
Stephen McNeil and the Crowns: Magic realism meets reality
经过一周疯狂的盲目立法，侮辱，扭曲，大胆，毫无意义的委员会听证会和比您在特朗普白宫中发现的更多的无事的时刻，该省及其皇冠律师就在他们开始的地方 - 在他们开始的地方 -讨价还价的桌子。好吧，不完全如图...
So let us review. On Mar. 31, 2019, the collective agreement between Crown prosecutors and the Nova Scotia government expired. As part of the previous contract, signed in June 2016, the prosecutors had agreed to accept a draconian wage package the government was imposing on all other public servants. At the same time, however, the...
Stephen McNeil’s austerity philosophy: if only everyone were paid less, we’d all be rich
Morning File, Friday, October 25, 2019
新闻1。Prisoners and the vote Reports El Jones: On Monday, Canadians voted in the federal election. Voting is a right for all Canadians, and this includes people who are incarcerated. Despite being able to vote, prisoners report that they experienced barriers to casting their ballot. Prisoners in the Atlantic Institution, a federal men’s maximum […]
Nova Scotia government doubles down on gold mining
上周在哈利法克斯机场的Alt酒店外面的“金色秀”进行了“黄金表演”，当时我想起了2011年在占领华尔街期间的视频，有些片刻。那张录像显示抗议者沿着华尔街游行，召集了金钱男爵，贪婪和新自由主义系统[…]
UARB approves fracking explosives assembly site in West Hants
A remote corner of the municipal district of West Hants has been rezoned so its American owner, Halliburton Partners Canada, can manufacture “perforation equipment” used in offshore oil and gas exploration. Since February, Halliburton — the largest provider of “fracking” services in the world — has been storing explosives used in the oil and gas...
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