in December raising the Unemployment rate 0.3% to 7.2% from 6.9% Most of the jobs were lost in the Private sector. Which means the Cons corporate tax cuts are not working as desired! Where the Canadian corporations are sitting on close to $ 600 Billion in cash… http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-loses-nearly-46-000-jobs-in-december-1.2491374 ...
As we approach a new calendar year. Yesterday Rob said “for sure” all residents would have their lights on by days end. There are still a couple hundred that don’t! Plus he told reporters the City’s response was “pretty close to perfect”… http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ice-storm-aftermath-200-left-without-power-on-last-day-of-2013-1.2479992 ...
Many happy-returns in 2014. We’re LIVE NYE from Tues afternoon, and go straight through until Friday morning. We are raising $ 10,000 for our mission statement of: livestreaming 24/7 from #Elsipogtog & beyond to stop the fracking activities of SWN (SouthWestern) Energy – which is based out of Houston, TX. To do this we need ur help folks. We aim to protect the ppl on the ground, stop the RCMP abuse & wrongful arrests and imprisonment of the non-violent protesters, by reporting 24/7 on everything going on in New Brunswick to our beloved worldwide audience. Lets finally take MSM out of the picture, with all their spinning lies of deceit. We livestreamers are the last defenders of the truth. “The revolution will not be televised,” it will be livestreamed. We need ur help folks, so donate what u can. Peace. .:. ::: LIVE @ www.livestream.com/occupytoronto...
In Toronto, we are on our 6th day of some black outs! Earlier this month Mayor Ford said the City was prepared for a winter storm…except people who had to find ways to stay warm and unfortunately some have died http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-ice-storm-hydro-crews-work-around-the-clock-1.2476163 ...
by the Alberta based National Energy Board after much work by the Cons to fast track and ram it through after a so called public consultation all for the interests of Oil & Gas Corporations that are for the large part not based in CANADA… http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/northern-gateway-pipeline-recommended-for-federal-approval-with-conditions-1.2470465 ...
A film by Dee Shanger ::: Livestreaming “Occucopter” co-designers: Professor X (aka, SimplyFly), is an electrical engineer & RC-enthusiast for the last 15yrs or so; & Dee Shanger, a master-livestreamer who has done over 4000-streams in the last 13yrs – he hails from Iceland. In this video recorded on Wed Nov 20, 2013, was the first successful test flight (#3 test flight on this day) in our Occucopter R&D programme. This is all experimental design work which also represent the worlds most leading-edge work towards livestreaming from the sky. For anthropological reasons, this model has an experimental-working-title of, “Medicine Wheel #2″ design (we have since moved onto to a better & another yet unnamed design) & also contains an in-depth interview with, Professor X. Yarrrrrr!!! This was specifically-built for use in #Elsipogtog, a Mi’kmaq territory in New Brunswick, which along with other First Nations, Acadians & Settler peoples there, are fighting one heck of an anti-fracking battle against SWN Resources Canada, who has the fracking rights fro N.B. & is based in Houston, TX....
of Health Care funding even though it is the most populated Province and in fact transfers some $ 11 billion to the rest of the country. Whereas Alberta a “have Province” is getting $ 1 billion more?! Coincidentally 27 of the 28 MPs hail from the Cons in Alberta which is running the country… http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-not-receiving-expected-health-transfer-funds-1.2467605 ...
illustrates the mean spiritedness of cons when it comes to meeting the services that Government provides to the citizenry! After 20 minutes of outrage by social media he apologized dispite children going hungry under the Conservative policies at this holiday time… http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/james-moore-sorry-for-remarks-about-hungry-children-1.2465666 ...
which WAS fully funded by the Liberals 8 years ago. Ofcourse the Cons will blame the 2008 Financial Crisis. It was the Cons in an Omnibus bill that rammed through legislations that raises Old Age Security eligibility to 67 in 2023 which hurts anyone 55 or younger that paid into it expecting to retire at 65… http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cpp-reform-divides-jim-flaherty-and-finance-ministers-1.2463715 ...
for his police violence. Babak Andalib Goortani gets a mere 45 days and still appeals because the Police Association is helping one of their own skirt even a small amount of justice… http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/g20-assault-babak-andalib-goortani-gets-45-day-sentence-1.2456893 ...
Occupy Economics Workshop Tuesday Dec. 10th, 6:30 – 8:30 Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St. Toronto Event is free Topic: Introduction to Post-Neoclassical Economics Part 2. Social evolution of economic typologies In terms of historical evolution of economic typologies, Neoclassical economics generally only discern between industrial and pre-industrial economies, and assume that with the advent of industrial societies, all economic economic activities conforms to its model of market exchanges driven by rational agents solely out to maximize self-interest. However, in modern societies it is not difficult to find economic activities that have different aspirations than self-maximization. As we saw in the workshop about the Kula Ring, exchange activities in the societies taken part in the Kula Ring* were commonly undertaken linked to strong social purposes. In modern economics exchanges with social purposes that reject the economism assumed by neoclassical economics can also be found, albeit often in peripheral positions to the general commercialized markets. * You can revisit the Kula Ring presentation at occupyeconomics.ca/arc.html where it is found under June 4th Reading: “The Social Embedment of Exchange”, chapter 4 in “The end of Rational Economics”. Downloadable at www.occupyeconomics.ca/endrty...
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013, the Committee On Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER) Appeal on the Motion to Strike will be heard at the Federal Court, 180 Queen Street West, 4th Floor. The Hearing will start at 9:30 am and continue throughout the day....
by the NSA according to the Snowden Docs. As the CSEC;Communications Security Establishment Canada was complicit in help to the Anglosphere gather intel on other World leaders for their Capitalists interests… http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/new-snowden-docs-show-u-s-spied-during-g20-in-toronto-1.2442448 ...
under former math teacher; Frank DiGiorgio comes in at $ 9.6 Billion with a 2.5% property tax increase. Ford had promised 1.75% and a 10% reduction in the Land Transfer Tax. That was possible until Ford started boasting and his brother Doug started trash talking that the Province cut $ 50 million in grants! Also with the 0.5% portion for Ford’s Scarborough Subway PLAN pushes the City closer to the 15% debt ceiling. Ford appointed the Budget Committee which includes his brother as Vice Chair. Life in Toronto was better under Miller because his 3% property tax increase paid for staff & services while measuring for inflation and population growth. http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=195500 ...
Next Occupy Economics Workshop Tuesday Nov. 26th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St. Toronto Event is free Topic: Introduction to Post-Neoclassical Economics Part 1. The nature of economic information. Before the workshop, try to read “Heuristics and Information Strings”, chapter 3 in The end of Rational Economics. which is now downloadable at www.occupyeconomics.ca/endrty...
DONATE TO OCCUPY
Occupy Toronto welcomes non-charitable financial donations to assist with hosting and development costs for the website. To donate for all other costs including committee management, please use the contact us for here. No one working with Occupy Toronto is paid.