Weekly round-up: April 4-10
10 April 2011Articles
More talk about action about health care from Edmonton Journal
Residential Telephone Service Survey from StatsCan
Peter Oundjian on baseball from the Globe and Mail
As schools shift to Google Apps, blind students object from ars technica
Reinventing Suburbia from Toronto Standard
Liberals should adopt the Paul Martin plan to reform Parliament from the National Post
Candidates look to woo St. Paul's vote via @Carolyn_Bennett (The whole thing reads like a depressing set of party lines. Only one candidate says they would vote for their constituents against the party and the others are wishy-washy which to me says no.)
Amidst the cries of scandal, a redemption story goes unnoticed from the National Post
Eight Policy Proposals [Mike Moffatt] would like to see
A cost effective crime fighting agenda from Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
Tweets
In the past 24 hrs, I have had emails accusing me of being an #ndp hack, a #cpc supporter, and an #lpc apologist. Oh, and a #climate denier.
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) April 6, 2011
Before I commit to any sort "one-on-one" televised debate, I'd like to clarify a few things. Foremost, what exactly is TV? #elxn41
— Sir John A Macdonald (@PMJAMacdonald) April 7, 2011
I think @Oprah's enthusiasm for the iPad (i.e. most amazing invention since the Model T, etc.) might actually be partially true.
— Peter Rukavina (@ruk) April 7, 2011
RT @DanWoy: CPC platform "will support economically viable clean energy projects"(p.42) it's the marginal projects that need support #elxn41
— Andrew Leach (@andrew_leach) April 8, 2011
Parties claiming that their measures are 'costed' impresses me as much as the claim that they are translated in both official languages.
— Stephen Gordon (@stephenfgordon) April 10, 2011
Videos
Neat book scanner video by @ruk.
Dance flash mob (Unfortunately, you have to watch it at youtube.)