Posted on May 15, 2008 by thegtapatriot
And you didn’t like Comcast’s TCP resets. Something far more egregious is going on in Canada, where Bell Canada has been engaged in deep-packet inspection of traffic. Bell is using DPI to find and limit the use of peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent, which it says are congesting its network, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports.
The [...]
Filed under: Canada, Ontario, Technology, Toronto | Tagged: Bell, Bell Canada, Bell Globemedia, BitTorrent, canada, Canadians, CIA, Cogeco, Comcast, CSIS, FBI, Hacker, Hacking, Homeland Security, Internet, Internet Policy and Public Interest, ISP, Ontario, peer-to-peer, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document, Philippa Lawson, PIPEDA, Policy, Privacy, Privacy Act, Rogers, Shaw, Spies, Spying, TCP resets, TCPIP, Toronto, University of Ottawa, US | No Comments »
Posted on May 8, 2008 by thegtapatriot
In basic terms, Jessica Devnani is a brunette, yet, her dreadlocks hairstyle is a grey area in terms of employment at Canada’s Wonderland.
“unnatural colour and beads” ?
So, maybe it’s no surprise the initial park employment staffer who interviewed Ms Devnani didn’t see her hair as extreme, but in the eyes of another, in the human [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Issues, Ontario | Tagged: black man, canada, canada's wonderland, Devnani, discrimination, dreadlocks, dreads, Ghetto Dude, hair, human resources, Jessica Devnani, Liberal, Liberal government, Mapleview, natural, Ontario government, paramount, Paramount Canada's Wonderland, refused employment, Rutherford, stereotype, Toronto, University, University of Toronto, unnatural, Vaughan, wonderland, workplace, workplace discrimination | No Comments »
Posted on May 7, 2008 by thegtapatriot
Jessica Devnani was excited about the prospect of starting her first summer job at Canada’s Wonderland, but in the end, she found no amusement in the park’s request that she cut her dreadlocks, or find work elsewhere.
“I went in for my interview and they hired me on the spot so a week later I went [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Culture, GTA Issues, Ontario, Toronto, World | Tagged: Add new tag, black community, canada, canada's wonderland, degree, discrimation, dread, dreadlocks, educated, employment, GTA Education, Jessica Devnani, locks, racism, refused employment, University, wonderland, wonders, York, York Region, York University | No Comments »
Posted on May 1, 2008 by thegtapatriot
As one Canadian newspaper put it. Ducks in Alberta died a crude death. One of the species of ducks that died on a pond filled with crude oil polluted water.
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Posted on April 4, 2008 by thegtapatriot
Tom Lukiwski rocks back and forth in the camera frame while pontificating about the differences between alpha and beta males.The camera operator fiddles with the zoom a bit to frame up the future Member of Parliament’s face. Lukiwski looks for the red light to make sure the tape is rolling.
The Saskatchewan NDP found the jaw-dropping [...]
Filed under: Canada, World | Tagged: canada, Conservative, Gay, homophobic, Liberal, MP, NDP, Parliament, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan NDP, Tom Lukiwski | No Comments »
Posted on December 9, 2007 by thegtapatriot
It’s an embarrassment that Canada’s busiest airport still isn’t linked to Toronto’s downtown core by public transit and getting it done should be a priority, federal Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon said Friday.
In a speech to the Toronto Board of Trade, Cannon called it unbelievable that a world-class city like Toronto doesn’t have the transit infrastructure [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Ontario, Toronto | Tagged: Airport, airport link, Blue-22, canada, GO Trainsit, LRT, Mississauga, Ontario, Pearson, Pearson International, Rapid Transit, Subway, Toronto, Train | No Comments »
Posted on December 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Immigrants are still choosing to start their lives in Canada in one of the “big three” -Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver - but there are signs of changing times.
Among all the census metropolitan areas, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver again attracted most of Canada’s new immigrants, according to 2006 census data on immigration released Tuesday by Statistics [...]
Filed under: Canada, GTA Culture, Ontario | Tagged: BC, canada, census, immigrants, Montreal, Ontario, Quebec, Statistics Canada, Toronto, Vancouver, visible minorities | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 11, 2007 by thegtapatriot
A Timely Video for Remembrance Day in Canada. Please take some time today to remember those who died for our freedom in Canada.
Fallen Soldiers’ Families to Observe Remembrance Day in Afghanistan
Relatives of fallen soldiers visit Kandahar base
Canadian soldiers approaching Nov. 11 as participants instead of onlookers
Filed under: Canada, GTA Culture, GTA Education, Ontario, Toronto | Tagged: , 11th, Afghanistan, Army, canada, Canadian, Canadian Government, Honour, Honour Veterans, Memorial, military, NATO, NORAD, November 11, Ottawa, Peace Keepers, Remembrance, Remembrance Day, Troops, Veterans, Veterans Affairs Canada, World War, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII | No Comments »
Posted on October 28, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Who would think that this is happening in Ontario? We are so tolerant of others that you would think that this would be occurring somewhere else. Unfortunately racism and bigotry occurs all around and now some of the hate crimes that happened have placed a stain on Simcoe country’s once tranquil atmosphere. By: Andy MJ
(see [...]
Filed under: GTA Culture, GTA Issues, Ontario | Tagged: asian, bigotry, canada, hate, hate crimes, Ontario, racism, Simcoe, south asian | No Comments »
Posted on October 16, 2007 by thegtapatriot
OTTAWA — Canada’s military involvement in Afghanistan will likely continue to 2011, two years past the current commitment, the government’s throne speech declared Tuesday. The Conservative speech laid out the clearest timeline for the controversial mission. It also affirmed that while the Commons will be asked to vote on Canada’s future.
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Posted on October 10, 2007 by thegtapatriot
The author of a new book on the future of Canada’s oil industry says Alberta is destroying itself in its rush to extract every drop of fossil fuel from the oilsands.William Marsden, a Montreal journalist and author of “Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (And Doesn’t Seem to [...]
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Posted on October 10, 2007 by thegtapatriot
It may be a surprise to you but in Ontario we do not require voters to prove their Canadian citizenship. Yes, I said it! It is no lie! As clearly stated voters “MUST” be Canadian, whether by birth or by becoming a Canadian citizen. However, what many people do not know is our voters list [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Technology | Tagged: address, canada, Canadian, Canadian citizenship, computer system, election process, Elections Canada, Elections Ontario, electoral reform, flawed voting system, GPS, green, immigrants, Liberal, name, NDP, not canadian, not landed, Ontario, PC, Photo ID, refugee, security, Technology, Toronto, voters list, voting | No Comments »