That would be Liberal Senator [you thought it would be a Tory? Really?] Grant Mitchell who last week on his website pointed out that our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, be telling nose stretchers when it comes to job creation. The Senator writes that “We are inundated with an onslaught
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Javelins or Baseballs, Our Shoulders Have Evolved for Throwing
It’s interesting how when you’re involved in something, you find relevant information everywhere. Since I’m hard at work on the chapter about how the first modern humans left Africa to people the rest of the world for my new non-fiction book Road through Time, I’ve found interesting research everywhere. The
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Linda McQuaig: Alberta And Climate Change
For me, one of the most disappointing aspects of the media coverage of the Alberta floods has been the relative dearth of commentary linking this monumental environmental disaster to climate change. To be sure, some prominent people have made that linkage, but by and large it has been omitted from
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Google Reader is Dead. Long Live…?
Following up on my posts last Thursday here and at SlawTips, Google Reader has now officially expired. For those who have yet to migrate to another service, note that Google will continue to store your subscription data until July 15th only. After July 15, you will not be able to
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Tar Sands Coal Export Boom: Petcoke Exports Second Highest Ever in April
With many eyes honed in on the Powder River Basin coal export battle in the Northwest, another coal export boom is unfolding on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Although no coal production is actually taking place here, a filthy fuel with even more severe climate impacts than coal is leaving port bound for
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: What should you do if you discover your leader is a hypocrite?
First of all, don’t be surprised. Then, I suppose it depends a little what kind of hypocrite. For example, if you are talking about a leader of a church — let’s say for the sake of argument, an evangelical church … Continue reading →
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Michael Harris nicely describes what the Cons are actually doing with power while pretending to be innocuous fiscal managers: The PM and his government are not good managers. The nauseating repetition of the claim that the Tories know what they’re doing with
Continue readingThings Are Good: The Vegetarian Calculator
It’s well known that meat production has a large carbon footprint. A diet that includes meat requires more land than a plant based diet so even decreasing the amount of meat one eats can be a good thing. Some fans of vegetarian diets have created the Vegetarian Calculator that lets
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Conor Debunks TWO Autism Myths Eh!
Yesterday was Canada Day and Conor sported his Team Canada shirt to celebrate. He also debunked not one but TWO autism myths. Conor has received ABA based intervention at school for 8 years. Yet, contrary to the myth that ABA causes discomfort and harm to persons with autism disorders, Conor
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sri Lanka Strikes Back!
A diplomatic slappy-fight between diplomatic corps over Canada’s threatened boycott of the Commonwealth summit in Colombo. Nothing in the MSM, but here and below in the “ethnic” papers: Yeah. A quiet news day.
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, July 2, 2013: The nuances of temporary layoffs in Ontario Panel to Review Up to 50 Trial Convictions Involving a Discredited Brooklyn Detective Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Petitions ABA to Require 15 Credits of Experiential Classes In the practicePRO
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 2: Just a short blog today….
…as I get to see two of my daughters and my granddaughters as they return to the shore for a couple of weeks. – and then I race back in time for the current events group in the library at 7 this evening. The whole first section of the TandT is scrap
Continue readingDefending Public Healthcare: Non-ambulance corporations to take over more EMS work?
The Minister of Health and LTC has strongly endorsed the restructuring of patient transfer industry in the South West LHIN. This may set a new model for the private corporations that often move patients between health care facilities in vehicles that look, for all the world, like ambulances — but
Continue readingGeoff Campbell: New Resume
As I’m looking for a full-time job starting as early as July 29 I decided to update my resume. Here it is. Filed under: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In today’s Sun: ten reasons why Harper may quit
It’s (finally) summertime, when the political speculation is easy. Heretofore, the subject that no longer seems as crazy as it once did: Will Stephen Harper quit before the next federal election in October 2015? There are plenty of reasons why he shouldn’t, or why he won’t. But there are 10
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Barriers
In my teaching career, one of the most powerful lessons for my students emerged from Atticus Finch, Scout’s beloved father in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. A lawyer with a deep sense of fairness and compassion, Finch taught his children a lesson that all of us should carry in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: What the Media is…
This excerpt is from an article on Counterpunch titled “Treason”. It is on the rhetorical side and my eyes did roll when I saw that the author’s upcoming book to be released was called ‘Zen Economics’. But I liked this paragraph enough in his essay to share it with
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Belated Canada Day greetings!
Sure its a day late, but better late then never. I hope you all had a Happy Canada Day where ever you were. PS – nothing coincidental about all that blue colouring at the Ottawa Canada Day celebration, right? Surely the Conservative government wouldn’t have been attempting to be using
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Recent History Is Repeating Itself
StatsCan’s latest report on household income gives the lie to the Harper government’s claim that it knows how to manage the nation’s economy. The Huffington Post reports that: StatsCan’s latest analysis of income trends among families of two or more people found that 2011 “was the fourth consecutive year without
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Honouring Canadian accomplishments.
We need to do a better job of recognizing real accomplishments by Canadians. We have people in this country who commit heroic deeds, overcome seemingly impossible obstacles, show unexpected leadership, excel in the arts and sometimes commit random acts of kindness. We need to find appropriate and balanced ways to
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