Nobody can say Robert Biron didn’t know what he was getting into. The former CEO of Cobourg’s Northumberland Hills Hospital has come to the big city, the next in line to take on the seemingly impossible task of fixing The … Continue reading →
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadian organizations join new coalition concerned with Internet censorship in controversial International agreement
As officials meet in Peru for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Canadian groups are helping launch an International “Fair Deal” coalition May 21, 2013 – Today, OpenMedia.ca and a coalition of organisations representing a diversity of interests have come together from around the world to ask for A Fair Deal on intellectual
Continue readingBuckdog: –Harper Completely Sidesteps PMO / Senate Scandal – Today marks the beginning of the end of his government …
Stephen Harper’s speech to his Caucus isn’t going to work out very well for the Conservatives in the long run.Here’s how the emergency Conservative Caucus meeting went this morning:1) Harper invited the Parliamentary Press Gallery into the Caucus room for the first part of the meeting. 2) He started the
Continue readingB.C. Policy Perspectives: Voter Turnout in British Columbia
The numbers from BC are quite underwhelming: Greens fell by 4,000; Libs lost 28,000 votes, and the NDP fell by 48,000. Clearly, people who actually vote are dying off rapidly: The Green Party: 2001 197,231 votes 2005 161,849 2009 134,570 2013 130,471 At this rate, the Greens should disappear completely by
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: UPDATED: A Trip Down Memory Lane – Remember When This Scandal Was All About Mike Duffy?
This began with a scandal about Mike Duffy and a cottage on Friendly Lane in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. Suddenly that seems like so long ago, an eon. Duffy, Duffy who? Now the scandal has shot straight up the food chain, ricocheting around the Senate and on into the PMO.
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: May 21: Is Norbert a communist?
He may not be. It may just seem that way as a result of his sloppy use of words. (In a minor example today, he used the ugly word “gotten” as the past tense for “to get”. In fact, gotten is an American slang word that has found its way into
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Former Human Child GAP
Dear Former Human Child, CEO of the GAP, When you were a child, you probably dreamed of enslaving poor Asian people so they would die tragically in building fires and collapses while doing your bidding? No? If not, then you’ve screwed up. Now that you are a human adult, your
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On instructing clients
Let’s once again take a slightly closer look at what’s been reported about the Cons’ senate scandal – as yesterday’s revelations about the involvement of Stephen Harper’s special counsel and legal adviser Benjamin Perrin may offer a few more indications as to who was actually pulling the strings. To start
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Conservative/Ford Nation logic, in three easy steps
It’s wrong for progressives to pay bad guys for a video showing a crime. It’s perfectly okay for a conservative mayor to pay the same bad guys for drugs. Res ipsa loquitur.
Continue readingCarbon49 - Sustainability for Canadian businesses: Sustainability: Canada’s Strengths and Weaknesses
A large scale study by OfficeMax Grand & Toy comparing Canadian companies to their world peers finds Canada leads in capturing cost reduction from sustainability initiatives but lags global leaders in driving profitability through collaboration. Broader collaborations with customers, suppliers, government and policy makers may be a key to unlocking the
Continue readingTrashy's World: Of course Harper…
… tries to blame the Opposition for the latest CPC debacle! Canadians have grown to expect this complete lack of accountability. (1) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Action needed to stop ‘climate deniers’ from winning the information war
Note: This appeal is written particularly for the attention of environmental groups and activists throughout Canada and the U.S., suggesting they set up a co-operative system to bring a halt to the huge amount of disinformation about global warming that appears in mainstream media. The global warming deniers are at
Continue readingTrashy's World: Oooooohhhh nooooo….
Harper is unhappy! And upset too! Who will feel his wrath? Who will he throw under the big blue bus? Inquiring minds want to know! (2) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingLeDaro: Smile!
Since the post on ‘Life’ was popular I thought I should post this too.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Embrace Serendipity With Shuffle My Life
Shuffle My Life is a cute website that encourages you to bring some randomness into your life by giving fun and easy tasks. It’s a play on all those to-do lists people have which tend to be filled with boring activities. To bring a sense of adventure into your life
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 21, 2013: Shopping for a Divorce Lawyer: One Size Doesn’t Fit All – Huffington Post (blog) Avoid the Unintentional Expansion of Retainers Emergency repairs for a broken justice system | therecord Former Prosecutor (Now Judge) Arrested
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Imperiled Canadian Soul
Although it has been many years since I read Bram Stoker’s Dracula, I recall that it was a far more subtle and eerie depiction of vampiric activity than the generations of films that it spawned. The latter almost invariably portrayed Dracula as a charming yet unholy creature who pounced swiftly,
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Democratic Deficit Quantified: Canadians’ Representation in Parliament Declines by 97%
This post is the first of a new series on the history and future of Canadian multi-party democracy. The posts will be based on a spreadsheet of election results which I’ve assembled using Elections Canada data for recent elections, and Wikipedia tables for older ones. The spreadsheet is not yet
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Murray Dobbin contrasts the B.C. NDP’s recent election loss against the type of popular focus which helped Saskatchewan’s CCF to earn a twenty-year stay in office in the face of far more hysterical opposition: You can design a campaign that projects a
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: FP: Wireless stranglehold: How Ottawa failed to break the dominance of the Big Three
As Minister Paradis reviews the proposed Telus-Mobilicity takeover, Ottawa faces an important decision about the future of the wireless industry in Canada. Will it intervene to stop the collapse of independent providers, or walk away from fostering a more open & competitive wireless market? Make your voice heard: http://demandchoice.ca/ Article
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