Mr. Naylor, whose tweet re Jack Layton’s death probably marks the lowest point of the last 24 hours, will not be losing his job. From Bourque (who I assume has picked it up from somewhere solid, though he doesn’t provide a link):”… the sentimen…
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Trembler In T.O.?
Not as strong as last year’s. But pretty definitely one. Anyone else notice?Update: Yuppers. Deets here. 5.2. Located somewhere near Richmond, Virginia, it seems.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Very Large Loopholes
UBC climate scientist Simon Donner looks at the Tory govs’ new regulations on carbon emissions from coal-burning power plants, and spots a couple of “get out of jail free cards” for polluters hidden within them:1. Any coal plants built before July, 201…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Warrent Still Required?
Imp notes an important aside in Julian Fantino’s speech to the Association of Chiefs of PoliceThe [lawful access] legislation will require internet service providers to share subscriber information under warrant.If this has been reported correctl…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: One Good Tern Deserves Another
…and indeed the wifey and me saw a pair of Sterna hirundo fishing in the storm water pond near our apartment this morning. They were after the pond’s teeming population of feral goldfish. They’d do semi circular-passes over the …
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Rathika Sitsabaiesan Remains Fabulously Hot
My initial impression of Canada’s very first Tamil MP was that she was fabulously hot. I am happy to note that time has borne out that impression.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: NDP Potential Diana Andrews Not Banned From Running Cuz She’s Gay
The title of the piece–Lesbian teacher barred from running for Ontario NDP–implies otherwise, but the source is Xtra, so really the slant in the hedder shouldn’t be too surprising. In any case, from the article and comments that follow, the rea…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: I Heartily Endorse This Column By Gerald Caplan
…and wish it had been written three years ago. My favorite bit:Similarly, it would be interesting to know why the Canadian Christian College and the International Free Press Society Canada (IFPSC) thought it was helpful to bring extreme r…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Tim Hudak Will Abandon Free Trade With The Rest Of Canada!
Let me repeat what James Morton said:Hudak would ‘suspend’ $122M GO Transit deal going to Quebec Errh, I though we had more or less concluded Quebec is part of Canada. Seriously, who is doing policy for the Conservatives? Warren Kinsella? Mr. Hudak…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: A Quick Note On E-Voting
I see that Election Canada is considering a few experiments in that direction, so here’s an old piece of mine on the topic from a couple of years ago. It looks more credible as it appeared in The Mark magazine, so I’ve linked to that versio…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: In Case You ARE Wondering
Sue Ann Levy, haven’t taken all sorts of flack for her horrible T.O. Sun column re the Toronto Fire Service, tweets angrily: The TPFF is the Toronto Professional Firefighters Association (their Union). And while I don’t know how the shot mad…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Truth About Hudak’s Hooligans
…gate-crashing ex Premier Bill Davis’ speech in praise of the Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness. WK mentioned this yesterday, but the perps–Tory candidates Pam Hundal (Brampton-Springdale), Sanjeev Maingi (Brama…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Theo Caldwell Is Not Dead
If anyone cares, Fox News North’s most recent castoff still gets the occasional gig on…wait for it… the Irish news broadcaster RTÉ News. Bit like being a star in Moncton, I suppose.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sue Ann Levy Fights Firefighters And Their Female Fans
In the midst of a rant suggesting that Rob Ford aim his cost-cutting axe at Toronto Fire Services, The Sun’s Sue Ann Levy opines: As I happened by the Yorkville fire hall around 10 p.m., I noticed a couple of beefy firefighters posing for a p…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: A Facility Named Ezra
I’m pretty sure that this is a hoax, because this–well, this, more precisely–is the original source. But perhaps, though not literally true, it speaks to a deeper truth–you know, with a capital “T”.Note: probably inspired …
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: FreeD Proves Useful: New Hate Speech Provisions Clarified
The veritable “penny in the poop”–a genuine contribution to political discourse from Free Dominion. Because Rob Nicholson will tell the wing-nuts there what he won’t tell us normal folk. Not that what’s he saying is crazy i…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The Slightly Shorter Farber
…on Hudak’s promise to put crooks in your parks:Ontario has long been a province of tough, practical people. The Ontario way is to ask: “what works?” and make decisions based on reality, not ideology. But ideology, rather than reality, is behind Pete…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Quebecor Destaffing Newspapers To Keep Fox News North Afloat?
After the T.O. Sun’s last round of layoffs, I speculated wildly that the point of it all might be to keep Ezra in grease-paint. Turns out I might have been not so far off the mark:Another insider says the cuts were made to add funds to the …
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Gruending On The Breivik Killings And "The Right"
Dennis Gruending weighs in elegantly here.My view: if right-wing pundits like Steyn, and Tarrek Fatah, and Pam Geller aren’t nuts, then Brevik’s actions are sane. If dark-skinned Islamo-fascists really have infiltrated all le…
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