A month ago, I told you I had some great legal news, but my legal counsel – Brian Shiller, who hasn’t lost me one case yet – told me to be silent about it for a month. So, uncharacteristically, I have done so. McHale’s action has been tossed out of
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Warren Kinsella: SFH: Anthem of Love and Peace
Left to right: Winkie Nuclear Age Smith, Davey Snot and Bjorn von Flapjack III. Where are Steve Deceive and Royal Niblet? We know not. But we wrote this song for them tonight.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Fear of labour
This is what happens when you let Randy Hiller write your labour policy, Mr. Hudak. Full disclosure: I practiced labour law, union side. I’ve represented plenty of unions over the years, radical and otherwise. So I have a tendency to think Hudak’s strategy – like his anti-foreigner strategy in 2011
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Fare thee well, Heenan Blaikie
Story here. The winding down of this fabled firm – where I was for a fun get-together just a couple weeks ago – is sad, but not unprecedented. Goodman and Carr went the same way, a few years ago, for a lot of the same reasons. Nothing lasts forever, including
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Sexism and statecraft, plus a postscript about manufactured outrage
I’m a big fan of Michelle Rempel and Megan Leslie. If you’ve been paying attention, the two of them – aided and abetted by Liberals outside the Commons, like this person, as here and here – have been challenging sexism inside the Commons, whatever the source. The attack on Liberal
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Toronto needs a mayor: …and it ain’t Robbie or Johnnie
On the very (snowy) morning that we learn that Toronto homicide detectives are still after Rob Ford-related cell phone records – and, as Rob Ford himself admits in the Sun, likely his – there’s the creepy revelation below: not too long ago, John Tory appeared before the Fords, cap in
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: How do you see Toronto?
This is an amazing piece of work, sent by an acquaintance of a friend. I don’t know the author’s name. But if they’re reading this, I say: do more stuff like this. This is really, really powerful.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Public Image Ltd.
I post this for four unrelated reasons: 1. It’s relevant to current events (cf. what John Tory did to his public image yesterday). 2. Tomorrow Michael Coren is interviewing Clash drummer Terry Chimes, who (like many of us punks, Johnny Rotten included) is Catholic. 3. In the Social Blemishes (pre-Nasties),
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Brazeau, Harb charges coming?
My old colleague Tonda gets the scoop, here. If true about Mac Harb, very disappointed to see. I knew him when he was an MP, and considered him to be a hard-working constit guy. Sad.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: John Tory: I “frankly may be out of date”
No kidding. From the Star, “John Tory on defensive over comments about women.” Canada.com: “A man being touted as a front-runner for mayor in Toronto’s next election (despite not having filed his nomination papers yet) has single-handedly solved the gender pay gap. You’ve just got to ask, ladies. What don’t you
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: We get letters: the wee guy whose program breached broadcast standards is heard from
From: Doyle, Ryan rdoyle@newstalk1010.astral.com To: Warren Kinsella Hey Warren, Just wanted to say it was a pleasure to go back and forth this morning. You are welcome on my show any time! All the best, Ryan
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Tuesday’s Sun: small is big
What’s better, politically? Small or big? Well, a few years back, Conservative MP Peter Van Loan called Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty “the small man of Confederation.” Van Loan shouldn’t have made remarks about a political rival’s size, of course. At the time, Van Loan was big enough that he
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: John Tory: “I’ll say to young women…learn how to play golf”
“Because you will find it’s immensely advantageous to your career.” That’s a quote. Clip is right here. Is his re-run for Toronto mayor over before it started? That’s for others to decide. Comments are open. In the meantime, check out the new Twitter hash tag: #JohnToryTipsForWomen. Kinda says it all.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: John Tory: “nice girls” don’t “put up a fuss”
Wow. Clipped and saved by PressProgress, no less. Check it out, here, at the three-minute mark. Get that, women? It’s your fault you don’t get paid more, because you don’t complain more effectively to the guys in the big corner offices. Like, um, John. Hear that sound? It’s the sound
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Toronto needs a mayor: police still investigating Rob Ford
Source: Toronto police. “My original mandate is to investigate any criminality involved with the mayor and the mayor’s office, and that is active and continuing.” This yarn buries the lede, however: folks should be told the squad that Det. Sgt. Giroux works for. The homicide squad.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The dignity and sanctity of the legal profession
People sometimes ask me if I ever miss the profession – its traditions, its decorum, its grace. In the future, I intend to refer them to Mr. Casino’s commercial, which ran in Georgia during the Super Bowl. Makes those Diamond and Diamond ads during Raptors games look like something out
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Rob Ford’s broken promises
Nearly 6,000 views since it appeared on Friday. Coincidentally, 6,000 is the relevant number for illegal campaign donations Rob Ford took in the last election.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Back in the closet in Sochi
My view on Sochi remains the same – we shouldn’t have gone and ignored/validated Putin’s gay-hate. My friend Strombo just tweeted something, however, you should read: a member of the LGBT community is behind the curtain in Sochi. His/her stuff is here. Keep watching. I know I will.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The record: Chretien cut political staff and budgets
Under Harper, of course, the size of ministerial budgets and staffs have ballooned. Some fiscal conservatives, eh? Was a fun read, by Beeby, here.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: World’s tallest freestanding mayor
Mayor de Blasio and Lala. She’s six feet even, but taller in her Sorels. So just how big is this guy, anyway? From the venerable Times, which has conducted an inquiry into the matter: “…Mr. de Blasio has long described himself as 6-foot-5. But doubts about that measurement have lingered
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