Stephen Harper’s faith-based crime wave took another hammering from the latest report showing that crime rates in Canada continue on their steady decline, reaching the lowest levels since the early 70s. That’s “faith based” in that he chooses to follow his beliefs even while flatly ignoring four decades of statistical
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 25: Another drab day for the Tand T…
In section A, the only interesting thing is a line at the top – above the paper’s name. “”Up-to -the- minute breaking news every time.” But once you’ve read that – and the title of the paper – and the words Thursday/7a.m.. you’ve pretty well had all the excitement you’re
Continue readingBuckdog: "The tide against the Conservatives will continue, because Harper isn’t going to change a thing." Op Ed
A great article by former Saskatchewan MLA & Cabinet Minister Pat Atkinson …. Harper ‘change’ cabinet retains mean face “Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to hit the reset button with his cabinet shuffle, but he’ll have to do better.As Harper was busy answering reporters’ questions about his “change” cabinet, the
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: If you oppose marijuana legalization and regulation, you’re soft on crime
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s support of marijuana legalization and regulation made news this week, although it isn’t really new. He spoke about his position during the leadership race, but it made a bit of news again this week when he spoke about it in Kelowna during his well-received summer tour
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Why We Must #HonourTheApology to Residential School Survivors [#INM]
I don’t know why we still have to do this kind of thing, but here goes. The federal government “apologized” to survivors of residential schools 5 years ago. It is clearly quite empty, considering how much neglect, abuse, victimization and racism has spewed forth from Stephen Harper’s government since then.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Countertrend: Google, Economist Flee from Climate Reality
The once-authoritative Economist news magazine has set fire to its credibility, again, by reporting that global warming has slowed to the point where one columnist argues that we should wait “a decade or two” before instituting any policy measures to ameliorate the threat. At the same time, Google, a company
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Average Weekly Earnings: Wages vs. Hours & Salaries
Today, Statistics Canada reported a seemingly impressive monthly rise of 0.9% in average weekly earnings, from $906.24 in April to $914.68 in May. Digging a bit deeper reveals that average weekly earnings for workers paid by the hour – the majority of Canadian employees – edged up by only 0.2%,
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: “Sex by deception” and the shades of yes
A series of recent rulings (and the media circuses that have accompanied them) in the UK has raised questions about what is being termed “sex by deception” — that is, instances where people who are possibly trans are said to lie about their gender, in order to seduce another person. In
Continue readingLeDaro: Stephen Harper walking on a tight rope
Do you think he will make it.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on Regina’s wastewater referendum as just the first step in encouraging regular citizen engagement in the decisions that affect us all. For further reading…– Again, Hugh Mackenzie’s analysis of the cost of private financing is here (PDF). And Barrie McKenna’s take on the hidden price of P3s is here.
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Who Am I?
Recently, my husband Jim and I visited an old friend – someone I hadn’t seen since 1986. Back then, we lived in Washington, DC where Jim worked at the Canadian Embassy. On weekends, we would visit the beach house of our friends Pam and Norm on the Delaware coast. Norm
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, July 25, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, July 25, 2013: Federal Judge Halts Legal Challenges in Detroit Bankruptcy Case Alabama abortion law blocked for now Man swam from Windsor to Detroit, was found in water on return and cited for public intoxication John Furlong’s
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Climate Change Poll
The Disaffected Lib continues to do stellar work on the climate change file. Visiting his site will arm anyone interested with some solid information about what is, in my view, the most dire threat facing humanity today. Yet I can’t escape the dispiriting conviction that despite such invaluable efforts and
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The State Of Surface Temperatures
From Simon Donner, about as clear an explanation I’ve heard re the “pause” in AGW (which isn’t really a “pause” in any case): Over the past 10-15 years, the global mean surface air temperature did not increase at the rate of the previous decades. The cause of the slowdown is primarily
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: How can a liberal be a monarchist?
If it had just stayed on Twitter, nobody would have cared. Since only twits tweet, there is little point in reading them. Yet there is one particular writer of large ego who repeats his tweets on his so-called blog. Why, we do not know. He wrote the other day that
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Primacy of arbitration agreements and need to respect arbitration process
Hopkins v. Ventura Custom Homes Ltd., 2013 MBCA 67 has a useful summary of the law relating to the primacy of arbitral agreements: [15] Many courts at all levels have accepted the primacy of arbitration agreements and the need to respect the arbitration process that has been chosen
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Ann Cavoukian admits she “didn’t do a good job”
Regular readers know my view about the preening megalomaniac who is the ostensibly non-partisan Ontario’s Information Commissioner – but who is, truly, a crazed publicity-seeking McGuinty-hater. Officers of the Legislature, like her, are supposed to stay above partisan politics. But – as the partial transcript of her Wednesday interview on
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: How Transistors Work – 1veritasium
My ignorance knows no bounds. 🙂 I count myself, after watching this video, just little more in touch with the basic stuffs that makes computer technologies work. Filed under: Education Tagged: Education, Physics, Transistors
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Toronto’s next mayor
Here. Reasons why I’d support her, if she ran: She knows how to work with everyone: that’s her rep from the Lastman years, when she was a councillor. She’s flexible. She isn’t into dogma. She’s hasn’t been part of the messes that have characterized City Hall for the past three
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