Picture is a little grainy. Duffy was not co-operating. 🙂
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6267…Poverty In Canada: Shame
Andrew Coyne had a piece in The National Post yesterday about how the poverty line is at its lowest number since the peeps at Stats Can have been keeping track of such things. The number, as of 2011, is 8.8 per cent. In ’65, the first year the numbers were
Continue readingCarbon49 - Sustainability for Canadian businesses: How to Run a Sustainability Event at Work: Do’s and Don’ts
Running a green event at work is a great way to engage employees on sustainability, which in turn can bring great bottom line rewards. LoyaltyOne, for example, dramatically reduced their staff turnover rate through employee engagement initiatives (see this post for more details). Whether you are planning for staff environmental
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 23:A slow day in the world..I mean s l o w….
On the op ed page, the one that is supposed to stimulate thought, deepen understanding, etc., Alan Cochrane tells us a a story about his doggy-woggy. As for news in the rest of the paper, well, it’s pretty gripping if you’re the sort of person who can’t wait to read
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Loren Duncan Explains How CVRD Directors Made Decisions on Salaries
CVRD Director Loren Duncan explains CVRD Salaries and Increases Loren Duncan is a seasoned veteran of the CVRD Board Table who has been there through the changeover that followed the retirement of long time administrator Frank Raimondo. In the past there were lively debates and the clash of ideas and
Continue readingBuckdog: Did Stephen Harper Tell Premier Brad Wall To Tone Down Any Talk About Abolishing The Senate?
We have a bit of a political mystery in Saskatchewan today. Recently, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall stated very clearly that he had changed his mind on the Canadian Senate. Rather than trying to ‘fix’ the unelected, undemocratic institution, Wall said that he now favoured abolition. In fact, Wall quickly arranged
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: To the polls!
Needless to say, it’s great news (as well as a pleasant surprise) that Regina will get a referendum on a proposed P3 wastewater treatment plant. And kudos to Regina Water Watch and everybody connected to the petition campaign for making that happen. But of course, the most important step comes
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Duncan Cameron discusses how the G20 is dancing around the problem of corporate tax evasion. The Economist issues a call to action against offshoring. And David Atkins points out what’s more likely needed to deal with a global problem which can be
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Our Hands Are Not Entirely Clean Either
Last evening I wrote a very brief post with a link to pictures depicting the violence that ensued in St. Petersburg, Russia recently at a small gay pride gathering. I opined that one might want to carefully consider whether to spend one’s tourist dollars in a country where hatred and
Continue readingThings Are Good: Suburbia Gone Wild
The idealized version of the American suburb has spread around the world and can be found in nearly every country. The banality of the spread has been ignored by artists, at least that’s the feeling of Martin Adolfsson who set out to document this changing global landscape. For example, it’s
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: RCMP move Duffy investigation to PMO as those with knowledge relocated
A few years ago, we were treated to a new low in Canada when the RCMP had to raid the offices of the Conservative Party of Canada in relation to an Elections Canada investigation. And now, the RCMP are eyeing the Conservative Prime Minister’s Office as well. We hear now
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: UARB: “substantial uncertainty” about Nalcor supply of market-priced energy #nlpoli
You can read the full decision by the UARB (pdf) but here are some points to note. Right off the bat, you will see in the full report that Nova Scotia consumers had the benefit of reviews by several consultants all of which are included in the UARB report. This
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Nazi: Nazi Treasure To Remain In Canada
…at least for now. I’ve written about Robert McCorkell (or McCorkill) a few times. He was a Canadian chemist with White Nationalist leanings, and when he died he bequeathed $1,000,000 in ancient gold coins and other valuables to the National Alliance, an American hate/terror group. The collection itself is quite impressive:
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, July 23, 2013: Did lawyer try to run down judge he’d targeted in blog posts? Top state court to decide Law Commission of Ontario Releases Final Report in the Family Law Project Judge Blocks North Dakota Abortion
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Parsing Noblesse Oblige.
Travelling around the world building linkages and creating cooperation in the world-wide research effort to cure multiple sclerosis was an eye-opener in terms of understanding charity. In North America, we have built our own model of noblesse oblige. It is quite different from the European version. Europe built from antiquity.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Bernie Farber Has Advice
Now that Jason Kenney has left his position as Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Bernie makes some suggestions to his successor, Chris Alexander: Refugees – Remove Hungary and Mexico from the Designated Safe Country list. This can be done immediately and without legislative reform. These designations impact vulnerable communities
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hyper Earth is Awesome
Join me in being mesmerized by the high tech modeling of the earth now possible with current super computers and satellite data. Filed under: Science Tagged: Climate Change, Climate Modelling, Earth, Science, Super Computers
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Pulling Apart
For those who view economics as a morality play, Detroit’s bankruptcy is another example of an economic sinner in the hands of an angry god. For those who view economics as a Darwinian test of survival, Detroit is just another species that didn’t make the cut. The truth is that
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Defence of fair comment requires factual foundation disclosed or obvious to audience
Mainstream Canada v. Staniford, 2013 BCCA 341 holds: [24] In order for the defence of fair comment to succeed, it is necessary for the comment to have a factual foundation or factual substratum. The comment must be an expression of opinion on a known set of facts, and the audience
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