I have a piece up on TechPresident about some crazy regulations that took place in Florida that put citizens at greater risk all so the state and local governments can make more money. Here’s a chunk: In effect, what the state of Florida is saying is that a $20 million
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Recent Offerings from the Tweet of God
Imagine if God had a Twitter account. Apparently He does! From it he dispenses divine observations and wisdom to we mere mortals. Here are a few of His latest offerings:I support marijuana. I created it for you. In fact the Garden of Eden was full of it. That was Eve’s
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Test for discrimination
Peel Law Association v. Pieters, 2013 ONCA 396 holds: [53] The Divisional Court set out the following test for discrimination. The Court said: In order to prove a prima facie case of discrimination, there must be evidence to support the following findings: a. a distinction or differential treatment; b. arbitrariness based on a prohibited
Continue readingCalgary Grit: As Easy As 1-2-3
Something good happened at Toronto City Hall this week. I know, I know. I’m as surprised as you are. Councillors vote to seek end of ‘first past the post’ system in city elections Toronto city council took a significant step on Tuesday towards dramatically changing how the city elects its
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Rafe Mair Does Not Bring Flowers To Knife Fights!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Rafe’s latest post on the Common Sense Canadian is a tough swallow for many NDP loyalists and not all that comforting to MLA John Horgan. It is however spot on in its criticism which is needed right now if we are to get past the
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Kinder Morgan Oil Pipe Spills
CALGARY – The National Energy Board (NEB or Board) is responding to a crude oil release on the TransMountain Pipeline southwest of Merritt, BC owned and operated by Kinder Morgan Canada. The size of the spill has yet to be determined by the NEB. There is no immediate safety concern
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Among OECD, Only Mexico has fewer per capita hospital beds than Ontario
There are some that would like to portray labour and many of our community partners as being reactionary towards the shift of services from hospital to the community. The reality is labour actually represents substantial numbers of members in the … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: June 13: Ignorance? Lying? Corrupted?
These three are a running theme for today’s blog. First, a public policy expert is NOT an expert on what public policy should be. He or she is an expert on how a policy should be carried out once it has been decided on by experts in economics, urban planning,environmental
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Why Is Harper So Fervent About Free Trade?
Much has been written about the Harper government’s obsession with concluding a variety of trade deals; probably one of the most worrisome in terms of its implications for Canadian sovereignty, jobs, environmental protection and culture is the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) that Canada is pursuing with the European
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Mike Fancie offers this year’s definitive response to the the misguided concept of “tax freedom”: The Fraser Institute’s math on income and taxation has been roundly criticized, including by a former Assistant Chief Statistician and by our Andrew Jackson for skewing numbers to make
Continue readingThings Are Good: Bees are Great for Honey and Sleep
Bees are wonderful little beings that spread pollen to places that need it and, as a bonus they create delicious honey. It turns out that a spoonful of honey can help you sleep! Suffering from yet another poor night’s sleep? Then how about trying some local beekeeper’s honey for a
Continue readingcartoon life: The queen of our house #2
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, crown, queen
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Firing AHS board a short-term solution to a Tory political problem.
TweetYesterday I asked “who’s the boss” in the battle between Health Minister Fred Horne and Alberta Health Services board chairman Stephen Lockwood over executive bonuses. We found out the answer early yesterday morning when Minister Horne not only fired Mr. Lockwood, but he fired the entire AHS super board, replacing
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Media male sexist pigs: this week’s edition
Postmedia’s Glen McGregor harangues Conservative MP Michelle Rempel about the origins of the hair products she uses. I am not making this up. Rempel was much more restrained than I would have been. I would have told McGregor – he of “Rape Carlone Mulroney Contest” infamy – to fuck off.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how Canada’s federal privacy law actually prohibits our own federal government from conducting secret surveillance (so long as it’s actually followed) – as well as how little that law means if countries don’t recognize that privacy applies beyond their borders. For further reading…– Michelle Shepard reported here on
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Riot Fest announces the Replacements!
What a killer lineup! Can’t make the Toronto show, so I bought a couple of tickets to Riot Fest’s Chicago gig. The Replacements (first show in more than two decades!), Violent Femmes, Public Enemy, Against Me!, Bad Religion, Rancid, Blondie, and so many more. Just. Wow.
Continue readingwmtc: my life at the children’s library so far (plus happy birthday to me)
What a difference it makes when you enjoy going to work. What a difference when you don’t dread your job. Wow! This is what I’ve done in my new position so far. – I participated in the finale of Grade 4 Read To Succeed, in which the winning classes – the classes
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, June 13, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 13, 2013: US federal judge rules unpaid interns were misclassified employees, certifies class action NSA whistleblower Snowden says he’s not avoiding justice Some striking Ontario elevator workers forced back to work under rarely used labour law
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Mayor On Crack: more than 10,000 hits for SFH’s latest!
Enjoy those police raids, Your Worship!
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: An open cartoon to my fellow Charlatan cartoonist Sasa Petricic
Glad you’re out, buddy. Sparky, however, was ready to start raising funds to spring you from the slammer in Istanbul!
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