Combined, Bills C-30 and C11, threaten Canadians’ access to the open Internet. Together we’ve been building momentum against these Bills by sending Ottawa a clear message that such legislation will worsen Canada’s digital deficit. Let’s keep the ball rolling by spreading the word about the No Internet Lockdown campaign and
Continue readingIn This Corner: Journal hits ‘New’ high in its support of Redford.
So, what do you think of the new PC party slogan, ‘New Conservatives’? Pretty catchy, eh? You can take that into an election. What do you mean, you’ve never heard of ‘New Conservatives’? Surely, it is in common use, since the Edmonton Journal’s lead editorial in Wednesday’s paper used the
Continue readingWomen win one, lose one … and so it goes
The good news is that the European Union is considering mandatory quotas to get more women on corporate boards. They have tried the voluntary approach and, as is so often the case, it hasn’t worked. Currently only one in seven board members at Europe’s biggest companies are women despite the
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Last refuge of a scoundrel
Samuel Johnson said patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.These days, its setting up a website.
Continue reading350 or bust: Little Shop Of Horrors
In honour of my dentist appointment today, here’s Steve Martin singing the “Dentist Song” from Little Shop Of Horrors (with my apologies to all the lovely and compassionate dentists out there, including my own):
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Enbridge linked to PNCIMA cancellation
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Revelations on Sunday that Enbridge had actively, and successfully, lobbied the federal government to walk away from a decade long planning process with Coastal First Nations and the Province of BC do nothing to help the company’s embattled pipeline and tankers project, or its reputation with
Continue readingAnother Fine Tribute To Our Friend Mary…
ThereWereNoMice LikeMary’sAnon-O-MiceVille This one is from Bill Tieleman. And it starts like this: BC Mary was one of Canada’s most tireless, prolific, dedicated and dogged bloggers – with an absolute commitment to finding out the truth about the BC Legislature Raids – the Basi-Virk case – the BC Railgate story.
Continue readingBlevkog: Kony 2012
From Wikipedia: “Joseph Rao Kony (born 1961 in Odek, Uganda) is a Ugandan guerrilla group leader, head of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a group engaged in a violent campaign to establish theocratic government based on the Ten Commandments throughout Uganda. The LRA say that God has sent spirits to
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Kochtopus Cato Institute Power Grab: A Historical Perspective
Kochtopus-3_0.png A new chapter is being added to the ongoing Kochtopus saga. On March 1 the Washington Post, in a story sure to fill the airwaves for the weeks and months to come, revealed the Kochtopus is suing the Cato Institute for control of the recently deceased and former Cato Chairman William Niskanen's ownership share in the think-tank.
Continue readingThe Wingnuterer: RoboCon – Lets Examine Some Of The Facts
Elections Canada distributes voters lists to all parties that are running at the start of the election and a send update list three days before the official election date. Elections Canada’s voter list consist of the voters name and address, no phone numbers, no polling station information. The Political Parties
Continue readingFusing and Musing: Douche of the week – Rush Limbaugh
Well, well, it certainly has taken a while to get back to writing here on oddbloke.ca. As many of you know, the operator of this site, after having me vetted by the public, was ill for a while. But seriously – I was a bit annoyed by the “What to
Continue readingTrashy's World: Yes kids…
… that’s an almost 30 degree swing in the temperature in one day… For Americans, that’s about a 53 F swing! Whatta country! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Conversion and the defence of abandonment
Dean v. Kotsopoulos, 2012 ONCA 143 deals with conversion and abandonment: [16] The trial judge correctly stated that conversion is a strict liability tort. It is no defence that the wrongful interference with the goods of another was done innocently (Northstar Leasing Corp. v. Two Ten Spruce Corp., [2007] O.J. No. 1068 (S.C.J.)
Continue readingLeft Over: Air Canada’s Pilots Scrutinized by the CRAPers
And here we go again… not content to agitate us further by unnecessary fancy “fighter” planes that are already said to be not the greatest, a touted prison system that privatizes and therefore over-regulates to keep profits up for the CRAP’s pals..oh, and robo-calls to skewer the elections, now we
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Of June and High Water
British homeowners have been told they’ll have to fend for themselves come June when their government’s agreement with Brit insurers for provision of flood coverage lapses. Insurers are reacting to what they consider a refusal by the austerity-obsessed Cameron government to honour its obligations to improve flood defences. The agreement,
Continue readingkirbycairo: How Many Insults Will Canadians Take?
Any Tory that is still holding on to the pathological fantasy that the Harper government is in any way interested in accountability and democracy should be deeply shaken this week by one development after another which demonstrates just how secretive and corrupt their hero is. The worst development is, of course, this
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Six Brits Missing, Presumed Dead, in Afghanistan. Cameron Reacts Quickly to Declare Missing Soldiers Dead
A patrolling British Warrior armoured fighting vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. The six soldiers who had been aboard are missing and, curiously, presumed dead. The attack seems to illustrate the awkward point all sides to this war are in as they wait for Western forces
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Roboscam: Bob Rae has 13 days to protect Canada’s democracy by stopping the clock
The clock is ticking and there are less than three weeks to go (around 13 days as of today) before voters lose their right to appeal to the courts under the Canada Elections Act to upset the results of the May 2 election in at least 27 ridings. And Bob
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OPINION: The CBC is already the best pay-TV station in the country by Greg O’Brien
Columnist says the paradox of the CBC is that it must broadly appeal to all Canadians but it also must reflect smaller groups, be they regional, linguistic or otherwise grouped, back to themselves – and at the same time.
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Mostly competent campaigning?
A number of my colleagues in the blogosphere are pointing to this interview with Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott this morning. As the Saskatchewan MP describes it, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) manages voting lists for all federal ridings in a central database in Ottawa. Data supplied by Elections Canada
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