If the province’s Liberals live up to the promise made in a news release issued Monday, they’ll make local legislative history. Andrew Parsons, MHA for Burgeo-La Poile, announced today that he will be introducing a Bill to regulate the opening of the House of Assembly in the future. Since Confederation,
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, January 10, 2012: UK Law Society gives lawyers social media guidance Parental abductions go unpunished, Canadian dads say BC ‘honour killing’ case will put Canada’s extradition laws to the test – National Post London Ont court imposes
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: So Much For Senate Reform
“The Upper House remains a dumping ground for the favoured cronies of the prime minister,” a righteous Stephen Harper proclaimed back in 2004. As is always the case with this prime minister, it is instructive to compare his past statements with his present practice. His recent Senate appointments provide yet
Continue readingTrashy's World: Again, I know I said I’d keep politics…
… off this site until I return, but it is our last day down here, so I’m taking some liberties. This is the Con Natural Resources Minister: Oliver says the groups “threaten to hijack our regulatory system to achieve their radical ideological agenda,” stack the hearings with people to delay
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: What do you think of cell phone service in Canada?
Pro-Internet community, We’re hearing a lot about the Big Three cell phone giants’ terrible treatment of customers, and about their plans to take more control of the market. We’re getting more active on this file as result: We at OpenMedia.ca are preparing a response to Big Telecom’s stranglehold on the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Philosophical Reflection – Wouldn’t that be nice in North America?
The lack of reflection in North American society reflects in our policies and economic choices. Countries that have experienced the ripsaw of neo-liberal capitalism (essentially the unbalanced “free-market” reforms that we impose on other countries to savage their people and exploit their resources) are contemplating life after the free marketers
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Stephen Maher and Barbara Yaffe have learned to be duly skeptical of the Cons’ motives when it comes to Senate patronage. But John Ibbitson still has a ways to go – as he’s apparently still buying Con spin about new provinces holding
Continue reading2012 Quote of the Year. "(Radicals) are a group of people who don’t take into account the facts but are driven by an ideological imperative"
It’s only 10 days into January of 2012 and already we have a sure winner for lack-of-self-awareness wingnut quote of the year. Thank you, Joe Oliver and congratulations. Your clueless statement may very well be the quote of the decade.
Continue readingCleaning up the mess…
It’s not enough that this edition of Collingwood Town Council had to resolve the downtown patio issue, the Admiral Collingwood Place debacle, and the general financial mess left by the previous council. Now word comes down of one more mess: a commitment to cover any deficit for the Ontario Winter
Continue readingHalf an Hour: Data
Responding to Cooperative Catalyst, Metrics and “Success” I think data is important (it’s the only evidence we have!) but I think that people take a very narrow view of data, which is unfortunate. – they think, for example, that data is just numbers, when in fact data can be found
Continue readingRadical environmentalists, shame on you! Didn’t you know the Northern Gateway will ‘fund social programs’?
Talk about shame. Pro-polluters and climate change deniers have none. Take one Joe Oliver, for example. This creep has the temerity to tell us that the Northern Gateway pipeline will be a progressive’s wet dream. “These are projects of enormous national significance – in terms of job creation and creating
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Easy Come Easy GO!
Apparently Santorum’s Iowa momentum is dead and is no longer helping him in New Hampshire. Jon Huntsman keeping his 3rd place position, and Paul Solid at around 20%. While Mitt Romney has declined in his poll numbers according to recent polls,but It seems that Romney is still going to beat Paul and Huntsman by a margin probably
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: As The Debate Over The Northern Gateway Pipeline Heats Up
…it will be important to keep a level head. The GreenPolicyProf blog is a good place for a level headed assessment of the situation on the ground in B.C.. Incidentally, there is some question as to whether the regulatory changes suggested by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver would apply to Northern
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: It takes a radical to know a radical
Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, is apparently mad that his government’s plan to dump an oil pipeline through some of British Columbia’s pristine wilderness and have oil tankers come through to pick it up (and why should anyone be concerned about that, right? Exxon Valdez… cough) has been slowed
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: NDP Defector?
Ottawa – Liberal Caucus (PLC), relegated to the third party in the Commons by the orange wave that swept the last elections, may well have robbed a member of its rivals, according to The Gazette has learned. Bob Rae will be there for Coderre’s presser, so it must be something
Continue readingMorton's Musings: The Liberals and the primary option: Open nominations, open society
I first heard the idea of using a primary type system to choose the next Liberal leader in April, 2011. By then it was pretty clear we were not going to form the next government; indeed it was apparent we were in danger of losing our spot as official Opposition.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: OCI jams provincial fisheries minister #nlpoli
The CBC online account is on the Ceeb’s website (here). That’s pretty much what everyone has been reporting, namely the impact fisheries minister Darin King’s comments on Friday had on Ocean Choice International. Check the company’s news release and you’ll see that is also what the company started out with:
Continue readingImpolitical: A new Liberal MP from the NDP?
That is what Le Devoir is reporting is the subject of a Bob Rae press conference this morning. If so, it’s big news: Le caucus du Parti libéral (PLC), relégué au rang de troisième parti aux Communes par la vague orange qui a déferlé aux dernières élections, pourrait bien avoir
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism, Obesity and Medication: Our Run, Jump, Fly Boy Says NO THANK YOU!
Run, Jump, Fly Boy 2007 Run, Jump, Fly Boy 2011 There are many news reports concerning possible connections between obesity and medications prescribed for children and adults with autism and other developmental disorder. Those reports help stiffen our resolve to avoid medications for our autistic son Conor, our Run, Jump,
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