A long and tiring term is coming to a close. Time to celebrate the holidays, then head out to Vancouver for a few days, to end 2011, and then it will be a new year and a new term. The Winter term of 2012 is also going to be very
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Profile – Thomas Mulcair
From the moment Thomas Mulcair chose to run as an NDP candidate for Parliament, he’s earned both more scrutiny and more attention than any other NDP represenative other than the leader who recruited him. Indeed, during slow news months there were even highly speculative stories about Mulcair trying to take
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Economic Climate and Inequality
The December issue of the quarterly Economic Climate for Bargaining publication I produce is now on-line. This issue has a number of pieces on issues of inequality, including: Rising inequality is hurting our economy Labour rights, unions and the 99% Canadian economy bleeding jobs; public sector cuts to intensify Recession
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: Dec. 23: The silly season, lack of ethics, the usual…
There is really no news in today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. There is just triviality, horoscope, comics… In other words, it’s business as usual at the TandT. That makes Norbert’s column particularly annoying. He gets off on a rant about how newspaper news media just report silly news in this,
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Canada Goose Egg
This morning, Statistics Canada reported zero economic growth in October. While growth had been driven by strong mining and fossil-fuel exports during the third quarter, Canadians got a lump of coal in October. This Christmas goose egg should come as a wake-up call to economic policymakers. It follows Labour Force Surveys
Continue readingWise Law Blog: This Week at the Ontario Court of Appeal – December 23, 2011
Each Week Wise Blog analyzes recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. Tarion Warranty Corporation v. Kozy The main issue on appeal was whether the Respondent was considered a “builder” within the meaning of the term in the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act (“ONHWP Act”). The appellant, Tarion
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: A Match Made In Heaven
One of the very last products still advertising on Fox News North, it seems. Otherwise, they drone on endlessly; one yearns for the appearance of Dr. Ho.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Harper’s Diabolical Christmas Gift to Big Oil – Selling Out Canadian Workers
Any doubt that the federal government has turned Canada into a petro-state beholden to Big Oil can be put to rest by this chilling account from yesterday’s G&M. The Alberta Oil Patch appears to have persuaded Ottawa to let them fill Tar Sands jobs with Third World labour. Alberta is
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Amen, brother, amen #nlpoli #cdnpoli
nottawa asks a good question about politicians, university professors and journalists and discovery of a fairly obvious point about public life in Newfoundland and Labrador since 2003. – srbp –
Continue readingFar and Wide: When Not To Chase A Poll
Anyone following the NDP leadership race has probably heard of this Forum Research poll, perhaps the first public gauge of the race. I’d like to look at this poll, not in the sense of insight- primarily because it provides NONE- but because it highlights an almost reckless incorporation by journalists
Continue readingTrashy's World: Well…
I was wrong about the snow. Damn. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Meet Mike Crawley
After hearing from Alexandra Mendes , Sheila Copps, and Ron Hartling, my tour of LPC Presidential candidates lands on Mike Crawley. Who is Mike Crawley? Mike is the former President of the Ontario wing of the Liberal Party, so Ontario Liberals are quite familiar with him. Others are most likely
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, December 23, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, December 23, 2011 (a.k.a. Christmas Eve, Eve): Toronto Marlies player Mike Zigomanis hires lawyer over nude photo accusations – Toronto Sun http://bit.ly/d62xgF Jack Layton voted Canada’s Newsmaker of the Year http://bit.ly/tySabR Will Harper enable abortion debate to resume? “Unborn
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Music Interlude: The Hallelujah Chorus – Flashmob Style
Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus accessible full of life and joy accessible for all. This is a repost, but too bad, the awesome has not lost its glow. Filed under: Arts, Music Tagged: Flash Mob, Friday Classical Music Interlude, Hallelujah Chorus
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Hell Hath No Fury
When Helena Geurgis melted down almost two years ago at the Charlottetown Airport, she received little sympathy. When she was asked to take off her boots for a security screening, she exploded. According to The Toronto Star: Guergis “slammed her boots into the bin” provided by security personnel and then,
Continue reading350 or bust: There’s Something Happening In the Air
Need some inspiration? Check out this video: A powerful group of images of the brave people throughout our lifetime (and before) who took the front lines to sow the seeds of social change with peaceful demonstrations and were forcefully dealt with by the preservers of the status quo.
Continue readingWhat does it take to be a Sun News Network host?
Apparently, this. Jacqui’s television credits include co- hosting “Argos Access” with Michael “Pinball” Clemons, hosting “Dancing at the Palais” on Women’s Television Network, host/reporter on Sportsnet Ontario, co-hosting a late night talk show on Toronto One and until recently she anchored the daily Current Affairs show “Canoe Live” on Sun
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Will the Flaherty-Harper Ticking Time Bomb be Detonated?
In Jim Flaherty’s first budget, he announced that his government was opening up the housing market to private insurers. “These changes will result in greater choice and innovation in the market for mortgage insurance, benefiting consumers and promoting home ownership.” Loosely translated, the sub-prime mortgage industry was heading north, and
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Compromise!?
Obama wants to push the so called compromise of extending the payroll tax cuts by another 2 years. If this is considered a compromise it a joke. Because first both sides for the most part agree with the idea, but yet there was still a lot of fighting over the
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