9/11!JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A western Pennsylvania school district has decided not to stage a Tony Award-winning musical about a Muslim street poet after members of the community complained about the play on the heels of the 10th anniversary of the September…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Sun Smears Suzuki
When you read this story about the “controversy” David Suzuki and his foundation have found themselves in for endorsing Dalton McGuinty’s Green Energy initiatives, you have to read between the lines. What’s between the lines can be found in…
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Lobbyist Says GLBT People Don’t Exist
Linda Harvey, an anti-gay activist and lobbyist on behalf of Mission America, has announced that “there is no proof that there’s ever anything like a gay, lesbian, or bisexual or transgendered child, or teen, or human.” “There are no such humans,” she added. Well, that’s certainly surprise to me, a gay man. If I don’t […]
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Advertising group has Tory, Nalcor ties #nlpoli
MQO, the market research company that released an opinion poll on the second day of the provincial general election, is part of a group of marketing and advertising companies with ties to the provincial Conservatives and Nalcor, the provincial governme…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Next we sell off naming rights for schools
Private business promoters aim to eliminate public enterprises through privatization, contracting out and outsourcing. They promote the myth that delivery of services by private, often multinational, companies gains cost and service efficiencies. …
Continue readingScary and useless crime bills
The government unveiled their big omnibus
crime bill yesterday, minus the parts about lawful access or the anti-terror
provisions that they had previously indicated would be in them. (Predictably,
NDP MP Charlie Angus cried victory for the …
OpenMedia.ca: CRTC rewrites rules for mobile broadcasting by Susan Krashinsky
The CRTC has introduced a new set of controls on how television content can be sold, in a move that will curb BCE Inc.’s plans to use programming to boost its wireless business.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CRTC sets rules on exclusive mobile video deals
The CRTC has ruled that companies such as Bell can’t offer streamed hockey games or TV shows exclusively to their own mobile and internet customers — such content must also be available to competitors “under fair and reasonable terms.”
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CRTC Rules Against Exclusive TV Rights Deals by Etan Vlessing
The CRTC is forcing vertically integrated media groups to make all TV shows, including premium sporting events, available to competitors under fair and reasonable terms.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canada regulator tightens mobile, Internet rules
The CRTC says Canadian companies that own both television content and the means to distribute it will face tighter rules for selling programming rights to rivals.
Continue readingWise Law Blog: "The 24"
It was a thrill to be included earlier this week in The 24: Canada’s Top Legal Social Media Influencers from Lawyers Weekly.
Many thanks to writers Warren Smith and Jordan Furlong for this real honour.
Check out their list and by all means, f…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Elizabeth Warren on "Class Warfare"
Via Atrios, this hits it out of the park:
I hear all this, you know, “Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.”—No!
There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody.
You built a factory out there—good for you! But…
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Diary of a Film Festival Virgin, Part 1
I have a confession to make. I was born and raised in Toronto, lived half my life there, I am a huge movie fan… and yet, up until this year I had never attended a single Toronto International Film Festival screening. Every year there was some excuse: I had no
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Diary of a Film Festival Virgin, Part 1
I have a confession to make. I was born and raised in Toronto, lived half my life there, I am a huge movie fan… and yet, up until this year I had never attended a single Toronto International Film Festival screening.Every year there was some excuse: …
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Diary of a Film Festival Virgin, Part 1
I have a confession to make. I was born and raised in Toronto, lived half my life there, I am a huge movie fan… and yet, up until this year I had never attended a single Toronto International Film Festival screening. Every year there was some excuse: I had no
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: second-ballot math: alberta tory caucus splits between redford, mar, horner.
The three candidates eliminated on the first-ballot vote to choose the next leader of Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives have all announced their support for front-runner Gary Mar. Carrying 40% of the vote on the first-ballot, it is understandable why the three would endorse the front-runner in terms of both personal political calculation and party unity. Scattering […]
Continue readingAdam M On The Front Page: A Deal Is A Deal: BC Will Have to Repay Federal HST Money
Jim Flaherty expects British Columbia to repay the $1.6 Billion it received from the federal government as part of its HST tax rollout. Here’s something I don’t say very often: I agree with Jim Flaherty. I don’t understand the idea behind the HST 100% but to the extent that I know
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: What Passes for Autism Research?
A new “study” informs us that persons with Asperger’s Disorder and High Functioning Autism are more likely to be atheists.
How does that help us understand the biological basis for autism disorders? How does that help us understand the ca…