Canadian and international press outlets reported last month that in India, the preference to have male children is so strong that parents are having their female infants surgically assigned (a.k.a. “sex changes”) to male. There were all sorts of problems with this story, but some of the verdicts have come in. Here are the facts 
Art Threat: Blue Gaza – Friday Film Pick: Gaza Strip
An award-winning 2002 documentary on Gaza from filmmaker James Longley is now available on line.
Continue readingThe Worst Thing The Campbell-Clark Government Could Ever Do…
….Would be to not reappoint Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond as the province’s child representative.And make no mistake, it is this government, a government currently being run by the very person who knows best about all that this government did wrong regard…
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A previous version of this post is the most Googled thing I’ve ever written, so I’ll keep re-posting it with updates as the busy electoral season approaches. It’s a calendar of upcoming dates and deadlines for political junkies/candidates/hacks across …
Continue readingRebekah Brooks "Friday"
“Friday, Friday, gotta resign on Friday”H/T: Mother Jones
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Location of property “on a reserve” under s. 87 of the Indian Act
Bastien Estate v. Canada 2011 SCC 38, just released, sets out the test for determining when property is to be considered "on a reserve" for income tax purposes. The decision may give guidance for more general purposes as to where propert…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 22, 2011
The week has come and gone, and here is this follow-Friday edition of 140 Law, featuring our leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Gay marriage doesn’t end fight to stay in US – http://goo.gl/MgXPFManaging Your Personal Digital Profile – htt…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: recap of the alberta progressive conservative leadership forum in vermilion.
More than 350 Progressive Conservative supporters packed into the main hall at Vermilion’s Lakeland College Campus to hear and ask questions to the six candidates seeking the leadership of Alberta’s governing party. The format of the debate only allowed each candidate a short 30 seconds to respond to questions. Instead of encouraging direct answers, it […]
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: How To Fund Innovation
Just over a year ago, I wrote an opinion piece about the federal government’s “innovation strategy” and its impact on the post-secondary education sector. In the piece, I argue that the strategy has resulted in significant funding increases for university R&D. But I also argue in the piece that the strategy creates winners and losers–i.e. a “world class” doctoral student […]
Continue readingBetterParks for Vancouver: A Martini with your putter?
The Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation is considering serving alcohol on the greens and fairways of the public golf courses. I am very much looking forward to the staff report that will accompany this recommendation. According to park board by-l…
Continue readingRedBedHead: BMI & Other Lies
Went out last night for a drink with a friend of mine and we ended up in a conversation with a professor from the University of Western Ontario who teaches in the Women’s Studies Dept and specializes in Medical Sociology or the sociology of medicine,…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: This Week At The Ontario Court of Appeal: 11-07-22
Each week, Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. Aguas v. Rivard Estate. A personal injury case where the appellant, Ms. Aguas, was suing the estate of Mr. Rivard for damages arising from a motor vehicle accident inv…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Audio: OpenMedia.ca’s comments at the UBB hearing
OpenMedia.ca spoke out against a metered Internet at the CRTC’s hearing, which ran from July 11 – 19. Interested in what we had to say? Well you’re in luck:
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Continue readingLeDaro: MSNBC – Keith Olbermann and Cenk Uygur
What’s wrong with MSNBC? Whenever they have a successful host, they push them out. Keith Olbermann had the highest ratings for MSNBC, and he was fired. Now with Cenk Ugyur having done well in the ratings, the same has happened to him. I think if MSNBC …
Continue readingOne Woman. One Blog.: Tonight in Peterborough: Chocolate, Cheese, and Activism
Via OPIRG Peterborough and others Friday, July 22 · 4:30pm – 6:30pm Sadleir House751 George St. N.Peterborough The goal of Chocolate, Cheese & Activism is to bring those interested in social justice activism together to explore issues and practices, and following from Part 2 of the series, identify ways to
Continue readingOne Woman. One Blog.: Tonight in Peterborough: Chocolate, Cheese, and Activism
Via OPIRG Peterborough and others Friday, July 22 · 4:30pm – 6:30pm Sadleir House 751 George St. N. Peterborough The goal of Chocolate, Cheese & Activism is to bring those interested in social justice activism together to explore issues and…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Cutting Nukes First: The Economic Burden of Nuclear Weapons
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As I write this, US leaders have just two weeks to make a deal on how to cut the deficit to prevent the nation defaulting on their debt commitments.President Obama said that, in terms o…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 3944…A Good Day For World’s Most Famed Cdn
Justin Bieber’s girlfriend, Selena Gomez, turns 19.This means that when in His Home And Native Land Mr. Bieber can send her to the bottle stores and she can legally score booze from Sea To Shining Sea.It is a good day.WFDS
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: This Week in Alberta – Looking for a Leader
All eyes are on the PC and Liberal leadership races this summer in Alberta. Well, all eyes are on the PC leadership race, and a few eyes are glancing over at the Liberal one every now and then.Still, the five Liberal candidates held a lively debate in …
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