Fischer v. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., 2011 MBCA 47 deals with the obligation to mitigate when collecting a contract debt.
In general, mitigation does not apply to an action for a fixed debt as it does to tort and contract …
Continue readingFischer v. Dyck Forages & Grasses Ltd., 2011 MBCA 47 deals with the obligation to mitigate when collecting a contract debt.
In general, mitigation does not apply to an action for a fixed debt as it does to tort and contract …
Continue readingIt being National Aboriginal Day, there were a number of Members’ Statements to that effect, and after Jack Layton dispensed with a couple of cursory questions on the postal strike to kick off QP (where Harper assured him that the back-to-work le…
Continue readingIts been nice knowing (almost) all of you. The tiny bits of plastic at the bottom of the ocean poisoning the food chain, and the floaty bits on top of it in the garbage patch choking the birds and dolphins ought to finish us all off in about 50 years or less. If there was […]
Continue readingI had the pleasure of joining over 200 Edmontonians to share ideas about making our city more friendly to the arts at Mayor Stephen Mandel‘s Arts Think Tank today at the Sutton Place Hotel. The day was hosted by Dianne Kipnes and Brian Webb and included a though-provoking talk by author Peter Kageyama, two “pod […]
Continue readingI’ve gone through all my editors’ notes and made all the changes–and have started one more run through to make sure I like what I did. I will surface soon–though I may need to do nothing but twiddle my thumbs for a couple of days. I’ve learned a lot and wonder if it will make […]
Continue readingWe’d all like to think that political ideas come out of politicians’ heads after careful thought and lots of research. In Newfoundland and Labrador, government ideas tend to spring from the ass. A whole bunch of people in the province are not hap…
Continue readingLooks like the Tories will hold onto Cecil Clarke’s old seat in Cape Breton North.Results, with 47 of 51 polls reporting:
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Yesterday, Tory MP Bob Zimmer for Prince George-Peace River made a number of really stupid comments re the closure of the Marine Rescue Centre in St. John’s, NFLD., basically joking that shutting down a service that many regard as life-saving was a f…
Continue readingOttawa agrees to review G20 claims from Toronto business owners – thestar.comExcerpt:NDP MP Andrew Cash (Davenport) accused the government of trying to bury businesses in paperwork hoping they will “just quietly go away.”“Toronto businesses insid…
Continue readingA Man walks into a bank in North Carolina, and gives the teller a note that says that this is an unarmed bank robbery, and that she had better hand him $1 and call the police.
He then walked to a couch and sat down and waited.
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Continue readingBecause Stephen Harper instructed them to.
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“Hello, my name is Talisman Terry, your friendly Fracosaurus. I am here to teach you about a clean energy source called Natural Gas.”
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These are very busy times. First there was the Air Canada fiasco. They were out less than a day and the Prime Minister was laying down Back to Work Legislation. Fortunately the parties concluded an agreement before the Legislation could be passed…
Continue readingHard quality work shows for itself. Joining the likes of General Douglas McArthur, former Liberal MP, my former MP, The Hon. Bryon Wilfert, is going to receive Japan’s second highest honour, the Order of the Rising Sun. Bryon has worked tirelessly for …
Continue readingFollowing up on my earlier post, there was one massive piece of news from #vancon2011 on the capacity development front in the unveiling of the Broadbent Institute. But while it’s hard to see any circumstances where the creation of a new think tank bui…
Continue readingTuesday, June 21, 2011
A shocking story from Mark Hume in the Globe and Mail on June 12th reveals …
Continue readingNew York City plans to capture Canada Geese and ship them to Pennsylvania, where they will be killed, cooked and fed to the poor.
NYC says the geese pose a hazard to planes, because they sometimes get caught in engines.
They also say that they couldn’t find any takers in New York, which is why […]
Continue readingNaturally, there’s plenty to catch up on from #vancon2011 – but before I get into the news from the convention, let’s note one relatively surprising omission from the agenda for most of the weekend.At the NDP’s previous convention in Halifax, delegates…
Continue readingAs representatives of independent Canadian publications, we were alarmed to see yesterday’s statement from Magazines Canada CEO Mark Jamison applauding Minister of Labour Lisa Raitt’s decision to introduce back-to-work legislation to force …
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