Tying your shoes — you’re doing it wrong
When I was a wee lad, I had trouble tying my shoes the wrong way. I had to make two big loops and overlap those. True story. (Embarrassing, but true.)…
June 2011
The “royal” visit – and why I am glad I’ll be outta town!
I detest hero-worship in any form… and the fawning over the “royal” visit is the epitome of hero worship! Not that I am implying in any way that they’re heroes…
CIDA announces Open Data portal: What it means to Canadians
For those who missed it, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has announced it is launching an open data portal. This is exciting news. On Monday I was interviewed about…
New York passes equal marriage into law
Please excuse my silence over the last couple of days. I was on a road trip to drive a friend back home to Richmond, Virginia. We drove through New York…
thou shalt be thin: obesity hysteria and the eating disorder epidemic
This ad for Yoplait Light reduced-calorie yogurt, which I saw on TV last Sunday night, was supposedly pulled from circulation. The National Eating Disorder Association petitioned General Mills because the…
Climate Sceptic Group Reveals Strategy Document to Win Hearts and Minds
ICSC_logo.jpg In December 2009 at a gathering of climate change deniers in Copenhagen, Dr Tom Harris was shimmering with enthusiasm for his latest project.Dr Harris, executive director of the Ott...
TSX shareholders stand up for Canada
The proposed merger between the Toronto and London Stock exchanges has just been called off -- after a count of the proxy votes determined that there was only a simple…
Health Care Is A Provincial Responsibility Dept: Quebec Drags Its Feet in Going After Medicare Extrabilling, Compared to Ontario
This morning Le Devoir reports that Ontario is going after illegal extra billing for medically necessary services. Last week the McGinty Liberal governments, in pre-electoral mode, announced inquiries into the…
Judge Excoriates Cops As Thugs, Expresses Content Superiors Who Conceal
Yesterday I posted some of the comments made by Justice Allen upon sentencing two Toronto police officers to a year of house arrest for beating a Cabbagetown man in 2009.…
Up then Down
Gay equality is on a rollercoaster this week. With New York legalizing gay marriage and a poll showing that a majority of Americans support gay marriage one would think that…
Appeal from interim spousal support order requires leave in Ontario
Elgner v. Elgner, 2011 ONCA 483 -- An interim spousal support order is made. Can the order be appealed as of right or only with leave? Leave required: In conclusion, when ss....
Sactimony Unbecoming
Michael Ignatieff wrote an interesting op-ed today, presumably prompted by a recently published report and article examining expatriates. In it Ignatieff shares his less than pleasant experience on the subject,…
Sactimony Unbecoming
Michael Ignatieff wrote an interesting op-ed today, presumably prompted by a recently published report and article examining expatriates. In it Ignatieff shares his less than pleasant experience on the subject,…
Sactimony Unbecoming
Michael Ignatieff wrote an interesting op-ed today, presumably prompted by a recently published report and article examining expatriates. In it Ignatieff shares his less than pleasant experience on the subject,…
#RCMP complaints body says it’s playing ball with @cancivlib | #G20
Something about the Tumblr / Tweeter interface is not working ... (mumbling obscenities under my breath ... )
The price of a loan guarantee
Ontario is planning to build two new nuclear reactors to meet the province’s energy needs in the near future and finance minister Dwight Duncan signalled on Tuesday that the Ontario…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Yes, plenty of attention is being paid to Canada's weak ranking when it comes to innovation. But it's well worth noting that the failure…
Palliative care following the end of life support is ‘treatment’ and requires consent of substitute decision maker
Rasouli v. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2011 ONCA 482 holds that the end of life support followed by palliative care is 'treatment' for purposes of the Health Care Consent Act and so requires…
The Silence of the Mainstream Media on Private Power, Fish Farms
I sat in my hotel room in London on a recent vacation, reading the comments on my last article in thetyee.ca in which I had congratulated the Vancouver Sun for…
Did Harper Suppress DND’s Climate Change Warning?
A study prepared by Canada's Department of National Defence sounds the alarm on climate change. The report concludes that energy shortages coupled with the rapidly spreading freshwater crisis and compounded…