Good Old Fashioned Class Warfare
While many members of the chattering class have heralded Stephen Harper's election as the beginning of a bright and beautiful future, Linda McQuaig has always seen it for what it…
July 2011
Koch Industries: The Dirty Business Of Climate Denial
A short animation by by Australian filmmaker Taki Oldham which details the efforts of billionaire oil barons Charles & David Koch to undermine belief in climate change and prevent legislation…
Uninformed Indian Health Minister makes idiotic remarks
Epic ignorance from India’s Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, was displayed Monday when he told delegates at a Delhi HIV/AIDS conference, "Unfortunately, there is this disease in the world and…
Waiting for the razor-blade singularity
We may need to check with Ray Kurzweil on this one, but it looks as though we might expect the technological singularity sooner than anyone expects, based on your razor.…
Canadian Hindu Advocacy = 2 Skinny Hindi
...Naresh Patel and Ron Banerjee, so their promise to erect "massive pickets" outside Valley Park Middle School, which brings in an Imam for Friday prayer services , can safely be…
Clement’s user fees kabuki dance
Well this seems strange: "Federal departments to propose user fees hikes despite government promises."The Harper government may have vowed that cutting the deficit would not lead to higher user fees,…
Skinner makes false statement in letter to Telegram editor
Natural resources minister Shawn Skinner is writing more letters to the editor of the Telegram these days that the former Open Line hydro queen sends tweets. The government must have…
Fighting yesterday’s fights
The Hill Times digs through the entrails of the filibuster that was here. Andrew Coyne weighs in, considering it fighting yesterday’s fights while Parliament ignores the challenges of tomorrow (like…
Ontario Employment Law: Exemptions From The Overtime Provisions Of The Ontario Employment Standards Act
As a general rule, if an employee in Ontario works more than 44 hours per week, he or she is entitled to be paid one and one-half times his or…
This Week at the Ontario Court of Appeal: 11-06-24
Each week Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal.Di Tomaso v. Crown Metal Packaging Canada LP. An appeal in a wrongful termination case. Mr. Di…
The Tory leadership race: Lukaszuk’s out, Horner’s still in, Redford is channeling Nenshi
Loneliness of the long-distance runners: Alberta Tory leadership candidates, who may not appear exactly as illustrated, head for the finish line, 11 weeks away. Below: Tom Lukaszuk, Doug Horner, Kevin…
Glenn Thibeault’s REAL National Autism Strategy
In the past 36 hours I have criticized CASDA's claims to be advocating for a National Autism Strategy and to be presenting a unified national autism voice. Lawrie Mawlam of…
What A Storm!
This past weekend I was out at the Starland Recreation Area to do some observing. While napping on Sunday I awoke to the sound of thunder. I had just enough…
So the latest version of WordPress now requires PHP 5.2
And CentOS is still offering only 5.1.6. Oh yes, I've read the reams of 'your mileage may vary' message board conversations about getting their version of 5.3 to work, but…
On monstrous effects
One of my personal favourite villains in political theory is the "utility monster". In response to the utilitarian theory that we can simply sum up citizens' preferences to determine what…
Radio Topics, July 5th
Happy July! I hope that everyone had a great long weekend- join Adam and I as we prepare for the marathon that is Bluesfest. We’ll talk about some of the…
On unwanted assistance
Shorter Harper PCO response to anybody requesting information it would prefer to pre-emptively classify as unavailable:Are you sure you want us to comply with the law on access to information?…
The good district man
One of my longstanding pet peeves as an on-again off-again political hack and observer of Newfoundland politics is the proliferation of the term "a good district man" in reference to…
Royal Pains, Brainwashing of Canada, Big Shiny Distractions Supercede Democracy–Rant Alert
Before I continue, full disclosure: like many Quebecers, I am anti-monarchy and think it’s antiquated and a waste of tax dollars. Furthermore, like Gilles Duceppe said awhile ago, they never…