Itbusiness.ca: Independent ISPs come out against Lawful Access
By Nestor E. Arellano for itbusiness.ca There has been no shortage of protests over the civil rights and privacy implications of the set of proposed laws now collectively known as…
July 2011
Definitely cabinet material
A man arrested for allegedly assaulting police officers with an electric drill says he plans to seek the Provincial Conservative nomination in Port de Grave district during this fall’s provincial…
Jazz Fest, Bird University, and Spontaneous Combustion
I took an unscheduled break from blogging while making room in my life for the Jazz Festival. I saw the following concerts: k.d. lang, Pink Martini, Chick Corea, Bela Fleck,…
Chantal Hébert And The History Of Constitutional Warfare
In her June 29 column Chantal Hébert writes:Two decades later (after the failure of the Meech Lake Accord), it seems that in winning the battle, the Meech detractors lost the…
You’ve got to be kidding me, has DSK sexually assaulted any women at all?
I used to think that the PCs here in Canada were pretty ruthless, with their attack ads, sometimes social conservative policies and ridiculously crafted puritan image. But not after seeing…
Fox News North Update! Lieberman Replaces Caldwell
Sun News Network weekend anchor Caryn Lieberman will be the new host of a weekday program called Right Now.The show, which will air weekdays from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. EST, will…
Job posting now up for new RCMP boss ( Cartoon of the Day )
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2011/07/job-posting-now-up-for-new-rcmp-boss.html
Election of rights
Charter Building Company v. 1540957 Ontario Inc. (Mademoiselle Women's Fitness & Day Spa), 2011 ONCA 487 deals with a party that, following an unfulfilled settlement, sought a default judgment. As seeking default judgment…
Canada’s Corporations Are HOARDING Half A Trillion Dollars Cash YET Harper Wants To Give Them Even MORE Tax Cuts!
Rationalizing Corporate Canada’s Cash StashStatistics Canada figures indicate that private non-financial corporations held $471 billion of cash in the first quarter of 2011 ($322 billion of Canadian currency plus $149…
Sorry, But Somone Has to Die
Oh, great! Another report on how science is on the brink of delivering human immortality. If Aubrey de Grey's predictions are right, the first person who will live to see…
I’m sure there are lots of completely happy people all over the world celebrating in their own unique ways today…
they shall know you, speak of you and remember you by your collectively sanctioned actions...if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes…
And while i’m at it with the nationalistic b-day wishes…
and no, i don't celebrate kkkanada day, either.if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you,…
I’ve never been a big fan of linkin park…
but this always makes me think of amerikkkans. "happy" 4th of july.if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you,…
Toronto Star Readers Speak Out On Police Abuses
I have written before about how much we are enjoying our subscription to The Toronto Star, one of the few newspapers that still seems to be doing the job that…
The End Of Cheap Oil: An Opportunity to Create A Better World
“As a species with the creativity, adaptability and opposable thumbs that enabled us to create an Oil Age in the first place, we can be pretty certain that there will…
Happy Independence Day, Americans. Now, Settle Down.
There are signs that 9/11 fever may have run its course with our southern cousins. A '4th of July' poll conducted by Time Magazine and the Aspen Institute reportedly concludes…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- John Crocker points out that the need for secure and sufficient pensions is only made all the more obvious by the abject failure of…
Rob Ford: It’s Safe to Come Back to Toronto Now
Rob Ford has nothing to fear. Pride 2011 is history. He can slink back to his office at City Hall. I can report to the Mayor that nothing untoward happened…
Chavecito’s BACK!!!
¡Qué tubazo! Look who’s ba-ack in Venezuela, right in time for his country’s bicentennial independence day celebrations tomorrow: Chavecito converses with VTV reporter Ernesto Villegas on his return from Cuba,…
Islam, Islamism, radicalism, terrorism and the other religious isms that we can’t seem to stop talking about
Islam, which according to a 2006 Statistics Canada poll is the fastest growing religion in the country, is associated, quite often by our youth, with oppression, terrorism and barbarism. I…