Jack Layton
Jack Layton is a rare politician: a man of dignity, decency, and optimism, respected by all parties. For my non-Canadian friends, this is the man who led the left-leaning NDP…
July 2011
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- In case anybody held out hope that the Harper Cons might follow up on their residential school apology with some concrete action to…
Heat Your Home By Hosting the Internet
As the internet continues its growth it consumes more and more electricity because larger server and data centres are required. Microsoft has come up with a brilliant idea to allow…
Norway
I won’t give the right-wing murderer a platform and I won’t satisfy his zest for notoriety by naming him. Instead I want to send my heart-felt thoughts and sympathies to…
I think her communcation is infused with nationalistic arrogance and white middle class denial about what it means to be kkkanadian…nonetheless…
...she is being aggressively attacked by the kkkanadian government because of her very public views on steven harper's lack of interest in fully tackling climate change...Canadian Government Tries to Silence…
Rob Ford, caught talking on cell phone while driving, gives mother and daughter the finger
Class. The new Toronto. The new millennium of unbridled Conservatism is upon us. They do what they want, when they want and the law be damned. With our media protecting…
CBSA – Canada’s ambassadors? Not really.
It used to be said that travelling into the US and having to deal with the US Customs authorities was an ordeal, the price of admission so to speak. And…
peter sandhu endorses ted morton, lindsay blackett endorses doug horner.
I have updated the list and map of MLAs endorsing candidates in Alberta’s Progressive Conservative leadership contest. Edmonton-Manning MLA Peter Sandhu has endorsed Ted Morton‘s candidacy and Calgary-North West MLA…
Ottawa-Vanier Green Party Candidate Off to an Early Start
Media Release - For immediate release Ottawa-Vanier Green Party Candidate Off to an Early Start OTTAWA (July 26, 2010) — Dave Bagler, the Green Party of Ontario’s candidate in Ottawa-Vanier…
Grassroots Website Moving Forward
Despite a bit of a setback, a group of Liberal Party grassroots activists is moving forward with their project to develop an online Liberal Learning Centre.Here's how LLC Group's site…
Stop The Cap: Rogers has raised their usage cap…for all plans but the least expensive, most widely-used one
By Phillip Dampier for Stop The Cap Rogers Communications has announced usage cap and speed adjustments for many of its Internet service plans — changes that will bring increased allowances…
The Cowardice Of Anonymous Online Commentary
Over the decades I have written many letters to the editor and articles that have appeared in both local and national publications; never once have I hesitated to use my…
Paternalism in Pictures
People are talking about fire trucks, paving and other forms of patronage doled out by the provincial Conservatives for Election 2011. The always acidic labradore has it in pictures, over…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 26, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Rupert Murdoch scandal: UK Phone hacking inquiry judge urged to 'come clean' Mail Online - http://goo.gl/lYTWT2,000 jobs axed at RIM…
If proposed similar fact evidence relates to a single occurrence it cannot establish a pattern
R v TLM, N. J. 118 is an interesting Newfoundland decision. The Court of Appeal considered a situation where a single occurrence was accepted by trial court as similar fact…
Hot enough for you?
Here in southern Ontario, we've been having quite the heat wave. While it's a bit more reasonable today, I don't think it's over just yet. And obviously southern Ontario isn't…
From Archie Bunker to Don Cherry: Why Words Matter
One of my favourite episodes of All in the Family was the one where Archie Bunker is singled out by a group of "concerned Americans" and asked to join their…
Genosha Hotel; Oshawa
Every time I drive by the Genosha I am saddened by its continuing ruin. A historic site, the Genosha should be a landmark drawing people downtown; instead it's an eyesore…
Another Mountain To Climb
The news that Jack Layton is again battling cancer is very distressing. On a personal level, it must be a tremendous set back for the man and his wife, who…