Jack Layton: A Funeral Befitting A Great Canadian
It’s one of those solemn Canadian moments: A casket draped in the flag of Canada. A body lying in state on Parliament Hill. Canadian flag on the Peace Tower and…
August 2011
How I Met Your Moammar
by matttbastard PhotoBlog: State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland called the photo book of Condoleezza Rice found in Gadhafi’s compound “bizarre” and “creepy” even though she hasn’t seen pictures of it.…
why my library matters to me: win lunch and a walking tour with atwood or ondaatje
Some of you may have recently received this somewhat cryptic email from Maureen O’Reilly of the campaign to save Toronto Public Library.In a few days, I will be announcing an…
Kitchener Liberals maintain lead by a five percent margin in polls over local Tories
Despite the obnoxious debt clock parked outside John Milloy’s office in my local Kitchener-center riding and despite PC Stephen Woodworth’s best efforts at convincing Kitchener residents to vote for Tim…
The Battle of Underground Tripoli
Where's Waldo, er Gaddafi? After all, the guy swore he'd fight to the end but, then again, some of us remember when Muammar Gaddafi was determined to fight Israel to…
Sask Premier Brad Wall Uses Heavy Hand Of Government To Keep Wages Low For Working People In Order To Maximise Profits For Big Business
Statistics Canada is verifying what many in Saskatchewan already know - the so called 'Boom' is only being experienced by a very few. "Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island saw the…
Israel’s Extremist Right’s Alliance with Evangelist Lunacy
The Israeli paper, Haaretz, isn't pulling any punches in denouncing the despicable way the Netanyahu government cozies up to radical Christian evangelists of the ilk of Glenn Beck: In recent…
On target groups
We've already seen a couple of days of frantic media speculation as to who might succeed Jack Layton as the NDP's permanent leader, and I'll add my own list of…
Canada Versus Autistic Children: Chilliwack Man’s Daughter Denied Entry Because of Autism
Canada is at it again keeping immigrant families separated because one of the family's children has an autism disorder. A few months ago many residents of New Brunswick were shocked…
Amendment of civil pleadings
Morris Waxman v. Chester Waxman et al, 2011 ONSC 4707 deals with amendment of pleadings. As is well known most amendments are made pro forma except where the amendments set…
Conversing with Jack Layton
NOTE: The November 2003 issue of Canadian Dimension featured this extensive interview with Jack Layton shortly after he was elected leader of the NDP. The interviewers are Leo Panitch and…
Getting To The Heart Of The Cohen Commission’s Matters
AlmostLiveBloggingAllOfTheDevilishDetailsVille In case you missed it, Alexandra Morton is blogging the Cohen Commission's latest round of hearings which are trying to get to the bottom of the cause(s) of the…
Arms Race Update – American Hegemony in Peril in East Asia, China and India Showdown
"The PLA seeks the capability to deter Taiwan independence and influence Taiwan to settle the dispute on Beijing’s terms. In pursuit of this objective, Beijing is developing capabilities intended to…
Throat-Punch Thursday: Celebrating Death Publicly
It’s Throat-Punch Thursday again! Second in the ongoing series (preen I remembered the word. Take that, sleep deprivation!) in which I throw a metaphorical punch at the throat of jerkwads…
The Real Johnson: An Open Letter to Christie Blatchford
The Real Johnson: An Open Letter to Christie Blatchford: 'via Blog this'
Stupid Sex Tricks: How to cope when it’s just you on your own
Dave Franco demonstrates how it’s done: Go F*ck Yourself with Dave Franco from Dave Franco Of course, this assumes that every guy whose girl dumps him in a fit of…
Goldman Sachs boss lawyers up
Will justice ever be done? This is a question U.S Investors have been asking about the recent financial crisis. Specifically, they have queried why no criminal charges have been laid…
Federal NDP and federal Liberals must unite into one progressive national party…
TheStar NDP will need growth outside its Quebec base On this issue, I'm sure I will anger many diehards in both the NDP and the Liberals. But as a post-partisan…
The deserted but beautiful homes of Detroit – A look at Kevin Bauman’s "100 Abandoned Houses" collection
Detroit has been the poster child of the American recession for number of years. While many Detroit organizations and residents are taking a “do-it-yourself” approach to rebuilding their city, their…
They’re still amassing to protest the tar sands…
I agree with Ward Churchill who writes that pacifist protesting doesn't actually do anything. The powers that be really like to arrest lefties...while still ignoring the issues that are meaningful…