Site C Dam: A Bad Deal for British Columbians
EDITOR'S NOTE: This letter was originally published in the Prince George Citizen, in response to a previous article on Site C Dam.I live in the Peace Valley, upstream of the…
September 2011
Site C: A Bad Deal for British Columbians
EDITOR'S NOTE: This letter was originally published in the Prince George Citizen, in response to a previous article on Site C Dam.I live in the Peace Valley, upstream of the…
High-frequency trading
Ran across this good explanation of the “high-frequency trading” term thrown around a lot: Algorithmic Trading is Not High Frequency Trading. The impact on the markets of HFT is very…
C. D. Howe Shills for Oil Companies
The C. D. Howe Institute is out this morning with a press release entitled, “Raising Oil and Gas Royalties Does Not Benefit Provincial Coffers.” A complete analysis of the accompanying…
Reality about energy prices
I keep hearing people blaming the Liberals about soaring energy costs. The reality is that energy prices are going up everywhere around the globe and the last Ontario Conservative government…
Reality about energy prices
I keep hearing people blaming the Liberals about soaring energy costs. The reality is that energy prices are going up everywhere around the globe and the last Ontario Conservative government…
Reality about energy prices
I keep hearing people blaming the Liberals about soaring energy costs. The reality is that energy prices are going up everywhere around the globe and the last Ontario Conservative government…
Reality about energy prices
I keep hearing people blaming the Liberals about soaring energy costs. The reality is that energy prices are going up everywhere around the globe and the last Ontario Conservative government…
Modernizing the NDP: Who is pinker – Brian Topp or Thomas Mulcair?
They're off! The race for the new leader of the Official Opposition party – the NDP – is now on, with one major announced candidate (Brian Topp) and the other…
Leadership on the economy
Premier Dalton McGuinty has said the tax rate on new investment by small businesses will be reduced by 55%. Ontario's economic strength depends on the strength of our businesses, large…
A libertarian quote and my reaction.
Here’s a quote from a self-expressed libertarian defense. What makes me a small-’l’ libertarian isn’t that I believe it’s impossible—or easy—to reconfigure human brains using sufficiently advanced technology, or any…
Castle Doctrine in Ontario: a jury is not entitled to consider whether an accused could have retreated from his or her own home in the face of an attack
R. v. Forde, 2011 ONCA 592 is a clear statement that the Castle Doctrine applies in Ontario. The Court cites Cardozo J. in People v. Tomlins, 213 NY 240 (1914),…
A Memo From Mohawk College On How To Become A Scab
All of my adult life, I have had nothing but absolute contempt for scabs, or, as these more sensitive times refer them, 'replacement workers'. Whether crossing a picket line to…
The Clinton Paradigm #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale scrummed with reporters on Tuesday and right off the bat, CBC’s Chris O’Neill-Yates went at the Matthews fiasco. Take a look at the entire scrum. It is…
Do You Want Freedom-Fries with that???
So new statistics demonstrate what we on the left have been saying for years now - while countries like the United States have more wealth than they have ever had…
By Making Them The Official Oppostion, The Voters Gave The New Democratic Party Of Canada Specific Tasks
"In Canada, Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (French: L'Opposition Loyale de Sa Majesté), commonly known as the Official Opposition, is usually the largest parliamentary opposition party in the House of Commons…
It’s not obstetrics, it’s obstruction
It's taken some time to write this but I can't wait any longer. It's more than obvious that the Holy See simply doesn't get it when it comes to child…
A Good News Story: Making Light with the Sun, Water and Liter Bottles
I was going to write about rising rates of poverty and inequality in Canada and the US today, but I came across this good news story. It's a gray day,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- For those with a few months to kill between now and next March, now may be the time to direct a browser tab toward…
It’s just a thing I don’t do
You know when the phone rings and you answer the phone and there’s nobody on the phone so you say ‘hello?’ and wait for someone to answer you on the…