Stop Hateoween, Conservatives say
(Ottawa, October 27) DawgNews has learned that a group of Conservative Party members are protesting the use of “hateful political costumes” on Hallowe’en. “Bad enough we have to call the…
October 2011
Our moral imperative
Seumas Milne in the Guardian: Amnesty International has now produced compendious evidence of mass abduction and detention, beating and routine torture, killings and atrocities by the rebel militias Britain, France…
Is Mayor Rob Ford Afraif of a woman in a red dress?
“Don’t you f–-king know? I’m Rob f-–king Ford, the mayor of this city!” -- Toronto Mayor Mistake on 9-1-1 call he made after being "ambushed" by an older reporter doing…
Bilingual Statutory Interpretation
Dean v. Mister Transmission (International) Limited, 2011 ONCA 670, a decision of Karakatsanis J.A., soon for the Supreme Court, analyzes bilingual statutory interpretation. Her discussion is most useful:Bilingual Statutory Interpretatio...
Letter to a Nation – Raffi sings Jack Layton’s Last Letter
Raffi, one of Canada's most famous and renown Children's singer, entertainer and advocate has put Jack Layton's letter to Canadians to music. His song is available for free download as…
Innovative way to deal with a parking ticket
Yes it landed the guy in jail but he sure was innovative. Watch the video below and you will know what I mean.
Toronto mayor changes his name from Rob Fat Fuck Ford to the more elegant Rob Fucking Ford. Comes out long enough from behind his six-year-old daughter’s skirts to abuse 911 dispatchers.
"What? You talkin' to me? You callin' me a 'fat fuck'? I'm Rob Fucking Ford, bitches!"The more this story grows, the more it sheds true light on Toronto's abusive, porcine…
Expected alliances
When I first heard that Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver (NSV) was running just four candidates for city council it was pretty apparent that today’s news was coming. At the…
Godfather Merkel’s Offer the Banks could not refuse
Anyone wanting to know how to deal with the banks should not look to President Obama but to Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany. Deep Throat in BrusselsDeep Throat has it…
Department of I could’ve told you that: Marijuana prohibition fuels gang violence
Why does it always take scientists, educators and experts to tell the government, media and the captains of industry that what they are doing is counter productive to a safe,…
A curious silence
I borrowed my title from a blogpost by Joanne Hill, a writer for the Jewish Tribune who blogged as “Lumpy, Grumpy and Frumpy” until earlier this year, and has been…
The New Rule That Gives Quebec Three More Seats
Here it is from a PDF backgrounder:A representation rule would apply such that if a currently overrepresented province becomes underrepresented as a result of the application of the updated formula,…
Admissibility of evidence amounts to a weighing of prejudicial impact against probative value?
R. v. Roach, 2011 NSCA 95 is an interesting decision from Nova Scotia. The decision may stand for the remarkable proposition that admissibility of evidence amounts to a weighing of…
7th BC Gay Men’s Health Summit Health & Sexual Rights
Hey boys, if you are in Vancouver or planning to be there next week, take this in. No one does it better! This organization has done great work for Gay…
Why Wall Street is being Occupied – in two sentences
Banks and politicians should take the time to ponder this extract (my redlining) from an article by Adreas Whittam Smith in The Independent:How did some banks become "too big to…
PM’s appointees responsible for CBC’s disclosure woes
FRIENDS says the current debate about the CBC's access to information practices lays bare a broader accountability issue.
Put the Pocahontas back in the closet – Ethnic Halloween costumes challenged by Ohio student group
Racist Halloween costumes aren't all the rage this year, thankfully.
Harper can’t beat them, so he fired them…
Former Liberal MP, Glen Pearson, has compiled a list of those Stephen Harper couldn't beat so he fired them. Glen Pearson - Former MP Beating ‘Em In The Alley Hockey…