…. But How Does Premier Brad Wall Deal With Getting Caught With False Advertising???
So in a nutshell, here's how Brad Wall rolls:1) He accuses the NDP leader of being hypocritical for wanting to keep head office jos in Saskatchewan - in their TV…
October 2011
Muammar Ain’t No Mar
Former, as in "dead", Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is no more. Libyan authorities report the man who ruled their country for 42-years was shot and killed today.How he died isn't…
Who leaked the amalgamation report? #nlpoli
Was it a city councillor with an axe to grind?Do the neighbouring municipalities have a mole at Tammany at Gower? - srbp -
On Writing
Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. I’m not surprised some people prefer…
Substituting a Conviction for and Acquittal on Appeal
R. v. Katigbak, 2011 SCC 48 was released a few minutes ago. It deals with specific defences in child pornography cases. It also deals with when a Court of Appeal…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Joyce Green sees the Saskatchewan NDP's proposal for First Nations revenue sharing as a desperately-needed starting point in remedying what should be out…
This Week at the Ontario Court of Appeal: 11-10-14
Each Week, Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. Ireland v. Ireland This case involved a mother's resistance to the enforcement of a foreign custody…
Sic semper tyrannis
Muammar Gaddafi, 7 June 1942-20 October 2011. ...
A frank assessment of Herman Cain
The adventures of a Franco Ontarian Viz Min Woman in Ottawa.
Ontario Employment Law: Summary Judgment In Wrongful Dismissal Actions
In Thorne v. The Hudson Bay Company, a case decided September 21, 2011, the Plaintiff, a 37.5 year employee who had been dismissed without just cause sued for wrongful dismissal…
U.S. Senator: Washington’s Failure To Act On Climate Change Is Blameworthy & The Consequences Profound
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave a powerful speech in the U.S. Senate last week, making a thorough and well-supported argument for immediate comprehensive action to mitigate the effects of human-caused climate…
The Beauty of Pollination
We are all connected.We are all dependent to each other.Taken from TEDTalks with Louis Schwartzberg
Alert! Episode 191
Jeff Halper analyses the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN and prospects for a just Middle East peace. Erin Vosters of FEMREV explains her group’s critique of SLUTWALK. Paula…
The landscape exhibition #2
Filed under: art, design, digital, painting Tagged: art, collage, digital, iPad, landscape, painting
My November Cafe Inquiry: Humanism and Interfaith
In December I’m going to be doing a sermon for a Unitarian Church in Surrey on Humanism as part of their interfaith series. In preparation for that, I agreed to…
The Dysfunctional Dunderdale Administration #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale thinks the provincial legislature is dysfunctional. Well, if the House sat more often than it has since Dunderdale’s been a member, they might be doing better. Dunderdale as…
Harper Stacks Judiciary For American Conservative Movement
Brian Abrams is a former Conservative candidate for Kingston and the Islands. He had a pretty good showing in 2008, but lost to incumbent Peter Milliken. After his defeat, the…
To all those slamming the Occupy movement as one where nobody has jobs
This piece of historical snark from Canadian Cynic via Sister Sage's Musings says it all:Stand back and admire the brush strokes of the hypocrisy of those who chastise the Occupy…
Liberal Renewal
There was a lot of ink spilled about Liberal rebuilding in the wake of the May 2nd shellacking - both among pundits and party members. Although much of that talk…