4104…Texas Says Don’t Do It
A bunch of Texan lawmen advised the Stephen Harpers not to push thru their poorly thought out and pandering crime bill.Point the Texans made was that they tried and it…
October 2011
A hyperlink, by itself, should never be seen as "publication" of the content to which it refers
Crookes v. Newton, 2011 SCC 47 was released a few moments ago. In summary it holds that merely posting a hyperlink on a website does not amount to a publication…
4103…Occupy Wall Street
Bay Street.Broad Street.Your Street.The point has been made as as Sun Tzu said sieges don't work.In and out.Before the tipping point is when you need to get out.WFDS
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Both the Star-Phoenix and CBC cover an important study from the Human Early Learning Partnership pointing out the difficulties facing today's Saskatchewan families compared…
Untrusted
Daniel Leblanc emphasizes the even lower score for Quebec's provincial government in Nik Nanos' trust barometer. But isn't it rather striking that the Cons' federal government - which has supposedly…
Amalgamation #nlpoli
The only way anyone should agree to amalgamation on the northeast Avalon is if the entire crowd at Tammany on Gower - council and senior staff alike - have absolutely…
Senate Committees: How The Other Place Can Redeem Itself
I'm watching a very interesting Senate committee with two admirals from the Canadian Forces, talking about the capacity and organization, as well as the future mandate of, the Reserve Forces,…
CBC: Supreme court decides to keep legal hands off hyperlinks
Internet links not libel, top court rules By Meagan Fitzpatrick for CBC News Hyperlinking to defamatory material on the internet does not constitute publishing the defamatory material itself, the Supreme…
Your direct line to Thomas Mulcair
Honestly, I haven’t been impressed so far with Thomas Mulcair’s campaign for the NDP leadership. His promise to move the party to the centre is worrying and threatens the progress…
Tous Ensemble
Nathan Cullen shakes up the Mulcair-Topp cage match with an interesting idea:His plan would be to let grassroots members of the three parties decide in each riding currently held by…
The 21st Century Bickersons
E.J. Dionne writes that last night's Republican candidates debate was like listening to that popular radio program from the 1940's, the Bickersons. But instead of Don Ameche and Frances Langford,…
Conduct Unbecoming
Yesterday was the first full day of hearings at the federal Justice Committee on Bill C-10, the Conservative government's omnibus crime bill. This Globe and Mail report describes the tone…
Swindlers Revisited: Why Canada’s Occupy Wall (Bay) Steet Movement is Important
A friend left a comment on my blog yesterday, reminding me of a book I had read several months ago, Swindlers. She was just in the process of reading it…
Why Communicating Science is So Money
schmidt2-300x300.jpg I’ve been meaning to thrown in my congratulations to Gavin Schmidt of NASA and RealClimate.org, who is the first recipient of the American Geophysical Union’s new...
Mother Jones gives Ezra Levant a hot oil message
I don't think Ezra will get it. With Mr. Levant any publicity, even when you're being eviscerated, is what being a 'gadfly' is all about.
What are the goals of Occupy Wall St? Income inequality is a good one
I know there isn’t a specific goal, given the movement doesn’t have a leadership and hasn’t made a clear attempt to define the goals, but I’m still confused. I imagine…
Harper Gives Quebec Two More Seats. Will It Set A Dangerous Precedent?
I'll have a more detailed post on this once the legislation is tabled, but for now, a word of caution.If the Harper Government uses the Quebecois nation resolution - as…
CRTC eases ‘thou shalt’ to ‘thou should’ by Susan Krashinsky
Columnist says the CRTC is facing a fight over its attempt to rein in a rapidly changing TV industry.
Postmedia accepts offer for newspapers in B.C.
Postmedia Network Canada Corp., has accepted an unsolicited offer for its community newspaper operations in British Columbia and one of its big-city dailies, the Victoria Times Colonist.
The Mumpsimus Blog – What’s wrong with Collingsaga?
This week, Collingwood Council unanimously approved the name "Beachwood" for a section of Highway 26 that runs through our town. The Ministry of Transport asked Collingwood and Wasaga Beach to…