Cold Prairie Winds Not Enough to Drive Winnipeg Occupiers Out of Memorial Park
I happened to be in Winnipeg this past weekend, and so was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the initial Occupy Canada events in that city. The turnout…
October 2011
Steve V Contra Far And Wide :-)
Steve V., October 17, 2011: from A Liberal MessiahHowever, I would argue we Liberals are in a unique circumstance, our perch precarious. It is important that grassroots Liberals rally behind…
Emperical or statistical evidence is required to advance, as an aggravating factor, that a given offense is so prevalent in the community as to be merit a sentence which may be more punitive than it might otherwise be
R. v. Julien, 2011 ONSC 5989 seems to hold that emperical or statistical evidence is required to advance, as an aggravating factor, that a given offense is so prevalent in…
On boomerang effects
Accusing one's opponents of having a hidden agenda has become a matter of standard-issue political strategy. But accusing one's opponents of having a hidden agenda identical to one's own takes…
Business Interests and Transit Gurus Agree: Quebec Needs to Concentrate on Public Transit, Not New Autoroutes
The federation of Quebec chambers of commerce (FCCQ) and Transit, a new alliance of several dozen groups and experts advocating public transit, came out strongly on Monday in favour of…
What if voting isn’t enough?
If Chantal Hebert was arguing that activists in the Occupy movement should be taking better advantage of their opportunities to exercise their franchise in addition to their activism, I would…
New Directions in Political History – Post-Conference Observations
Last week, I attended a great conference on Canadian political history, held at York University (full disclosure, I was one of the organizers). About a hundred participants discussed a truly…
recommended reading: how the katz group did an end run around the best interests of edmontonians.
If you read one article today, please read Paula Simons well written column on how billionaire Daryl Katz and the Katz Group were able to score major concessions from the…
The landscape exhibition #1
Filed under: art, design, digital, painting Tagged: art, collage, digital, iPad, landscape, painting
This Land is Your Land – The Uncensored Version
Occupy Let Freedom Rain: Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello to join Occupy Vancouver Wednesday? This Land Is Your LandWords and Music by Woody GuthrieChorus: This land is your land,…
How you gonna keep ’em down on the farm?
We know for certain that the Conservative crime bill will not reduce crime. We know for certain that it will cost billions of dollars. In every culturally similar context, efforts…
Handling the Undecideds #nlpoli
Opinion polls conducted in Newfoundland and Labrador that ask about party choice measure the opinion of the entire population of eligible voters. As such, discarding the undecided responses (anything other…
Making the City Green: Ecoquartier and the Neighbors on Rouen Plant their Ruelle Verte
Jack Ruttan made this great video of the planting day on the lane project next to his apartment. A great project that is only one of many, greening Montreal.
And Now For A Pause
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140 Law – Legal Headlines for October 18, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Family sues wind farm, alleging health damage - http://goo.gl/5NFvp Lawyers battle over letters to parents of shoplifters - Law…
A CEO, a unionist, and a tea partier…
Repeating a joke (or is it?) that I’ve seen on a few blogs: A CEO, a Tea Partier and a union organizer sit down at a table, on which there…
Chris Hedges on Occupy TVNY . . . .
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The Conservative Party as a malignant organism
Check out the most prominent ads on National Newswatch this morning. They are actually the same ad. Advertizing a petition on the official website of the government party to influence…
Clarify CBC access laws, CRTC chairman tells MPs
Konrad von Finckenstein tells a House Commons committee that the section of the Access to Information Act which applies to the CBC is confusing and like no other he has…
Czech Course Followup Questions
I was asked the following questions after my presentation to CZ Course RVP_VT21 yesterday:(Elements of Coop.) How to ensure any educational outcomes in accordance with short-time curricular aims? Students having…