Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Frances Russell comments on how the Cons' war mentality is leading them to shut down any inconvenient opposition using unprecedented procedural tricks:Prime Minister Stephen…
This is Democracy Festival month in Canada, and Canadians dissatisfacation with conservative policy continues to make it mark. The NDP won a smashing majority in Manitoba, it now holds the…
So obvious a 12 year old would know. What’s missing from SaskPower’s list of renewable sources to consider? #FutureFail == The Canadian Blog Awards are underway again, nominations are open.…
...distributes gay-bashing fliers in advance of court hearing. Full list of stories in today's papers about the case here.
Because.....It was too expensive to prosecute? From Kos: This is what austerity and shared sacrifice looks like in Topeka, Kansas: asking victims of violent crimes to sacrifice their right to…
A notice in my mailbox last week told me that smart meters are going to be installed in my neighbourhood. I’ll admit that the geek in me would like to…
Last year I wrote an essay on the differences between a unitary system of government and a federal system of government. At the time, I argued that our forefathers made…
In Saskatchewan’s provincial election campaign, the incumbent Saskatchewan Party is promising a scholarship of up to $500 per year for new high-school graduates who undertake post-secondary studies. It claims that…
You be the judge as to who is the winner.
Photo courtesy of the National Post. URL http://nationalpostnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/1012-whatcott.jpg?w=620 I have personally never met Bill Whatcott, nor have I seen him talk in front of a camera, so it would be…
As most of my blogs come from my BlackBerry there may be a bit of a gap in posting (followed by a flood of posts all at once) -- the…
You won’t find the Sun tabloid chain – no stranger to hatchet jobs - siding with the ‘state broadcaster’ often. But when it comes to the Bill O’Reilly attack dog…
And that name appears to be 'rookie mistake.' At least that is what the force is claiming in its 'apology' to Isaac Williams, a 60-year-old who emigrated from Jamaica in…
Canadians have spend $18 BILLION on the War in Afghanistan. I still have a hard time trying to equate ANY value for this gross waste of tax dollars and human…
I posted yesterday about the Sask Party's opening offering in this fall's election campaign. But it's worth pointing out the NDP's first policy event as well, as Dwain Lingenfelter unveiled…
He is in great demand. Once the Americans leave he should run for president.Interesting video: Read the story here.
That will be the day... I am annoyed enough that here in Ontario my taxes pay for catholic schools. That we have four different school boards in some communities. One…
Anyone who is concerned with their basic democratic and human rights should be deeply concerned about how the Canadian government is acting toward unions and labor disputes. Collective bargaining has…
"Orange wave credited with slimming Tory majority", the headline on the Globe story proclaims. The lede is just as bad An "orange wave" is being credited with toppling a cabinet…
Ahmed v. Assu, 2011 BCCA 388 deals with the test for granting leave to appeal an interlocutory order. In Ontario ss. 6 and 19 of the Courts of Justice Act…
