First Ontario Poll Post Election Shows Prospects, Problems
The McGuinty Liberals would probably win a majority today, but that damned Mississaugua gas plant could become an albatross around their necks. Cancelling the thing at the very last moment…
November 2011
An alliance for useful evidence
You can't speak a much plainer truth than Jeffrey Simpson does today on the Harper government's criminal justice policies that are not rationally connected to the facts and are commandeering…
Ontario Employment Law: Moral Damages and Wrongful Dismissal Claims
In Chrabalowski v. BMO Nesbitt Burns, Lederer J. of the Ontario Divisional Court flatly refused to allow a wrongfully dismissed Plaintiff employee to claim moral damages in his Statement of…
Audio: Rafe & Damien Discuss Rafe’s 80th, Hydro Accounting on CHLY
Get MP3 (57 MB) Listen to Rafe and Damien's recent appearance on CHLY's "A Sense of Justice". The two discuss a wide variety of topics with host Rae Kornberger -…
Is It Time For a Farmer’s Revolt?
The Canadian Wheat Board has placed a full page ad in newspapers across the country, condemning the Harper government for dismantling the Canadian Wheat Board.He first took up this campaign…
back, more soon
We had a terrific little trip to New York. It was a real treat for us to be there together without the crush of holiday crowds, to see family without…
Five for Friday Round-UP
To round out the week, here are five curious posts on different subjects to send you off into the weekend. And don’t forget this Saturday* is Guy Fawkes Day. Via…
Check out what my bro’ has been up to…
He’s living one of his dreams… Cool. Gotta love technology sometimes! Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Staging a walkout
As was mentioned earlier, the Liberals decided to stage a walkout before the vote on the new Auditor General, citing that they would not give legitimacy to a process that…
Time For a Full “Court” Press
Yes it’s true. BC Premier Christy “Crunch” Clark has come out in support of Harper’s Omnibus Crime Bill. We do need to be tougher on crime in this country…There are…
The Mottron Mantra: Autism Is An Advantage Not A Disorder
The DLM5: Dr. Laurent Mottron's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Advantages If you authored or coauthored several journal articles a year over many years, involving high functioning, highly intelligent…
Prairie Bible Institute abuse survivors speak out
Prairie Bible Institute now known as Prairie Bible College is the oldest Canadian Bible school and renowned around the world for its missionary training program. In its eighty-nine years, Prairie…
The fine points of democracy are all Greek to Albertans
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and French President Nikolas Sarkozy threaten Greek taxpayers with expulsion from the Eurozone if they don’t shape up and destroy the Greek middle class. European…
Did The Good People of Motor City Take The Night Train…
WhatFreshHellIsThisHannaBananaVille....Out To The CrossRoads To Make A Deal With The Devil?Why do I ask?Well....It would appear that, now that they actually have a decent football team that even George Plimpton…
The Austerity Agenda, Part 3: Fight the Power
Lately, at least since 2008, the injustices of our economic system have been on a bit more of a public display. How can it be that we reward big banks…
in alberta politics, what was once old is new again.
Premier Alison Redford is expected to introduce new fixed-election date legislation in the postponed fall sitting of the Assembly, expected to sit in late November. In 2009, I wrote: “In…
The Austerity Agenda, Part 2: Democracy in Tatters
Earlier this week, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou returned from a meeting with Eurozone members, clutching a deal which was hailed (at the time) as the salvation of Europe. World…
Social media: lessons from Chapstick
I am late to the party on this one, but I thought I'd flag it. The Globe writing on Facebook. Not usually where I go for info on social media…