AllTheE’sThatFit LowInformationVoterVille So, Christine Clarke, she of the two extra e’s, will be ‘acclaimed’ by the BC Conservative Party in Port Moody-Coquitlam: The BC Conservatives have announced that Christine Clarke…
Law-breaking Conservative Minister Gerry Ritz is called to account. Given the results of previous plebiscites, looks like Western farmers will keep their bargaining agent for the foreseeable future.
Most of the discussion of Samara’s report on political disengagement has focused on the responses of non-voters. But perhaps more interesting is the fact that the disengaged and the currently-engaged…
http://convention.liberal.ca/elections/notice-of-intent-form/ Want to help rebuild the party? Today is the last day to sign an intent to stand as a delegate form! Just click the above link, and fill out…
The crowed loved Mark, but I wish the audience wasn’t so damned geriatric. Throwaway lines Often ring true
Gill v. Singh, 2011 ONCA 770, released today, has some useful language about when punitive damages are available: (b) Punitive damages This was not a case for punitive damages which in law…
I’ve started reading a book that I cannot put down: James Gleick’s The Information. The book’s full title is The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood, and it is…
Screen shot 2011-12-07 at 12.14.09 AM.png What’s that falling from the sky? A bird? A plane? No! It’s just crazy climate denier Christopher “Lord" Monckton! Apparently trying to one-up himself…
That loud noise you hear is another heavy-handed, shoot-the-messenger reaction from the Harper Conservatives blowing up in their face — chiefs from across the country are standing with Theresa Spense…
I am beginning to get the uneasy feeling that we are psyching ourselves up for war with Iran. With the Americans’ two Middle Eastern buddies, Israel and Saudi Arabia, egging…
We live in what they term as a "fixer upper". Some things have been getting fixed up while other items have had to wait for the appropriate cash flow. Sometimes…
What troubles me most about this story is how it seems the Forces are being co opted into a political matter: Ottawa Notebook – The Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/tkcOFX Department…
Corporate Research Associates November 2011 omnibus: If a provincial election were held today in Newfoundland and Labrador, for which party would you vote? Progressive Conservative Party 60% CRA August 2011…
R. v. Kippax, 2011 ONCA 766 is a helpful case clarifying causation in criminal matters: To determine whether a person can be held responsible for causing a particular result, in this case…
It kills people. But stopping it, we are told, is nothing less than an attack on religion. Which confirms me in my belief that religion, at least of the organized…
Crystal Cox This is sobering news for any blogger. Aside from the prohibitive penalty awarded an investment firm against the blogger, Crystal Cox, the ruling sets the precedent that bloggers…
The first thing I want to say is that any discussion of saving the South March Highlands has to start by acknowledging that, indeed, some of it has been saved…
History doesn’t repeat itself, exactly: rather, it’s a rag-bag of memes, of resemblances, of familiar stories re-told. The Jewish Defence League in Canada is a case in point. It resonates…
Toronto agency backed by Mayor Ford spent $55,000 on single-source contracts – The Globe and Mail Asked if there was a discrepancy between his anti-sole-source rhetoric and his backing of…
Last weekend I watched season 14 of South Park, and in a run of super hero episodes they introduced a character called Captain Hindsight. Basically, he flies in at a…
