Is Peter Kent a POS?
Answer: No. Just a miserable excuse for a human being. Anyone who can publicly chide someone for not being at a conference that he himself prevented her from attending is…
2011
Tort of knowing assistance in breach of fiduciary duty
Harris v. Leikin Group Inc., 2011 ONCA 790 deals with an appeal from a summary judgment. The decision sets out the elements of the tort of knowing assistance in breach of fiduciary duty:…
Striking pleading appropriate in the face of repeated non-compliance
Grewal v. Nijjer, 2011 BCCA 505 deals with striking pleadings in the context of (1) deliberate and persistent breaches of the Rules of Court and (2) a court order combined…
Yes, it IS a Muppet movie, ya wingnut #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Just when you thought they could not get any more loopy, the fried folks at Fox manage to turn a Muppet movie into a tool of “class warfare to brainwash…
One. Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuels
Two. Put a price on carbon. These are two easy things to do in legislation which will have the crucial effect of curbing air pollution. If the market is the…
Our Little Children in Government. . . .
I think most people would agree that a person’s inability to think long-term is a sign of a kind of immaturity. Kids, for example, suffere from this notion of immediacy,…
What’s in YOUR drinking water? In Hamilton it could be Scotchgard ™
Several months ago, back in the spring of this year, Radio Canada ran an investigative report regarding the run-off of chemicals from John Munro International Airport at Mount Hope, the…
Would you pay off your mortgage if it meant not feeding your kids?
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New Latin American/Caribbean alliance aims to further reduce Gringo Power
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with Argentina’s President CristinaKirchner at the CELAC summit. Slowly but surely, the Gringos are being chased out of Latin America and the Caribbean!The 600-million people of…
“Did you call him a piece of shit?”
Justin Trudeau, Liberal MP for Papineau, explains why he lost his shit at so-called environment minister Peter Fucking Kent yesterday in the House of Commons. He apologizes for his intemperate…
Future Thinking
If our civilization is to have a future we’re all going to have to change the way we think. We’ll need a new way of seeing things, new values and…
Sitting on the Sidelines: Young Workers Miss Out on the Recovery
As is well known, the youth unemployment rate remains high, and well above average. It stood at 14.1% in November or more than double the unemployment rate of 6.3% for…
Young Farmers Band Together to Propose New Farm Bill
Farmers don’t have it easy. There are significant hurdles to overcome for young farmers trying to produce sustainable food on traditional farms. There is a surging movement of young farmers…
The height of political sophistimacation
“Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.“-John Stuart Mill This epigram from Mill has been bouncing around…
The Reviews Are In. Canada Sucks.
It’s hard to believe anyone was surprised that the Harper regime reneged on Canada’s Kyoto Accord commitments. But even though they knew it was coming, at home and abroad people…
Ontario policing: the fish rots from the head
Perhaps I’ve been a little unfair to the Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in the past. Reports that they almost invariably clear Ontario cops of the most heinous misconduct are…
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree (Justin edition)
I knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. And it did yesterday when Justin Trudeau, son of Pierre, called Environment Minister Peter Kent “you piece of shit.” At…
It’s Over. US Troops Leave Iraq.
The United States military mission in Iraq is over, eight years, eight months and 26-days after American tanks first poured in from Kuwait. Some 4,500 US soldiers have died. No…
Indigenous People: A Key to Environmental Rescue
Michael Welsh: Clayton Thomas-Muller, you’re on staff with the Indigenous Environment Network and a founder of Defenders of the Land. What distinguishes them from other Indigenous organizations? Clayton Thomas-Muller: Defenders…
What Happens When The Right Unites: The Cons Get Away with Murder
This morning La Presse has this excellent drawing by Chapleau, with an even more telling caption: “C-10, Kyoto, Long Gun Registry, I do what I want because I’m MAJORITY” A…