Sad news: Strachan Heighington Q C has died
I just learned today of the passing of a truly learned and honourable man — he will be missed. One can only hope to live a life as his: STRACHAN…
I just learned today of the passing of a truly learned and honourable man — he will be missed. One can only hope to live a life as his: STRACHAN…
It’s important to not get carried away, after all you’re in a room full of the faithful, one would hope to see some bravado, simply as a by-product of natural…
Well, that was fun. It’s hard not to come out of this weekend’s Liberal Renewalfest in Ottawa without feeling good about the future. Considering the collective punch to the gut…
I have been offline for the past several days, the reason for which I may write about later. For now, I am taking the liberty of reproducing the excellent lead…
Roy Romanow and his associates have penned a must read rebuttal to the Conservative government’s new vision of healthcare. In today’s Globe and Mail, they write: Successful nations are built…
Micah Goldberg (Delegate from Winnipeg, Manitoba.) The Liberal Convention held in Ottawa was supposedly a three-day convention aimed at rebuilding the party brand and picking up the mess from May…
Today in the United States it is Martin Luther King Day. Reverend King delivered this rousing sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta in November, 1967, less than 5…
I looked at the stats, took a moment to mentally process what I was seeing, then promptly choked on my tea. The Stop The Squeeze kickoff was by far our…
Some small examples of open data use and public servants who do and don’t understand open data from the Province of British Columbia to the City of Vancouver. Open Libraries?…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, January 16, 2012: Do You Really Need a Password You Can Barely Remember? “Eric & Lola:” Sup…
Girl, whispering so quietly I could barely hear her: Excuse me. Um, do you work here? Um… um… do you know where I can find books about diaries of wimpy…
Yesterday the new Board was announced. I offer support and congratulations to the Board and best wishes to all who ran and participated in any way. There is so much…
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Roy Romanow, Linda Silas and Steven Lewis make the case for significant federal involvement in shaping health policy in Canada: Provinces can’t transform…
"Untitled (free)" by Rikrit Tiravanija, at the MoMA We have had decades of criticisms of the museum and the gallery as institutions that, to put it kindly, are politically reticent…
Peter Stumbersby was a devotee of the Browning Diving Suit, though for some time he had owned an original Flannigan Breathing Apparatus (it almost killed him.) Neither of these submersible…
As you might expect, though I was not at the Convention in Ottawa this weekend, I did monitor how events went, and here is my take on things: Things I…
I have a little meta-reflection on writing my recent post about the walled-off internet. These thoughts are not specific to the topic; it could have been anything. As it happens,…
Where to begin? For all the 3000-3500 individuals who attended this biennial convention, you really don’t need much in the way of a re-telling of what happened, what we accomplished,…
On Thursday, an article in the Globe and Mail declared that Stephen Harper’s Conservatives had annulled over five thousand Canadian same-sex marriages issued to non-residents since 2005. Worldwide panic and…