Information from torture can be used
The federal government has directed Canada’s spy agency to use information that may have been extracted through torture in cases where public safety is at stake. The order represents a…
February 2012
turning pages
#9 Why Me? by Donald E. WestlakeIs there anything as pleasurable as a midweek day off (especially a Monday?) – sleeping late, getting up to strong coffee, a toasted western,…
Faux outrage!
Here’s the story so far: StatsCan approaches a Fredericton resident for a survey on technology. In subsequent communications between StatsCan and the candidate it is determined the candidate is deaf.…
It just smacks you between the eyes #nlpoli
Digging back through some old posts on Monday evening, your humble e-scribbler came across one titled “Abuse and power”. This sort of thing happens every now and then when you…
Health Minister promotes ill-health
Leona Aglukkaq should be bloody well ashamed of herself. Our Minister of Health is in the business, it seems, of promoting ill-health in Canada, to make Big Food rich. Positively…
Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Whitby-Oshawa Federal Liberal Association (February 29th, 7:30pm.)
View this document on Scribd Filed under: Canadian Politics, Liberal Party of Canada, Ontario Tagged: Durham, Durham Region, Liberal, Liberal Party, Liberal Party of Canada, Oshawa, Whitby, Whitby-Oshawa Federal Liberal…
Should lawyers acting on contingency by obliged to post security for costs for their impecunious clients? Generally no
Indcondo Building Corporation v. Sloan, 2012 ONCA 83 holds that, generally, lawyers acting for impecunious clients are not obliged to post security for costs for their clients even if acting…
Randall Garrison looks forward to the Winter Sitting
NDP MP Randall Garrison has been kept busy lately with the issue of air screening regulations and trans Canadians, but it’s just one thing on a busy agenda going forward.…
Happy Birthday Charlie
Charles Dickens turns 200 today – or he would have were he still alive. With my admittedly plebeian tastes in literature, Dickens and Twain are a complete banquet. “You only…
CBC scrapes bottom
It’s getting harder and harder for me to defend the CBC against unofficial state broadcaster SunTV when it continues, fatuously, stupidly, to curry favour with its enemies. What is it…
Disaster Capitalism Goes Celestial
Eco-sleight of hand may reach stratospheric proportions if Bill Gates and other members of his Club of Billionaires succeed in pushing geo-engineering as the solution to anthropogenic climate change. The…
Boo-hoo
My response to Karen Handel’s self-serving letter of resignation is Cry me a freaking river, Karen!
Attawapiskat update: delivery of homes delayed
Winter’s half over. But the 22 homes promised by the Harper government to keep Attawapiskat families from freezing in tents cannot be delivered because the lots have not been prepared.…
State of the Union: Part 1 of 2
Unions, in Canada and the world over, are facing perhaps their biggest battle of the last eighty-odd years. Not only are they fighting to protect workers against governments and employers…
Sir Elton John – In Grande Prairie
Now how's THIS for entertainment at the Crystal Centre? CRYSTAL CENTREThursday, April 26th GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB – Elton John will perform solo at Crystal Centre on Thursday, April 26th at…
Sir Elton John – In Grande Prairie
Now how’s THIS for entertainment at the Crystal Centre? CRYSTAL CENTRE Thursday, April 26th GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB – Elton John will perform solo at Crystal Centre on Thursday, April 26th…
Sir Elton John – In Grande Prairie
Now how's THIS for entertainment at the Crystal Centre?CRYSTAL CENTREThursday, April 26thGRANDE PRAIRIE, AB – Elton John will perform solo at Crystal Centre on Thursday, April 26th at 8PM performing…
4189…Where Were You On This Day In 1964?
Most probably not alive but if you were you were all about the Fab Four. It was on this day that popular culture was stood on its head by the…
Sir Elton John – In Grande Prairie
Now how’s THIS for entertainment at the Crystal Centre? CRYSTAL CENTRE Thursday, April 26th GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB – Elton John will perform solo at Crystal Centre on Thursday, April 26th…
4188…Parade Day For Giants
It is on right now. It has to be so cool to be wending through the canyons of Manhattan as a Super Bowl Champion. Ratings say that over 100 million…