The right thing to do
Case closed: Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae says one of his staffers was responsible for a series of anonymous Internet attacks aimed at Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. “I was…
February 2012
Staffers Dropping Like Flies
That makes two staffers now – one from the Cons, one from us – to resign in less than week as rumours of misconduct and so on swirl about. Amazing.…
Media Roundup of Bill C-11 (Internet Lockdown) Coverage
As of late, Canadians have been extremely captivated by the online surveillance bill currently being discussed in Parliament. We are, of course, very excited about the level of engagement Canadians…
A new school for Attawapiskat
Remember this? When I joined the blogburst in support of a new school for the First Nation community in Attawapiskat, I was already behind the times. The old school had…
how do you think they got rich in the first place?
I’m shocked – shocked I tell you!- to learn that a study has confirmed what we kind of always knew in our hearts. Rich people less ethical, more likely to…
Is The Channel About To Be Changed?
Always adept at averting attention from their criminal acts, look for a Harper push to change the channel with this information. In my humble opinion, neither Towes nor any other…
Harper strategy unfolds
Having just watched Question Period, we can see a bit of the Harper strategy in dealing with this election cheating scandal unfold. Recall that this is the Prime Minister who…
Trigger warning ahead…sort of…
I wrote this after an interaction I had that came out of me offering a video by Jane Elliot as fodder for conversation. One of the wimmin who viewed Elliot’s…
Mike Gillis’ big blunder. Gives up Hodgson for Kassian. Kassian?
Look at Kassian’s stats. Look at the future with future superstar in Cody Hodgson. He was the only reason I have paid attention to the Canucks this year. I guess…
Coming clean…
… damned classy move and the right thing to do. When was the last time a Con apologised for a personal attack? No, I can’t remember either. Atta boy, Bob.…
It seems like the Cons were using Robocalls everywhere…
… except for one riding – Parry Sound/Muskoka – where they got their votes in the 2011 election the old-fashioned way. They bought them. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Something to keep in mind while listening to Tom Lukiwski
Sounds like he doesn’t like gays. H/T: @ryanpaintershow
Abolishing the Palestinian Authority an Urgent Prerequisite to Liberation
Even as I write this, the bulldozers have been busy throughout that one indivisible country known by the bifurcated term Israel/Palestine. Palestinian homes, community centres, livestock pens and other “structures”…
Harper’s banana Canada
…is not mine. Perhaps a harbinger of what is to come for Canadians across the country as the Harper government prepares to slash thousands of public service jobs: A woman…
Lisa Jo Rudy Does A Bettelheim, Demeans ABA Parents While Pushing Her New Autism Book
Lisa Jo Rudy and I seldom, if ever, agreed on autism issues while she was the host of the About Autism web page. Lisa Jo has a high functioning autistic…
Quote of the day from Mike Duffy: "[Robogate] frankly burns my butt, because the dirty tricksters are at it and I don’t think anybody in politics like this."
Duffy poses with his Oscar If you can get past the image of Mike Duffy’s butt burning, this is the perfect Conservative take on anything, let alone during the caught-with-their-pants-down…
The Conservatives: Farther Gone Than I Had Realized
The Harperites are more out of touch with reality than I realized if they think this Tory bought-and-paid-for hack is going to do them any good in their voter-suppression crimes.…
Knowledge, Learning and Community
Contribution to #Change11 online course, February 27. The intent of these short contributions to the #Change11 course is to allow guest speakers to summarize their sum contribution to the field…
Custody decisions are owed considerable deference
CAS of Toronto v. N.A., 2012 ONCA 128 is a good source for the principle that custody decisions are owed considerable deference: The custody decisions of trial judges are owed considerable deference…
Calling you
A little required reading for your Monday and the resumption of Parliament: More and more reports coming out about fraudulent telephone campaigns by the Conservative Party of Canada to undermine…