Conservative crust
Under the gun for massive, organized electoral fraud, the Harper Conservatives are fighting back. And if there were a Nobel Prize for chutzpah, I can think of a couple of…
February 2012
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Here are the leading legal headline from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, February 29, 2012: Court clarifies conduct of lawyers for Bertuzzi, Canucks – Globe and Mail Ex-wrestler sues…
harper as nixonian: a robocall rogues gallery
I’ve never liked the comparison of control freak Stephen Harper to figurehead Resident George W. Bush. I understand where it comes from, of course, but if Canada is becoming the…
Stephen Hawking’s Favourite pastime
“I have seen Stephen Hawking at the club more than a handful of times,” the member told the celebrity site. “He arrives with an entourage of nurses and assistants. Last…
Time To Get Angry
Both Tim Harper and Dan Gardiner have called for a public inquiry into the robocall scandal. Yesterday Gardiner wrote: The Conservatives insist they want the truth to be exposed. If…
Consumer protection legislation
Richard v. Time Inc., 2012 SCC 8 deals with the interpretation of Quebec consumer protection legislation. The decision is helpful across Canada and suggests consumer protection legislation will be read…
A House of Commons marker laid down for the C-30 rewrite
This was the text of a motion passed in the House of Commons last night. The motion was brought by Liberals with a view to the coming debate at committee…
Update-Odd Happenings in Mont-Royal (Investigation Edition)
This is an update to my first post on the Irwin Cotler affair wherein misleading calls were made to his constituents telling them he was resigning. You can find a…
Cap & Trade Benefits Big Polluters And Even Bigger Banks
In order to address the challenge of climate change, pricing carbon pollution is necessary. Capping carbon pollution and creating a carbon market has been proposed as a method of doing…
Enough Scandals to Make Sponsorship Perps Blush
A great read from Lawrence Martin today, c/o the Tyee and iPolitics. Also this very funny cartoon: The Tyee – The Tories’ Dirty Tricks Catalogue. Filed under: Progressives Tagged: Harper,…
Are The Conservatives Being Devious or Incompetent With Their OAS Cost Overestimations?
“OTTAWA — As debate over the sustainability of the country’s Old Age Security system continues, new figures show the Conservative government has overestimated the cost of the system by hundreds…
Leadership 2012 Candidate Analysis – Thomas Mulcair
Thomas Mulcair has held the pole position from day one of the NDP’s leadership campaign, and only looks to have entrenched that status as the candidates behind him have focused…
The Star Continues Digging into Tory Voter Suppression Crimes
While Canada’s so-called newspaper of record continues doing only a perfunctory job in its coverage of the voter suppression crimes that may very well have affected the outcome of the…
we like lists: lists of lists of lists
On our DIY top-ten list, M@ made a top-10 list of top-10 lists. David Weinberger, author of Everything Is Miscellaneous, takes it up a level, with a top ten list…
When Harper raises the retirement age to 90…
… it will look like this. Harper’s vision of retirement… Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Going Local: A Powerful Strategy To Repair Our Fractured World, Our Ecosystems & Ourselves.
Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic…
New Data: 81 Percent of Climate Deniers Think Scientists Are In It “For Their Own Interests"
logo_brookings.gif The Brookings Institution has a new report out on the public's views about global warming, and most commentators are going for the predictable headline. It's this: Following the post-ClimateGate…
Problems on the home front
Everybody knew that Mission Control was a total tramp, but nobody had the heart to tell Sad Spaceman. Alltop likes directing from the ground too.