140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, February 17, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, February 17, 2012: Rick Vaive did not drink and drive, former Leaf teammate testifies Vancouver Stanley Cup…
February 2012
Return Of The Psychic Hairdresser
Reading this, you have to figure that Michelle Muntean is still on the payroll: OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper had already made the decision to kick a controversial cyber…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Susan Riley brilliantly slams the message that austerity is necessary for everybody but those who already have the most: Is anyone else getting…
Sharing Sacrifice
I wrote yesterday that Premier Dalton McGuinty now faces the difficult task of getting Ontarians to accept the notice of shared sacrifice. This morning, Susan Riley reminds her readers of…
Torpor, Ennui, the End of the Universe
That kid just bummed me out. Alltop would love a new bike.
Inflation and Drummond
Statistics Canada reported today that consumer prices jumped in January (by 0.4% or 0.5% seasonally-adjusted), offsetting the drop in December. As a result, the annual inflation rate is now 2.5%…
dear leadnow: i’m not sure i want to cooperate
Like many Canadian activists, I am currently being bombarded with emails from Leadnow and Avaaz, pushing their “Cooperate for Canada” campaign. We are being urged to join the political party…
Tutu Targets Tar Sands
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and seven other Nobel laureates have written British prime minister David Cameron warning that Athabasca Tar Sands bitumen “threatens the health of the planet.” The group is…
Chasing Water: Examining The Human Toll On A River
Chasing Water, follows photojournalist Peter McBride and writer John Waterman (great name, I know!) as they set out to document the flow of the Colorado River from source to sea.…
A timely new story on police and internet
For Vic Toews or the Conservative government and the furore they’ve caused with Bill C-30, the “internet snooping” bill, as I prefer to call it, not the “lawful access” bill,…
C. Olsen’s Replacement….Wags’ Tongues Are A Wigglin’
. And if they are right, I reckon it really is, as I suggested tongue-in-cheek last night…. The Boessenkool Effect. To wit: BillTieleman@BillTieleman Following Could Sara MacIntyre – ex-Stephen Harper…
Another “can someone explain to me?”
This time, why did 8 OCDSB Trustees vote against instructing staff to clarify what is meant by religious accommodation? Religious Practice in Schools “MOTION A” FAILED ON A VOTE OF…
Good for Justice Minister Rob Nicholson
I often slag the Conservatives. But when they do something right they deserve to be recognized: Government to close legal loophole threatening gay marriage: http://bit.ly/wpm4kv "The Harper government moved quickly…
Heartlandgate: Update
Finally, the story of The Heartland Institute’s attempt to infiltrate the American school system and teach kids to deny science has reached Canadian news outlets. Meanwhile, two days into scandal,…
The Joy of Political Giving, By-Elections edition #nlpoli
Official election finance returns for two by-elections in 2010 and 2011 show an interesting pattern of political contributions. The most interesting tidbit is that the Tories had to pull out…
Paying for privacy invasions
What’s that? Telecoms and ISPs will have to spend lots of money to create spy infrastructure and backdoors for police as part of the Lawful Access bill, and those costs…
Canada too!
Will American Anti-Labor Policies Infect Europe?, Dave Johnson, Campaign for America’s Future The threat is in the air: “Shut up and take the wage cuts or we will move your…
Pulses from the twitterverse
Lindsay Kines (Feb 9): Glad to see the jury delivered its Vander Zalm verdict in court instead of on the Bill Good show. Christy Clark appoints NW crime reporters to…
American Holocaust Denier Visiting Vancouver?
Mark Weber, the director of the infamous Holocaust-denying Institute for Historical Review, is said to be coming to Vancouver on Friday, February 17 to give a speech. We aren't yet…