Cattle Starved for Globalization & to Preserve Self
A few weeks ago, my friend Seong (he’s from Korea), told me about the effects of Globalization on South Korean farmers. With cheap beef flooding into the country, farmers have…
February 2012
Recalculating inflation: billions in savings for governments and employers paid for by workers and pensioners
The top story in the Globe and Mail today reports on something I warned about a year ago: Statistics Canada is making changes to the way it calculates the Consumer…
More on the Cullen plan #ndpldr
It’s always interesting when I post a piece that was mainly intended to give an extended response to one of my friends on Facebook, and then suddenly Macleans picks it…
Busting the boom in central #nlpoli
Headline: “Grand Falls-Windsor growing without mill”. Sounds marvellous. Then you read the story. Turns out that the central Newfoundland town is doing well without its major private sector employer because…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, February 13, 2012
We hope that all of our readers had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the burst of winter we got! Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter…
Globe and Mail double standards
A Globe and Mail editorial headed “Tragic Impunity” (print edition) caught my eye this morning. I thought at first it might have something to do with George W. Bush, his…
Severely Misguided
Anne Richards, the late Governor of Texas, once said that the man who succeeded her — George W. Bush — was born “with a silver foot in his mouth.” Mitt…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Michelle Lalonde notes that despite continued giveaways from both the federal and provincial governments, Quebec’s asbestos industry may soon fade away due to…
Department of National Defence Follies: $21 For A Bag Of Concrete Worth $2.67
While the Harper regime tells the rest of us that we must tighten our collective belts, its military arm, the DND, is spending, well, like drunken sailors. May I suggest…
DSM-5 Autism: Globe & Mail Ignores Invisible Intellectually Disabled Autistics, Dr. Yeargin-Allsopp’s Vast Majority
Canada’s Globe & Mail is late to the discussion, once again, of major autism issues. This time, Parents of autistic kids fear diagnostic changes will mean reduced services, the Globe…
Poll finds Canadian media too important to allow foreign control
According to a new opinion survey, 77% of Canadians see domestic media companies as too important for cultural and security reasons to allow them to be controlled by foreign interests.
Foreign ownership of Canadian media companies
A new report on public opinion shows that Canadian media companies are too important for culture and natural security to allow foreign ownership.
Austerity for thee, not for me
This is the kind of thing that just doesn’t help when a Prime Minister is eyeing Old Age Security benefits for cuts: “Despite goal of restraint, Harper’s top bureaucrats rack…
Northern Gateway Pipeline: Just Say No To Enbridge
How far are we willing to go to continue our toxic addiction to oil? Why can’t we just love it and leave it? It’s been a hell of a ride…
On tragic stars…
… and award shows… First of all, let me be clear that I’m not and never have been a fan of award shows. I see absolutely no value in watching…
A Merchant Banker Returns to the Farm
After the financial collapse of 2013, the Ancient Order of Merchant Bankers fell on hard times. No longer could they turn a profit using the dark magic of derivative and…
Lots of odds and ends to talk about this morning
There are several stories that caught my eye over the weekend. Here are some of them: It appears the Mennonites are the latest group in Canada to get on the…
No net-zero reality for IHA executives
In the blog article Failing healthcare managers still paid handsomely, I noted that average earnings of the top 10 people at the Fraser Health Authority rose almost $4,500 per month…
The "New" Tim Hudak’s First Policy Announcement?
Ontario Opposition Leader Tim Hudak stopped short of telling the Niagara Parks Commission to approve the proposed wirewalk over the Horseshoe Falls by daredevil Nik Wallenda. But Hudak did say…