Putting Harper In Perspective
Steve Harper used the Chretien-era “sponsorship scandal” as a springboard to power. Even though Paul Martin was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Gomery Commission, Harper didn’t hesitate to smear…
March 2012
Did The Conservatives Have A Special ‘Swing Ridings’ Team in 2008?
OfHockeyRinksAnd Round-AboutsVille And why do we ask? Well. At the tail end of his recent column on the RoboCall incident that took place in the riding of Saanich in 2008…
Heartland, Gleick, and the Law
The Columbia Journalism Review talks to *gasp* actual lawyers in an attempt to answer the legal questions surrounding the Gleick/Heartland document leak. Related posts (randomly generated) Telcos Respond to Spying…
Anyone else gobsmacked by Postmedia attention to Robogate?
I’ve been a taken a little by surprise at the attention paid by Postmedia to the Robo-call scandal. While the Globe & Mail and Sun Media rest on the sidelines,…
EKOS Poll Shows Little Movement
There’s very little difference between the last EKOS poll and this one, despite the robocall controversy. The topline numbers (with changes from last poll) are as follows: Con: 31.5% (+0.1)…
Dear Protesters against Israel,
This video encourages thinking, something that some of you who are caught in the spirit of a movement in which you feel included, forget to do.
$#*! politicians say, pensions edition #nlpoli #cdnpoli
If you could get Noob Bloc-NDP member of parliament Ryan Cleary for what he is worth and sell him for what he thinks he’s worth, you could wipe out the…
Has Martin Singh compromised a Gurdwara’s charitable status? #ndpldr
I posted this morning about Martin Singh’s interesting release about hosting polls for the NDP leadership race. I noted that it didn’t seem like it violated any of the NDP…
Occupy Oakland Lowered Crime Rate
Amid all the poo flung at both sides of the Occupy vs. Police lines, it turns out a little benefit came from the Oakland occupation. The crime rate went down.…
Review of B.C.’s Dysfunctional Carbon Tax Aims for Repairs in 2013 Pre-election Budget
British Columbia’s controversial and widely misunderstood carbon tax will soon be subjected to a comprehensive review with the results likely to be revealed in next year’s budget, just in time…
Roboscam: Bob Rae has 18 days to protect our democracy
The clock is ticking and there are less than three weeks to go (around 18 days as of today) before voters lose their right to appeal to the courts to…
what i’m reading: sag harbor by colson whitehead
Colson Whitehead is now officially one of my Favourite Writers. I last gushed about him here, after reading his excellent novel Apex Hides the Hurt. That post also contains links…
A Message Of Hope and Love
Isobel Springett was interviewed on CBC Radio’s The Current on Wednesday morning. As I’m away from my computer and the internet for a few days, here’s some videos that Isobel…
Rush Limbaugh: The Chief GOP Moron on contraceptions
Here is Rush Limbaugh – the foul mouth knucklehead: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Sandra Fluke Georgetown University student is an admirable spokesperson…
Robo-Con questions. . . .
Needless to say, the country is abuzz with talk of the Robo-con scandal. When considering these events several basic points must be considered. The first point is – who benefits.…
Now This Is Getting Really Frightening
Despite the steadfast denials of Harper and his functionaries, along with the stalwart efforts of Dean Del Maestro at diverting public attention away from voter suppression crimes, Elections Canada reports…
Conservative Robo-Fraud Update
With the latest meme from the PMO in hand, Conservatives under hostile fire in Question Period, uniformly downplay the “robocall scandal” as nothing but an “unsubstantiated smear campaign”… Well, at…
Causation and damage principles
Bibik v. 2014052 Ontario Ltd. (Deluxe Windows of Canada), 2012 ONCA 135 released today has a useful summary of the treatment of causation and damage principles: i) Principles of causation…
Voter suppression – What Canadians can do
What voters can do. Responses from Canadians will be used to build legal cases that robocalls had significant — perhaps even determinant — effects on election outcomes. Neil said their…
Netanyahu Comes Shopping
Israeli prime minister Benny Netanyahu is in town and his visit makes plain that he’s not interested in friendly countries supporting Israel, it’s their obedience he’s after. No problem with…