Mountie Corporal Monty Guilty of Obstruction
RCMP corporal Monty Robinson, has been convicted of obstruction of justice in killing motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson in October, 2008. Robinson was one of the RCMP officers at Vancouver Airport who…
March 2012
Leadership 2012 – First Ballot Endorsement
The NDP’s leadership campaign has presented such a wide variety of opportunities and questions for party members that it’s been difficult to decide who to endorse – and I’ve reached…
Peggy Nash Survives Major Teleprmpter Malfunction
Suddenly, the text started zipping up the screen then it stopped, wound back, and then started zipping by again. Peggy stumbled a bit, improvised re her collective bargaining victories, and…
Education as Platform: The MOOC Experience and what we can do to make it better
Presented to EdgeX2012, Delhi, India, March 12, 2012. My name is Stephen Downes, I’m from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. New Brunswick is a small province on the eastern side of…
A Gladue report is an indispensable sentencing tool to be provided at a sentencing hearing for an Aboriginal offender and it is also indispensable to a judge
R. v. Ipeelee, 2012 SCC 13 dealing with sentencing of Aboriginal offenders was released today. The case is of great importance for any counsel dealing with criminal matters. The central issue…
Actually Mayor, The Campaign Does Not Start Now
My head just exploded after reading this article on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s defeat of his pet subway plan. After being defeated fairly 24 – 19 in Council the mayor…
Actually Mayor, The Campaign Does Not Start Now
My head just exploded after reading this article on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s defeat of his pet subway plan. After being defeated fairly 24 – 19 in Council the mayor…
Tracking The Origins Of The "Blame Obama For Gas Prices" Talking Point
4+dollar+gas.jpg Since at least last summer, conservatives have been parroting the oil industry talking point that President Obama is somehow the one responsible for the spike in gasoline and oil…
What is this dispute about? Putting equity last, and corporations first
Today’s guest post is from Bruce McCloy, a teacher in New Westminster. Why is this current stand so important? For those who are currently monitoring this public site on behalf…
Out of Sorts
Don’t know if it’s the crazy weather, but just feeling a little whacked today. Got up this morning, all burstin’ to write an epic post about the RNAO’s new best…
BRIAN TOPP FOR LEADER Of Canada’s New Democrats!!
Brian Topp is the BEST choice for Leader of Canada’s New Democrats!
What are the Grounds for Dismissal of a Cabinet Minister?
This is the only question worth asking. Tomorrow I’ll be back to the robocalls, but for the moment, let me just repeat that I am disappointed, angered, but not surprised…
NOM Boycotts Starbucks
Nation for Marriage, one of the United States’ largest anti-gay lobby groups, is launching a boycott against Starbucks over the company’s support for equal marriage rights. Gosh, I wonder how…
Australia Steps Back from F-35 Buy
Another day, another F-35 fiasco. This time it’s Australia that’s getting cold, make that colder, feet on the overdue, over priced, under performer. The Canberra Times reports that Australia’s defence…
Can’t You Just Sense the Excitement?
After what seems like an interminable leadership race, Dippers are on the verge of selecting the next leader of the Official Opposition and… possible future Prime Minister of Canada (at…
Paul Dewar Is Apparently Going To Rap His Convention Speech
And he is not even slightly funky. Cullen was quite eloquent re Northern Gateway. Horwath got in a good line about Bob Rae knowing how to do what’s right by…
Harper Gives the Great White North a Cold Shoulder
Remember when Steve Harper couldn’t stop talking up Canada’s north and what he was going to do to defend our sovereignty and interests up there? Well, he was bullshitting. That…
Th (not) Premier’s Never, Never, Evergreen?
SerialShortcomings AsStrengthVille Yesterday, we noted that Robert Matas of The Globe caught Christy Clark and her handlers foreshadowing a prettybig lie in which they had their PoMoCo bye-bye candidate extolling…
Regarding the March in Edmonton Tomorrow
We've been in touch with a number of people who have agreed to provide us with photos and an account of the events as they occurred. We're also going to…
HarperLand’s View of Organized Labour – They’re "Animals"
Harper LabourMin Lisa Raitt apparently got into it with disgruntled Air Canada employees last night at Toronto airport. Three Air Canada employees apparently greeted Raitt with a round of slow-clapping,…