A Healthy Society – Chapter 4 Discussion
In my discussion of Chapter 3 of Ryan Meili’s A Healthy Society, I mused that social housing might be an area where public-sector purchasing power could be put to its…
May 2012
Loblaws Plans on Removing Artificial Ingredients from its Food
Artificial ingredients have a bad reputation because they’ve been left untested for years. Now, one of Canada’s largest grocery stores is ring to remove all those artificial ingredients from their…
Opting Out of Union Dues
Murray Mandryk’s excellent column today saves me the trouble of writing a lengthy blog post on the Saskatchewan government’s recent musings about labour legislation. From an economic perspective, it’s worth…
F-35: Harper government lied about its cost stealthily
Harper and minions were hoping no one will catch on to their lies. Too bad for them because stealth lies about the cost of the F—35 Jet turned out to…
4584…End Of An Era V.2
Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees, the finest closer in the history of the game, may be toast. Mr. Rivera was shagging balls in the outfield in Kansas City…
May 4: It’s wise to be simple, but….
….not wise to be simple-minded. Most editorials in the Moncton Times and Transcript are written in simple style with simple, everyday language. That’s good. Beware of people who love big…
harper and kenney’s refugee healthcare changes are based on lies – and people will die
The inhumane, unjust, and, under international law, illegal shredding of Canada’s refugee system by the Harper GovernmentTM will take effect at the end of June. Of all this Government’s policies,…
Special treatment for Conrad?
So Conrad Black … um, Baron Conrad Black is out of jail. On the one hand it’s good to see his time in prison has mellowed His Lordship out somewhat…
4583…Four Dead In Ohio
It wasn’t the beginning of the end but it was the end of the beginning. On May 4, 1970 the Ohio National Guard opened fire into a busy college campus…
Stop, Hey, What’s That Sound, Everybody Look What’s Goin’ Down.
Last night CBC was interviewing a 69 year old woman in Montreal who had joined the students protesting the Quebec tuition hikes. She said she had protested the Vietnam war…
4582…End Of An Era
This day is the last day for the penny in Canada. No more coppers. Interestingly the penny is important to some people. I was a penny short on my Mickey…
A little Friday morning Robocon blogging
According to someone who knows a bit about using telephones to suppress the vote, what happened in last year’s federal election campaign was “a fairly sophisticated operation” that was likely…
Review: Science Fiction and Empire
I’m deep in end-of-term mode at the moment, with one big paper and a few smaller things to finish before it’s done, and then book edits to deal with immediately…
Reason #1 to Move to Montréal
The guy on the right kinda looks like Pierre-Luc Dusseault, no? Naked protesters. Many of them female. And attractive (of course, they’re French Canadian). Hormones aside, it`s nice to see…
Rainbow Pipeline Leak — 1 Year Later…
Did you know that Plains Midstream Canada continues to clean up the Rainbow Pipeline Leak that occurred on April 29, 2011? The largest Alberta pipeline discharge in 36 years has…
The Gathering Storm #nlpoli
Another week and another fish plant closes permanently. This time it is one of the plants that should have been the basis of a vibrant fishery. The Burin plant did…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, May 4, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, May 4, 2012 (May the 4th be with you!): lawTechCamp Toronto – May 12, 2012 – Schedule…
Mayor Moron vs. The World
The Star scribe at the centre of the latest Ford Family Fiasco has an interesting piece about his run-in with the fist-waving Chief Magistrate. It’s worth read. What struck me…
Israel, by Israelis
Whenever I listen to the wisdom of this extraordinary man, he reminds me of the Irish. Yes, the Irish. He’s a moderate. He’s measured. He’s a thinker. He’s all the…
Fantino offshore banking documents fake
Frankly this always seemed a bit bogus to me — see my earlier tweets — while perhaps a divisive figure Julian Fantino is not corrupt and the idea he had…