While the federal Liberals have adopted an interesting strategy by teaming up with Elizabeth May to introduce amendments that could delay the passage of the Conservative government’s omnibus budget bill,…
While most of the time Warren Kinsella is a scheming, puerile, self-aggrandizing hypocrite (the list of examples is far too long but suffice it to bring up his recent outrage…
Governments around the world are seeking to increase their control over the infrastructure of the Internet in an effort to limit its challenge to their power. In China and Iran…
strawman-argument.jpg It's okay, people. We've been blowing this whole fracking thing way out of proportion. Dr. Barry Stevens of To-Be-Determined America sets the record straight in hopes that we'll re-align…
Monday, May 28, 2012 The phrase “job killing regulation” is beginning to enter Canadian discussions about environmental laws and Bill C-38 – the Budget Implementation Bill which would repeal several…
Since being hired 13 years ago as a Research Scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), I have been fortunate to conduct research on such magnificent creatures as killer whales,…
It is the Yankee’s version of Remembrance Day. Without the freezing rain. Tip a cold one to Memorizing. WFDS
The Ontario Health Coalition heads north this week, hosting community forums in Matheson (Monday), Sault Ste. Marie (Wednesday), Thunder Bay (Thursday) and Kenora (Saturday). The forums discuss the impact of…
The Cons and their stooges in the right-wing media have gone after him like a pack of rabid hyenas. They have attacked the man, claiming he was too angry and…
A popular assumption about rising oil prices is that people will have to drive a lot less and use public transit a lot more. This, in turn, will lead to…
And in case you were unsure, this poll could also prove that voters are more persuadable than you think by irrational arguments to nostalgia, as people apparently believe this: 45%…
In yet another example of the Canadian government’s antipathy toward science and hatred of all things environmental, check out this article from the excellent journalist Andrew Nikiforuk. Here’s an excerpt:…
Lloyd v. Bush, 2012 ONCA 349 has a useful review of the law on reasonable apprehension of bias: In Chippewas of Mnjikaning First National v. Ontario (Minister of Native Affairs), 2010 ONCA…
It’s the evening. It’s 8pm. Dinner has been cleared away, the children have finished their homework. What is a family to do? Take to the streets, of course. Pots and…
ECLIPSE AND ENLIGHTENMENT A legal opinion delivered by Bruce Clark, LL.B., M.A., Ph.D.at Listuguj in the Mi'qmaq countryon September 4, 1996. Since coming to the Mi’qmaq country at Listuguj in…
Jumbo-friendly Bill Creates Municipality without Residents, The Tyee, Provincial legislation passed last week paves the road further toward construction of the controversial Jumbo Glacier ski resort and real estate development…
In the yellow golden light of morning, The Nipper and I walked, sometimes hand-in-hand, sometimes side by each, through the well-limbed vaulted cathedral that was my neighbourhood as a child.…
We get letters. Lately, we’ve been getting letters from New Democrats – all coincidentally anonymous, all suspiciously-similar, most helpfully originating from the National Capital – who profess to be profoundly,…
When asked to describe his vision of the new Dominion of Canada, John A. MacDonald famously quoted Isaiah: The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down…
My progressive friend Kieran Green asks a very relevant question: Would someone please explain this: Why is it “entitlement” when students facing an education debt load that will burden them…
