Salute democracy while suppressing it
In British online news magazine The Week, Alexander Cockburn gives his take on America. Had he turned eyes north, the American based writer would have noticed similar trends in Canada.…
May 2012
Ask General Kang: What do you do when you ask God to smite your enemies, but no smiting ensues?
Ah, you human monkeys and your penchant for violent fiction! Of course, this question has no meaning for me, because I have neither been influenced by the collective delusion you…
The Dunderdale-O’Brien Confusion #nlpoli
In a scrum on Wednesday, May 23, Premier Kathy Dunderdale said: “What we are talking about, in fact, is a two hour window here.” In the House of Assembly on…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, May 25, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, May 25, 2012: LSUC Interim Report on Articling Toronto man who staged car collisions in an insurance…
b*tches in bookshops: don’t let me forget this page
Books, bookstores, and New York City! Plus hip hop girls. This video has it all. Thanks to Stephanie.
A Good Book Review on Health
Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs (Simon & Schuster, April 2012) acts as the conclusion to the author’s bestselling “humble quest” trilogy. As with The Know-It-All and The Year of…
A loud revolution – Friday Film Pick: Casseroles – Montréal, 24 Mai 2012
This week’s FFP is a lovely short film showing what has become the nightly ritual of taking to balconies and the streets of Montreal to bang on pots and pans,…
The I Lost My Wallet – Doing Government Service Delivery Right
A couple of years ago I was in Portugal to give a talk on Gov 2.0 at a conference the government was organizing. After the talk I went for dinner…
Security for costs should be ordered less frequently with a greater focus on the merits of the proceeding?
Cinar Corp. v. Robinson, 2012 SCC 25 might be seen as a rather particular decision related only to Supreme Court practice but it has a suggestion of something more generally…
Snow Way That’s Cool
My bad. I put away the snow shovel before June. Sorry Regina. I saw snowflakes flying in the street lights as I left the Lawson Thursday night. == As you…
Tail Gunner Steve
The Conservatives have now revealed their game plan for fighting seven attempts to overturn results from last May’s election. There is a conspiracy afoot, they say. In a 750 page…
we movie to canada: annual wmtc movie awards, 2011-12 edition
Our 2011-12 Movie Season was a strange one, as we’re gravitating towards watching more series and fewer films. I also didn’t have a good source for quality movies on DVD…
Lockheed Martin pulls out the big guns
This report today just says so much about the whole F-35 program. Lockheed Martin is now publicly threatening that Canadian firms that have received F-35 industrial contracts to date may…
Another new affiliate
Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers: Earthgauge
Canada’s Selective Immigration Strategy: an Evolution (Part 2/6)
1898 – BARRIERS FOR BLACKSThere was — as government correspondence in Ottawa records now makes clear–a long series of letters exchanged among immigration authorities worried about how to be functionally…
A "Gaffe", Eh? Part Hmmm
The nation is split over Thomas Mulcair’s “Dutch Disease” theory, with slightly more disagreeing than agreeing with the NDP leader. Some surprising and not so surprising things in the regional…
Angus Reid Poll: 37% Con, 33% NDP, 18% Liberal
Thus making it the third poll, after Ipsos and Abacus, to show the Conservatives at 37%, possibly indicating momentum for the incumbent government. Angus Reid (Federal – May 22-23, 2012)…
Northern Gateway Preview: What An Oil Spill In Your River Looks Like
It’s happening right now in the Russian Arctic. There’s more shots through the link. Actually, here’s one that reminds me of parts of Ontario. Reverse Line 9, anyone?