Everything That Goes around Comes around, So Maybe We’ll Get a Speed Bump on Our Street
More than 30 years ago when our kids were little, a couple of other mothers on the street passed a petition to get a speed bump or two in order…
May 2012
4696…Stanley Won’t Come Home
And it has been a long, long, longggggg time since he has been in Our Home And Native Land. Tonight it is New Jersey’s Devils against the Los Angeles Kings…
Cowichan Trustees take courageous stand
School Trustees in Cowichan have taken a courageous stand to confront the BC government over inadequate funding. They have submitted a deficit budget, based on the restoration of all needed…
Light and Lively Reading?
My new project, which I’m now about 8,000 words into, is something different from anything I’ve done before. It’s a light (and I hope smart) novel. I won’t say anything…
God is Not like the Wizard of Oz
Some people (just like Donald Trump, I don’t give names), think God is like the Wizard of Oz. This is blatantly false. Before I continue, please be advised I’m procrastinating…
While Alison Redford meets with David Rockefeller @EzraLevant remains silent
Ezra Levant’s allegations of “foreign influence” funded by the Rockefeller foundation should be raising a few eyebrows in light of Alison Redford’s trip to Bilderberg 2012. If you’re not aware,…
Mining Clayoquot’s Future? Videos on Major Mines in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Film from a forum in Tofino to discuss two major proposals by Imperial Metals for mines in the heart of the world-renowned UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the west coast of…
Mining Clayoquot’s Future? New Videos on Major Mines in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
I was privileged to attend and film a forum in Tofino several months ago, organized by the Friends of Clayoquot Sound to discuss two major proposals by Imperial Metals for…
The foot which rocks the (Con) cradle
I know, that’s a terrible pun. But the fact that two body parts which were hacked off a torso found in Montréal and then mailed to Conservative Party HQ —…
A Crappy Way to Treat a Neighbourhood
The Fraserlands neighbourhood in south east Vancouver is truly a hidden gem. Riverfront pathways meander along the Fraser and awesome bike paths make access to the outdoors very easy. The…
Truthiness: Obama is Kenyan and Gawker is Too Rich
I’d like to thank Gawker for providing this funny clip (somehow viewable in Canada) of Colbert explaining the silly election season and the appeal’s to the fringe vote. Two questions:…
The Big Waffle? New Report Exposes Corporations That Try to Split the Difference on Global Warming
caterpillar-logo-2401.jpg We hear a lot about the Koch brothers. And before them, we heard a lot about ExxonMobil. In other words, we all know the names of the corporations, and…
Putin’s popularity prevails
It may be beyond rational explanation, but almost three-quarters of the Russian people approve of Vladimir Putin. The man is a corrupt thug with KGB written all over him, but…
Subjective intention a necessary part of murder
R. v. McIntyre, 2012 ONCA 356 is a good example of the requirement that, for a murder conviction, the accused must be found to have a subjective intention to kill,…
On trade-offs
Much of the recent discussion as to how to develop a strong and sustainable Canadian economy has included absolutely no challenge to the theory that natural resource development is somehow…
Seen in The Onion…
U.N. endorses Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as tourism leader Uh, what? This wasn’t in The Onion? Is this the same Mugabe who, for the past twenty-nine years, has presided over…
Will a Vancouver Island Company Save the Buffalo?
It’s been 23-years since the last de Havilland Twin Otter rolled out of the company’s plant in Ontario. But a fine Canadian airplane isn’t that easy to kill off and…
Debating Boyd on Resource Royalties
Saskatchewan’s Minister of Energy and Resources replied to my op-ed and letter on Dutch disease and resource royalties. On Friday, he was promoted to Minister of Everything. Columnist Murray Mandryk…
May 30: No bigger fool than me….
Yesterday, a reader sent me a post that I have not mentioned the lawyers in Montreal – and what happened at the courthouse. Damn. He’s right. I didn’t mention it…