Retiring the Monarchy
Alright, what longstanding Canadian institution shall we dispense with today? Queen Elizabeth II has been all over the news of late in honour of her Diamond Jubilee. Never satisfied, some…
June 2012
A Plea For Corporate Compassion
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Does this look like a man who isn’t running for something?
Taken a few minutes ago in Toronto by a pal.
Toronto city council votes to ban plastic shopping bags
Toronto city council has voted to ban plastic bags as of the beginning of next year. The 24-20 vote came after a push by Mayor Rob Ford to overturn the…
John Gotti for Prime Minister . . .
Our current government is looking more like an organized crime syndicate all the time. Virtually the whole country knows that they are guilty of violence, corruption, graft, conspiracy, and fraud,…
Gleick Unchained!!!
Peter Gleick, who instigated the series of events that has seen the Heartland Institute–a far right U.S. “think” tank that has shilled for both big-tobacco and big-oil–brought to its knees…
Greater Sudbury at a Crossroads, Part 4: Towards a Green City
What kind of City do we want to inhabit in the future? If you ask that question to 20 different people, you’re likely to get 20 slightly different answers. However,…
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury had a profound effect on me: my interests, sensibilities, sense of awe, dreams, desires, ideal writing style, values, phobias. When I was a kid I devoured his books:…
Dear Canada: Get over the “benefits” natives have
Dear Canadian People, Well rather those Canadians who are still apprehensive toward the native people of this land. You know how you kids bitch that they just need to get…
More UN hating from Conservatives. Pull us out, screams 1 MP.
Wow, majority government is really unleashing some of the Conservatives: Larry Miller, the MP for Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound, says he’s upset the UN Committee Against Torture “voiced displeasure” with the Harper…
You’re doing it wrong, Larry Miller
“Tory MP wants Baird to consider yanking Canada out of UN.” Such a piker. If you really want to get your Tea Party on, you need to go big. You…
marxism 2012 program notes: the quebec student strike, or, why every canadian needs to bang on a pan
I want to begin my posts from Marxism 2012 with the Quebec Student Strike, because it’s currently the most important progressive development unfolding in Canada. By now it should be…
Big campaigns must come following great success of BlackOutSpeakOut
The success of the BlackOutSpeakOut campaign in forcing the Harper Conservatives to send a defensive team of 10 Cabinet Ministers across the country is a clear signal that much larger…
SmartGlass, the universal app that keeps giving
SmartGlass is a new Microsoft technology that allows users of multiple devices tv, Xbox, smartphones etc. to link them together for a universal experience in entertainment. It’s a sophisticated application…
Cartoon: Windsurfing with Richard and Christy
Check out this new cartoon from Gerry Hummel. Brash Brit billionaire Sir Richard Branson made some suggestive remarks last week following a photo-op with BC Premier Christy Clark. We’ll never…
Technology – Saving Paper for Once
I have a matter out of town in a couple of weeks. There is about 75,000 pages of disclosure. Seriously 75,000 pages. I was dreading carrying the file and thought,…
Liberals Call for a Moment of Silence in Memory of the 11 Murdered Athletes and Coaches at the 1972 Munich Games
OTTAWA– Liberal Justice and Human Rights critic Irwin Cotler is calling on all parties to adopt a Liberal motion in the House of Commons to request that a moment of…
In the right circumstances consent can be a defence to assault bodily harm
R. v. McDonald, 2012 ONCA 379 points out that consent can be a defence to assault bodily harm. Specifically, consent is a defence and is vitiated only when the accused…
The CPC want us to quit the UN. Yes, really.
The other day an acquaintance of mine, someone I have worked with for a number of years but isn’t a close friend – but someone I respect – gave me…