Bill 13’s passage, GSAs and the Catholic Church
Bill 13, Ontario’s anti-bullying legislation, passed third reading in the legislature today. The bill obtained 65 votes in support from the Liberal and NDP members, and 36 votes against from…
June 2012
Can You Be a Misanthrope and Laugh?
“I wish I loved the Human race, I wish I loved its silly face, and when I am introduced to one, I wish I thought ‘what jolly fun!'” Thank you…
Non-suits in defamation actions
Seredy v. RBC Royal Bank of Canada, 2012 ONCA 377 is a defamation case dealing with non-suit. It stands for the proposition that, when considering a non-suit, the court must…
Hey, Bill Good
Good job. You won’t find much here that is complimentary about a broadcaster whose work I once respected. But, he deserves credit for working Canada’s Coast Guard story on the…
Wisconsin Uprising: Labor Fights Back
Published within a year of the historic protests in Madison against Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting legislation, the essays collected in Wisconsin Uprising offer diverse, insightful perspectives on the events that…
Edward Burtynsky: OIL
Edward Burtynsky: OIL is the photographer’s examination of how humanity uses oil through photographs. The project started as a display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and has been translated…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lana Payne weighs in on the Cons’ goal of reducing wages for Canadian workers: As an economist, Stephen Harper must know what…
For Sale: All Of Canada
* The federal government has suggested it could replace a team of smokestack pollution specialists by turning to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, appearing to contradict its own description of…
June 4: Nuthin’ about nuthin’….
The big story is about a girl who lost her virginity, and now feels used. That’s in the Dear Abby section. One you’ve read that, there’s not a whole lot…
Canada’s Road to Interventionism
At no time during the 2011 election did I notice a promise from the Conservative party to base more troops abroad and interfere in other Nation’s business and yet today…
Canada’s Road to Interventionism
At no time during the 2011 election did I notice a promise from the Conservative party to base more troops abroad and interfere in other Nation’s business and yet today…
Canada’s Road to Interventionism
At no time during the 2011 election did I notice a promise from the Conservative party to base more troops abroad and interfere in other Nation’s business and yet today…
Canada’s Road to Interventionism
At no time during the 2011 election did I notice a promise from the Conservative party to base more troops abroad and interfere in other Nation’s business and yet today…
limited edition, one-of-a-kind “lake of fire” t-shirt.
Tweet The Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services at the University of Alberta will be selling these limited edition, one-of-a-kind “Lake of Fire” t-shirts at their booth at this…
The Polarizing Poles: Yet Another Study Shows That More Knowledgeable Conservatives Are *Worse* on Global Warming
Figure1b.png Bloggers and commentators have been talking a lot lately about a recent study, by Dan Kahan and colleagues in Nature Climate Change, capturing what I call the “smart idiot”…
Coalition forums wrap up this week in Sudbury and Windsor
CAW economist Jim Stanford and Algoma University professor Dr. Gayle Broad speak at the last two Ontario Health Coalition forums this week. Broad speaks tonight in Sudbury as part of…
Ineffective assistance of counsel
The decision of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in R. v. Ross 2012 NSCA 56 is a useful source for the proposition that failing to advise the accused about…
Dutch polls: not quite diseased
Just when you thought I had successfully limited my international political obsessions to Malta, Ireland, and New Zealand, I remembered my interest in Dutch politics. Way back when (by which…
More Fuel for the Expanionist Movement, Another Reason to Support the Red Squares
The NewYork Times editorializes about the scary future awaiting today’s college graduates. Five classes have left the ivy-covered whatever since the beginning of the Great Recession, and their jobless rate–8.5…