4799…Mitt Romney Will Create Jobs
So sez Vice President Joe Biden. The Veep says that “You gotta give Mitt Romney credit. He’s a job creator. In Singapore, China, India.” Mr. Biden will be here all…
June 2012
Michaëlle Jean and memories of prorogations past
An interesting story came out this week offering some insight into former Governor General Michaëlle Jean’s decision to grant Stephen Harper’s Conservative government a prorogation of Parliament in 2008 when…
Two New Leadership Contenders Join the Race – Including Coyne!
No, not the Coyne everyone wanted to enter the leadership race, though I’m sure some are still holding out for Andrew. Who better to lead the party than a successful…
On the Military Police Complaints Commission report
I once referred to this as the story that wouldn’t go away. In fact it did go away for a while but it’s back, at least temporarily. The Military Police…
More from the Copyright Wars: Who Owns a Video?
Everyone seems to think that he or she can use just anything that’s out there for private use. A case in point is a video made during a demonstration during…
It Looks Like The British Are Finally Acknowledging What Horrors And Injustice They Have Done To The Irish People
(Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness …) In my lifetime, I have seen things that I never thought I would. A British…
June 27: Let me save you some money…..
Today’s Moncton Times and Transcript is only for those with an uncontrollable passion to read ads. The NewsToday section has six pages of ads. Make that six and a half…
Judicial Appointments
Michael Tulloch to the Court of Appeal and Ed Morgan to the Superior Court. KUDOS!!! (And if I omitted an appointment it's because I haven't heard… Yet!)
A Coyne (not that one) enters the race and a BCer (not me) comes close
With summer underway the Liberal Party of Canada leadership race is starting to heat up (yes, I do feel horrible for writing that) with a few recent developments to report.…
More on the OECD and Dutch Disease
Further to my earlier post on the OECD and “Dutch Disease”, I have received a heavily redacted response to an access to information request (A-2012-00073/CN.) submitted to the Department of…
Colorado’s Burning, Sicamous is Flooding: Connect The Climate Change Dots
* The flooding in Minnesota and British Columbia, the out-of-control fires in Colorado, the intensifying drought in the U.S. Midwest, are just a few of the indications that our climate…
Discovery function at preliminary inquiry is alive and continues to serve its historical function
R. v. Rao, 2012 BCCA 275 deals with a number of issues about what can be put forward as evidence on a preliminary inquiry and the right to examine and…
Small Businesses NOT Big Net Job Creators
Small business – or at least the CFIB – consistently claim to be the big job creators in the economy. This has never been borne out by the available data…
In defence of 14-year-old girls
So it was that MP Charlie Angus, the NDP’s self-appointed guardian of civility, has declared that Twitter has “turned us all into 14-year-olds in a cafeteria” where “verybody gets to…
Enbridge’s Attempt to Kill Spoof Backfires as Censored Cartoonist Goes Public
Province newspaper cartoonist Dan Murphy went public on CBC yesterday to confirm suspicions that his publication had pulled a spoof he created last Friday, under pressure from Enbridge Inc…The fallout…
UNESCO to set up UN science advisory board
Via Nature News: The UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has agreed to set up an international scientific advisory board to provide him with guidance on science-related issues, and enable him to…
Count me in for “OneCity”
By now you’ve probably heard about TTC Chair Karen Stintz (pictured) and Councilor Glenn DeBaeremaeker mega-plan for transity in Toronto- OneCity. Royson James has all the details over at the…
Major Policy Shift on Muskrat Falls, or Uncle Tom’s Problem #nlpoli
Finance Minister Tom Marshall called VOCM Open Line on Wednesday morning to talk about Cabot Martin and the pile of cash Tom is sitting on. Poor Tom. He was so…