Stiglitz – Pushing Back the Oligarchs
Nobel laureate economist, Joe Stiglitz, has a warning for America – and for Cajnada too – we cannot hope for our societies to survive the cancer of inequality. Stiglitz had…
June 2012
Panic in the night
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The Name Game
Despite all quantitative evidence to the contrary, trust me when I say Quebecers hate these two men more than the Boston Bruins In today’s Globe & Mail, Lysianne Gagnon takes…
Freedom from government services day
Well well, another misinformed tax freedom day has come and gone on June 12th. To mark the occasion this year I wanted to skip over the very serious methodological flaws…
Track of the Day: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts “Bad Reputation”
I finally saw “The Runaways” with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning(!). Not a great movie – rather incoherent, in fact – but Joan Jett’s story is pretty interesting. So, in…
Climate Denial Hits Brazil
ricardo augusto felico.jpg Last year, I wrote about how journalists in developing nations were doing a better job of covering climate change, largely because denial hadn’t really taken root in…
Alberta-bound #nlpoli
This graph will likely cause some people to scratch their chins or heads. The reason is simple: it isn’t the story they’ve been told, namely the one that holds that…
The most educated country in the world
Interesting list of the Top 10 educated countries in the world. I was surprised to see Canada at #1 with 50% of the population having post-secondary education. I’m sure we’ll…
TVO: OpenMedia.ca’s founder on the open Internet
I (Steve Anderson, OpenMedia.ca’s founder) don’t often have the opportunity to talk about how I got involved in safeguarding the possibilities of the Internet, or how OpenMedia.ca operates. If you’re…
Well, duh…
…of course teens are going to wander off to the nearest fast food joint instead of paying for a cheese-less, whole grain slice of za! That’s what I woulda done.…
Should we Start a Government as Platform Business Association
I have an idea. I want to suggest starting a community of disruptive software companies that are trying to sell products to local and regional governments. I know we can…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, June 25, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines you may have missed over the weekend, from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, June 25, 2012: Judge upholds Indiana Facebook ban for sex…
On Being Sued by Conrad Black
Last week, Conrad Black launched a $1.25-million libel lawsuit against me, Random House of Canada and its editors over four sentences in my book “Thieves of Bay Street” that discuss…
Speaking Truth To Power
I hope this video renews your faith in people as it has mine: Dr. Chris Keefer interrupts Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver: Recommend this Post
Case Management Not Granted Pro Forma
Covelli v. Sears Inc., 2012 ONSC 2437 deals with the assignment of cases to case management. For the reasons of lack of resources as set out below, the court will…
Investing in Our Future – Kids in the Tech Era – Movie Monday
So, all those weeks ago when our esteemed videographer William Matthews from Digital Footprint and I started out on this crazy journey to make a movie every monday, I said…
Monty Python Would Be Proud
Oh, what a tangled web does the Treasury Board Secretariat weave. Recommend this Post
In today’s Hill Times: on that Trudeau guy
TORONTO—No exaggeration: there is actual excitement back in Canadian politics. Why? Justin Trudeau, that’s why. In the days leading up to Bob Rae finally acknowledging reality—that, despite his smarts and…
Funding drive for award-winning public art – ATSA asks for public support
One of the most remarkable public art collectives in Canada needs your support. ATSA (the collective name for artists Annie Roy and Pierre Allard) have created some of the most…
They say talent skips a generation
Vlastic Tesla was the illegitimate son of Nikola Tesla, inventor of the alternating current system, the induction motor, lightning rods, electro-mechanical oscillators, the Tesla coil, the Bifilar coil, robotics and…