Enablers Of The G20 Abuses: The Police Services Board
The following is a brief excerpt from a comprehensive report by retired judge John Morden on the police brutality and abuses of Charter Rights committed during the June 2010 G20…
June 2012
Hospitals to compete on cost as province introduces new funding mechanisms
In March Deb Matthews told the media that 36 hospitals will have their budgets cut by as much as three per cent when this year’s new hospital funding formula rolls…
Friday miscellany…
Happy Canada Day edition! ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— About these “Harper Hates Me” buttons – I’m coming down on this issue on a side that you might not expect… Public servants who got…
Sex and The Special Needs Parent
There’s something about caring for a child with disabilities that takes the “red” out of “hot” in the marital bed. The arrival of a baby, healthy or not, can often…
Canada’s Worst Government Body: Board of Internal Economy
The governing body of the House of Commons continues to fail Canadians on the important questions of transparency and oversight. In his recent report, Michael Ferguson, the Auditor General of…
Happy Canada Day, Stephen Harper. Here’s 59 cents.
It’s hard to look at yourself objectively, but rightly or wrongly, I’ve always thought of Canadians as peaceful, fair, decent, thoughtful and compassionate people who respect diversity, care about social…
Legion Track Renewal
I just received the note below from our facilities maintenance department: The Legion Track resurfacing project is well underway! The Facility Maintenance Department is landscaping the interior perimeter of the…
Legion Track Renewal
I just received the note below from our facilities maintenance department: The Legion Track resurfacing project is well underway! The Facility Maintenance Department is landscaping the interior perimeter of the…
Legion Track Renewal
I just received the note below from our facilities maintenance department:The Legion Track resurfacing project is well underway! The Facility Maintenance Department is landscaping the interior perimeter of the track…
Legion Track Renewal
I just received the note below from our facilities maintenance department: The Legion Track resurfacing project is well underway! The Facility Maintenance Department is landscaping the interior perimeter of the…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Dan Gardner rightly notes that we should be encouraging more public advocacy from charities and other groups with useful input to offer into…
A World of "More"
I know there are many good, thoughtful, well-intentioned, intelligent, generous. honourable, even noble Americans. I also know there are not nearly enough of them. They don’t hold sway in their…
Appropriation of Voice: Back to That Old Question
There are now 10 stories more or less written for the short story collection I’ve been working on for the last year, and for which I got that nice CALQ…
Unions and Democracy
Further to Jim’s post on the recent ratcheting up of the war on unions, I note that Hudak’s lead argument is that voluntary union membership is needed to “make unions…
Friday morning Dude, Where’s My Democracy? blogging
If there’s been any news on the original Elections Canada investigation into fraudulent robocalls, I’ve missed it. But once again, there have been developments on related fronts. There was a…
Canadian Government To Refugees: You’re On Your Own
A week ago I was attending my last day of class at the Canadian School of Peacebuilding. The 15 students in my “Speaking Up, and Being Heard” class on citizen…
"But for" test in Supreme Court of Canada
Today’s decision in Clements v. Clements, 2012 SCC 32 deals with the “but for” test. On its own, proof by an injured plaintiff that a defendant was negligent does not…
Pre-Season ‘Rider Blogging
I haven’t blogged the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ offseason quite as closely as in past years. But in advance of tonight’s season opener against Hamilton, let’s take a quick look at what’s…
Only in Canada? Pity…..
So, the Supreme Court in the US has ruled…and Obamacare, such as it is, is ‘safe’ for now… This decision means, practically, nothing regarding a tax, since if one reads…
4814…Dean Del Mastro Problem Solved
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before. I also don’t know why you didn’t think of this before either Stephen Harper. I know you know that Dean…