Hydroelectric Vs. Tar Sands
We get the following from Prston Manning over the weekend: Preston Manning is calling out “hypocritical” federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair for “preaching” to Alberta while turning a blind eye…
June 2012
Will Women Ever Wake Up?
Nechemya Weberman, Orthodox Counselor To Hasidic Community, On Trial In Sex Abuse Case By COLLEEN LONG 06/10/12 06:53 PM ET Here’s an informative little missive from Huffpo today that is…
Vulnerable seniors: Nursing homes could wait five years for a full inspection
It could take more than five years before all of Ontario’s nursing homes receive a full inspection by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Further, the complaints hotline…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, June 11, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, June 11, 2012: Estate Planning for Law Practices Flame virus wiped from computers by suicide command Lawyer…
Sleeping cat again
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: 100 cats
I got laid off again
I got laid off last week; today’s my first day of unemployment. There were three weeks remaining on my three-month contract, but we started running out of international tax returns…
Go England!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(7) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Is This a Game Changer for America in South Asia?
The latest American air strike blunder in Afghanistan could mark a major shift in US military operations in south Asia. The bombing, against a home the military believed was housing…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Trish Hennessy reminds us that a system of taxes and social spending is ultimately the most valuable means of pooling our resources for…
Seat Counts and seats count #nlpoli
Last Friday, your humble e-scribbler gazed into the old crystal ball and produced a possible poll result if the recent trends continued. If you reported them the way Corporate Research…
308, still getting it wrong
Remember 308.com? They were the ones who, repeatedly and without qualification, declared that Wildrose would win a huge majority in Alberta. Now, they’re making similarly bold predictions about Ontario, here.…
The Harpercons and the Sad case of Kitty Genovese…
Upon leaving a note on a blogpost of my fellow blogger Owen Gray, it occurred to me that recent events in Canadian political culture mirrors what is known as “by-stander…
Cooking the Carbon Books
Maybe it’s time to put a cork in China’s hydrocarbon pipelines. A study published in Nature reveals that irregularities in China’s energy consumption data suggest total carbon emissions from the…
The Insurgency Has Begun
Today, the House of Commons begins debate on 871 proposed amendments to the Harper government’s Omnibus Budget Bill. The bill is Stephen Harper’s parliamentary version of Shock and Awe. It…
Managing Care Online!
Last week, I noticed a health blog in the New York Times titled “Managing Care Online“. I had to read it and write to respond, describing our experience with a…
we must stand up for the most vulnerable among us: please contact the senate about bill c-31
This week, all political eyes in Canada will be focused on the C-38, the massive “budget” bill through which the Harper Government seeks to remake Canada. The Opposition in the…
An Unlikely Apocalypse
At first, it had seemed possible to continue moving through the desolate landscape on foot, but soon, it was obviously impracticable. Many bad things happened to the people travelling in…
Call for participation – Convergence 2012: The geo/body politics of emancipation
The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics Graduate Student Initiative is inviting graduate students from the humanities, arts, and social sciences to come together to discuss contemporary notions of emancipation,…