The Police Shoot to Kill (at Anti F1 Demonstrators)
I'm a fan of racing. It is the type of mind numbing yet all engrossing sports that I can really get into every couple of weeks. And on Sunday, the…
June 2012
State of mind and narrative exceptions to hearsay rule inappropriate unless relevant
R. v. Lewis, 2012 ONCA 388 deals with commonly used exceptions to the ban on hearsay evidence – state of mind and narrative. The Court makes the point that if the 'state of…
Music Break…Social Distortion
Today on Music Break I am featuring one of my favourite and one of the longest surviving punk bands of all time: Social Distortion. They are fronted by Mike Ness…
So drop the writ, Nan #nlpoli
"I would go to an election tomorrow on these numbers," Premier Kathy Dunderdale told reporters on Thursday. "You know, these aren’t bad numbers. Look where my opposition is." Fair enough.…
Complete details of 2008-09 Bank Support
Readers of this blog will have hopefully read my report “The big banks big secret” which examines the $114 billion that Canada’s banks received during the 2008-09 financial crisis. Its…
Move along, nothing to see here!
Plains Midstream Canada is involved in another oil spill in the province of Alberta. Plains Midstream Canada is the same company that saw a 28,000-barrel leak last year from the…
Canada’s next great CRTC chair
Canada has a new CRTC chair: Jean Pierre Blais. The appointment will take effect on June 18. We were hoping to publish this blog post before the decision was made,…
When the Harper Oil Pimps Destroy Themselves
Last night I told you how the Harper regime was creating a Royal Canadian Oil Police to make sure that nobody but NOBODY stops their planned pipeline to British Columbia.…
A bit of Friday Robocon blogging
I usually do this in the morning. It would be neat if the reason I’m behind schedule is because there’s so much news regarding the case of the fraudulent phone…
Is BP’s Attempted Climategate Strategy To Attack Scientists Ethical?
fish oil.jpg In late 2009, climate change deniers thought they had found the Holy Grail in terms of climate denial – a collection of more than 3,000 hacked emails that…
Friends sometimes ask me why I am so anti-conservative…
… And I always reply: no, you are wrong. I’m not at all anti-conservative. I am anti-Harper and the Harper cabal. These are two different things. And now it looks…
Better Know a Provincial Electoral District: Rothesay
On June 25th, the voters in the provincial district of Rothesay, New Brunswick, will be heading to the polls to vote in a new Member of the Legislative Assembly after…
BC Hydro’s Exploding Debt – Accident or by Design?
Recent media reports on the massive, unjustified debt crippling BC Hydro have attributed them to mere ineptitude on the part of government and crown corporation executives. Independent economist Erik Andersen…
ConCalls: Del Mastro Sits Down, Shuts Up
Ethical Dean should step down from being the PM’s Parliamentary secretary, and from his Ethics Committee posting. The Conservatives should continue to use Vic “The Violator” Toews, Elections Finance Act…
Facts versus Fodder
FACT: “We made a pact. I’m doing this interim job and that’s the job I’m doing.” — Bob Rae FACT: “I also have no qualms about saying this is a…
Green among the grey – Friday Film Pick: Edible City
Edible City is a new documentary charting what for some, has become familiar non-fiction territory: that of food politics. In recent years a raft of films looking at organic growing,…
Time goes quickly…
So my four years at Mount Allison are done but the work I did is still live. Although much of my academic writing isn’t very pertinent to what I’m doing…
Calling the Prince of Darkness, Calling Beelzebub
The Insurance Bureau of Canada has an unwelcome message for Steve Harper – global warming is real and it’s going to cost Canada big time. Telling the Weather Story, a…
Provincial Matters
Charest stands a better chance running against this guy, than against Pauline Marois and Francois Legault Your Friday morning coast-to-coast link roundup: Atlantic Canada: CRA’s quarterly poll numbers have been…
4719…President Mitt Romney
Hey after what happened in Wisconsin Tuesday his chances have improved. In fact Bet365 has moved their betting line to reflect that. President Obama was 200; he is now 188.…