4889…Limits On Donations To Politics Sucks
These silly laws limiting how much you can give to political parties and candidates in Canada suck. Here is why. It takes the fun of watching rich people spend inordinate…
July 2012
Gladue principles apply to bail hearings
Although well established it is surprisingly common for Courts hearing judicial interim release hearings to be uncertain if Gladue principles apply. Here is a list of cases that make it…
In 2008 of 12,000 aboriginal people living in the District of Kenora, 44 were listed on jury rolls
As a practical matter that means a First Nations accused has a slim chance of being tried by a jury of peers.
Our Madman Prime Minister. . .
The rise of the Harpercon regime has largely been the direct result of a media that has utterly failed to do its job in any meaningful way. Of course, we…
You’re needed
We got their attention. We hand-delivered your 90,000+ Stop The Trap petition signatures to TPP negotiators. Now they’ve said they might make their secrets public!1 Let’s not give them any…
People, Not Policy
On last Sunday’s talk shows, Ed Gillespie claimed that Mitt Romney had retired “retroactively” from Bain Capital. In response, Dana Milbank wrote in the Washington Post: Retroactive retirement! It was…
Questions about Scarborough shootings
Everyone has an opinion. For now I will hold mine. Questions do arise though – what type of guns were used? If they were handguns, as seems likely, what was…
Contempt For Law Invites Contempt Of Harper Government
Despite its well-oiled propaganda machine spewing out rhetoric defending its ‘law-and-order-agenda’, the Harper regime is so awash in its contempt for the actual rule of law and its moral underpinnings…
Trojan War Vets Could Never Make It In Today’s World
Except for the wily Odysseus. If he could restrain himself from mass-murdering all of the guys hitting on his hot wife, Penelope, he would probably be able to manage a…
rtod
Revolutionary thought of the day: Among the peoples of the world the idea of war resistance is growing. You must fearlessly accept the challenge and aggressively spread the idea of…
Enbridge Cleans Up
The fellow in the vid is John Bolenbaugh, a one-time employee of SET Environmental, a company Enbridge hired to clean up their Kalamazoo spill. He sued them for wrongful dismissal,…
High Politics and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
“ega-projects”, writes political scientist Will Jennings,” exhibit a ‘performance paradox’ …being prevalent and popular among planners despite suffering from extremely poor track records in terms of completion times, cost escalations…
Does Red Leaf’s "EcoShale" Technology Greenwash Oil Shale Extraction?
Red Leaf EcoShale.png At the Clinton Global Initiative in 2008, former Vice President Al Gore called the possibility of fossil fuel corporations extracting oil shale "utter insanity." Insanity, though, doesn't…
Minister Thug
I hate to link to the Toronto Sun, but I have to — here’s Warren Kinsella’s great column on Kenney’s mean bill : Whenever the Conservative government gets in trouble…
Preston Manning is no saint, as secretive Carleton University scheme illustrates
Preston Manning and his then-protégé Stephen Harper back in the day. Below: Mr. Manning as he now appears (United Church Observer photo): Alberta premier E.C. Manning, Preston Manning’s father; Mr.…
Bravo, Mr. Kinsella … Bravo!
“It is also possible that Kenney truly believes in what he is doing. But if a single mother or child dies as a consequence of the legislation, Kenney’s political career…
Scientists Tell US State Department Excluding Climate Impacts in Keystone XL Review ‘Neither Wise nor Credible’
Keystone XL protest.jpg Ten of the nation’s top climate scientists penned a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today questioning why the State Department isn't considering the enormous climate…