How The Right Deforms Our Attitudes
I have long believed it is not so much the ‘genius’ of the extreme right as it is their financial backing that makes them powerful propagandists. Their domination of the…
August 2012
Challenging a search warrant
Hewlett v. R., 2012 NLTD(G) 117 gives a useful summary of the law relating to search warrant challenges under the Charter: The burden of proof rests with the Applicant who…
Long-term care: expansion or contraction?
A 2011 Conference Board of Canada report done for the for-profit long-term care (LTC) facilities in Ontario estimates (based on population projections and utilization by age) that 238,000 Ontarians will…
Observations From An Odyssey
I returned from a trip across Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with the following impressions: 1. In Quebec, Jean Charest and his Liberals are in deep trouble. Nonetheless, the…
5099…I Heart Todd Akin
Seriously how come I just heard about the Congressman from suburban St. Louis, Mizzo now?He is hilarious.The Republican congressman, already under fire for his controversial comments regarding rape, told a…
Canadians to CRTC: Bell Takeover of Astral is Bad for Canada
Takeover_210x150_120816.png Diverse Coalition forms in response to Bell’s proposed acquisition of Astral Media August 28, 2012 – Bell’s proposed takeover of Astral Media is bad for Canada. That’s the message…
5098…The Ultimate On Sen Zimmer’s Marriage
Is in this morning’s Toronto Star.It comes from Maygen Sensenberger’s, that’s Senator Rod Zimmer’s wife, grandmother Rita Sensenberger who in her wisdom says that “…she isn’t concerned about the age…
2012 Redistribution – Toronto
Finally, the new proposed boundaries for Ontario are out, and this commission has changed so much, yet so little at the same time. But here they are now, and first…
Tender Ears and Evil Eyes
Simon has discovered I have ears. I mean, he’s always known I have ears, but he used to think I only had them after a shower, when my hair was…
In today’s Sun: the lost Liberal decade
KENNEBUNKPORT – Not a bad day. Ten years ago, just like today, I was on a sunny Maine beach with my kids. A call came through from the ever-efficient switchboard…
Arctic ice cap melt: record low in 2012
Since satellite tracking began in 1979 the lowest readings of Arctic sea-ice have all been within the last six years. This year has seen a record breaking retreat of sea-ice…
As it turns out, Sprung could be the better deal…
Though – as it was emphasized several times Monday night – none of us has an MBA, except, of course, the treasurer… However… Setting aside any debate about the aesthetics…
Rex Tillerson: An Unlikely Climate Hero?
Doug Grandt, climate warrior and friend of 350orbust, is inviting Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon and Eagle Scout, to become a climate hero. The world is desperately in need of…
Some nervous Calgary Conservatives over Northern Gateway pipeline fate
Joan Crockett won the Conservative nomination for Calgary-Centre. That wasn’t what interested me – what was interesting was reading in this op-ed how nervous those Conservatives are about the fate…
A New Poll From Forum
…who poll relentlessly, if not always accurately: In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1,720 Canadians 18 years of age or older, one third…
The Return of the Public Accounts Committee #nlpoli
Supporters of the current governing party like to talk about how theirs is the most open, accountable and transparent government of all time. Problem for them is that they cannot…
Secret buds fishing trip
Shh, be very quiet, no one wants us to know about this: “Stephen Harper lures Rob Ford to Harrington Lake.” No comment all around, from the PMO and from the…
Nomination battles these days
Joan Crockatt’s winning numbers at Saturday’s Calgary Centre nomination meeting: Two sources indicated that three candidates were dropped and their votes redistributed before Crockatt emerged with more than 50 per…
Quebec’s Election: Endorsements and Analyses
Quebec politics are unique in North America because of the two distinct dimensions along which political battles are fought. In addition to the standard left-right dimension, there is the sovereignty-federalism…