Constipation Blues
“Push a Poo, push a poo, push a poo poo poo!” That’s what I used to sing to Nick when he was little. Recently, I sang the little ditty again…
September 2012
Remembering Elmaks
It was on this day, a year ago, that Ottawa’s favourite street artist hiked into the forest, lay down under a tree, and died. His parents recently sent me a…
De Souza: Pipeline development was ‘top of mind’ in Stephen Harper’s budget bill
Mike De Souza continues his great work for Canadian Press digging up info on the Harper government’s deliberate and planned assaults on legislation and regulations designed to protect the environment…
Someone’s Gonna Shit
…when they read this. The shitting will likely begin here, and spread quickly to other parts of the Internet. Is the on-line world broad enough to contain the veritable storm…
On Justin Trudeau
I thought this might deserve its own blogpost column. I was asked by a Liberal friend (who has been involved with organizing other Liberal leadership campaigns) what I thought of…
Saturday At The Movies
What’s not to like about this? Norah Jones plays Cry, Cry, Cry at Glastonbury Folk Festival in 2010.
Polls on Liberal (would-be) contenders and NDP leads.
You might have seen a poll out in the past couple of days from Forum Research stating that if Justin Trudeau became Liberal Party leader, he’d receive 39% of the…
Globe & Mail: Margaret Wente Suffered an “Originality Breakdown”
The Margaret Wente plagiarism saga continues. On Friday, the Globe & Mail imported an American media export named Kelly McBride to offer yet another explanation for Wente’s sins: Professional journalism…
The Guardian : What ails Canada?
Maple leaf ragged: what ails Canada? Country's increasingly hardline stances on immigration (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/rachel-decoste/kenney-immigration_b_1411909.html), tar sands, indigenous people and Quebec separatism (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/rachel-decoste/pq-immigration_b_1842349.html) spark soul-searching. On the topic of Immigration Canada is…
MacKay Marches on Asia
Chronic prevaricator and Harper DefMin Peter “Airshow” MacKay obviously got a double shot of testosterone while in Washington for meetings with his counterpart, Leon Panetta. MacKay rushed from the meeting…
Here’s to the new TV season!
Thumbs up!Great acting, great action“ Interesting characters, potentially lots of fun Thumbs down – What a disappointment – overwrought, trite Just dumb Ehhh, maybe — worth a couple more episodes…
The Fifth Estate Shoots the F-35 Down in Flames
CBC’s The Fifth Estate aired one of its all time best episodes tonight, “Runaway Fighter.” The programme laid bare the rank dishonesty and duplicity of the Harper government and its…
Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak and party admits Dutch Disease contributes to decline in Ontario jobs.
I was reading through the Ontario Progressive Conservatives White Paper on unions, and I came across a most interesting part. Page 6, emphasis mine,When the Canadian dollar had a low…
Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak and party admits Dutch Disease contributes to decline in Ontario jobs.
I was reading through the Ontario Progressive Conservatives White Paper on unions, and I came across a most interesting part. Page 6, emphasis mine, When the Canadian dollar had a…
The Day Stephen Harper Got Punked
Golly. I see Stephen Harper FINALLY got a chance to show why some weird religious organization, named him the Statesman of the Year.No. Not at this meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu,…
Leading or aspiring to lead? Invest in ‘The Power of Communication’ – (Book Review)
Author Helio Fred Garcia, Executive Director of Logos Institute for Crisis Management and Executive Leadership has written an important book for individuals who are in positions of leadership, and for…
Musical interlude
Paul van Dyk feat. Plumb – I Don’t Deserve You
Proof of possession
R. v. Brar (G.), 2008 MBQB 133, 234 Man.R. (2d) 1, is a concise statement of the law of proof of possession: Central to all three charges is the issue…
Joint submissions on sentence
R. v. Milijanovic, 2012 ONCA 647 is a useful source for the principle that a court may reject a joint submission but not because it is close to inappropriate: We…