Republican Wyoming governor Matt Mead has some advice for the U.S. Interior Department: Back off your fracking rules. Governor Mead was responding to a recent proposal by the Interior Department…
Leading Canadian climate scientist Andrew Weaver has laid into Stephen Harper in this morning’s Times Colonist. The U. Vic. prof accuses Harper of putting fossil fuel interests ahead of everything…
When things are going wrong in the Middle East, I always check on what Juan Cole says about it to gain some perspective on how serious it really is: What…
For a country that seems to have a messianic zeal for exporting its freedom and democracy to other countries, the United States doesn’t seem to care too much for those…
Takeover_210x150_120816.png The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is examining Bell Canada’s $3.4 billion takeover of Astral Media at hearings in Montreal the week. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, an…
Tune in to CKCU FM 93.1 tomorrow morning from 7:00-8:00 AM for the launch of the second season of Earthgauge Radio! On tomorrow’s show, I’ll be bringing you two interviews…
I thought we would have to wait until the debates for Mitt Romney to demonstrate his manifest unfitness to be president. Instead, it happened already and its still eight weeks…
Rudy Verstraeten, 24.138.185.196, wrote: Warren YOU are the F**king idiot. We are law abiding gun owners and follow the law and hurt no one.Get the gang bangers of the streets…
When Jeanne was born I posted a photo of her and her Mom shortly after birth, which Elin made me subsequently change for a more attractive shot. This time I…
A great way to water down democracy is to control the judiciary. This is what happens when you combine unrestricted corporate electoral spending with an elected bench. Judges whose election…
When we think about security in the global sense we tend to focus on terrorism although, according to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, Iran is now the most significant threat…
When you’ve got 60% of the world’s population but just 36% of global freshwater resources and a rapidly growing population and industrialization, you’ve got some serious problems. When you add…
This question was sent by email from someone who prefers to remain anonymous, so we’ll call her Marigold. Marigold recently won an overnight stay for two at a local hotel,…
CIBC Mortgages Inc. v. Kwaw, 2012 ONCA 602 gives a brief but useful restatement of the law regarding setting aside default judgments: In particular, it is implicit in the motion…
Hat tip to Kinsella for alerting us to the latest book (Power Trap etc.) by Professor Paul Adams of Carleton U. Adams worked on CBC’s The National as well as…
This morning, not fifteen minutes hence, I found myself entirely unable to undress myself. To wit: I was stuck inside my shirt. In order to contain my glorious and magnificent…
Public Servants remain concerned about the future during these difficult economic times. But we know equally that we consistently find a way to set our personal concerns aside and make…
Public Servants remain concerned about the future during these difficult economic times. But we know equally that we consistently find a way to set our personal concerns aside and make…
