On full information
I’ll put together another Saskatchewan NDP leadership roundup post later today. But first, I’ll point out one development which calls for some attention of its own. Erin Weir has put…
October 2012
Almost 10,000 Twitter followers
Does that mean I get an award or something? Is Lady Gaga nervously looking over shoulder, now?
Virtual Launch Event for Two Books of Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists!
I am excited to announce that my two books of Canadian history through the stories of activists, Resisting the State and Gender and Sexuality were released by Fernwood Publishing in…
Fight The Right in North Shore News!
Right here. Jeremy’s done a very well-written, comprehensive piece. This guy actually read the book. And it’s the fairest shakes I’ve ever gotten in the North Shore News! Thank God…
The Canadian Progressive covers Power Shift 2012
The Canadian Progressive’s publisher and progressive political blogger, Obert Madondo, will be reporting on the 4-day Power Shift 2012 conference taking place in Ottawa and Gatineau on October 26-29, 2012.…
Standing Athwart History
For those of us who live outside the United States, the angry divide there is profoundly puzzling. There are, indeed, two philosophies of government at stake in this election. But…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Timothy Noah writes that since Republicans haven’t been able to convince the American public that inequality is desirable or acceptable, they’re taking another…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, October 26, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, October 26, 2012: Conrad Black loses Order of Canada hearing bid Criminal lawyers intervene in Ontario paralegal’s…
I am old, I am old
I shall wear my trousers rolled. Dare I eat a peach, etc. There’s all kinds of fun political stuff happening, and it’s exciting and positive and great. But you know…
No Herd Left Behind: Federal Caribou Recovery Strategy On "Collision Course with Industry," Leads to Caribou "Zoos"
This post is a part of DeSmog’s investigative series: Cry Wolf. Five years overdue in a legal sense and ten years after caribou were officially listed as ‘threatened’ according to…
Photographing and filming police officers in Canada
Here’s an excellent passage from The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Full Post There is no law in Canada that prevents a member of the public from taking photographs or video…
Creation In Peril: Protect What You Love
Tomorrow I’m going to be spending much of the day at Creation in Peril: Protect What You Love, a conference on faith and the environment. This is one of the…
Is this for real?
C’mon. At the very least, these folks deserve to have their final arrangements paid for by the state. I guess the Harperites don’t agree. (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Muskrat Falls Trends #nlpoli
Just for the fun of it, here is a graph of the frequency of searches for the term “Muskrat Falls” in Canada since November 2010. According to Google the numbers…
How Multinational Corporations Evade Canadian Income Tax Law
In the wake of the recent Ted Opitz case, in which the Supreme Court of Canada issued a bizarrely partisan split ruling, written by two Harper appointees to the nation’s…
ConCalls: The Sanctity of Election Fraud
Below is my comment left on Sixth Estate regarding the disastrously wrong Supreme Court decision yesterday. It protects the sanctity of election fraud, instead of Canadians’ right to vote in…
Visualizing Open Energy Data in Canada
If you haven’t seen it yet, Glen Newton has done some really awesome visualizations of Canada’s energy production/consumption data. Here’s a version I “edited”: What is cool is that, what…
Is All Genetic Autism Research Fundamentally Flawed?
The assumption in traditional genetic expression analysis that mRNA content is similar between cells (represented by orange and black dots) does not affect the final results when the cells in…
Jim Manly Is Back At Home In Nanaimo ;-)
Jim Manly Former Nanaimo-Cowichan NDP MP returns home in time to celebrate his 80th birthday. Jim Manly, the retired United Church Retired Minister has answered the call and travelled as…