Is it time for Ontario to put limits on overtime in health care?
Studies have shown that excessive overtime is directly linked to incidents of medical errors. In the U.S., medical error is the eighth leading cause of death – more than motor…
October 2012
Sustainable Urban Resilience: A Contradiction in Terms?
David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post up today looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument in a nutshell is that…
Sustainable Urban Resilience: A Contradiction in Terms?
David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post up today looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument in a nutshell is that…
Sustainable Urban Resilience: A Contradiction in Terms?
David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post up today looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument in a nutshell is that…
Time To Return Those “Dalton4Leader” T-Shirts
I can’t imagine anyone seriously thought he would run, but Dalton McGuinty has made it official that he will not be entering the Federal Liberal Leadership Race. While the race…
Defending What’s Ours
The police didn’t intervene. From the comments of Victoria’s deputy police chief, Del Manak, it actually sounded as if the cops were on side with the demonstrators. “It’s a peaceful,…
So now we give awards to batshit crazy
….Nutbars who terrorise women in abortion clinics? Seriously? Look, as an anti-monarchist, I hold little value in those petty awards, but they are important to some and so should be…
We are Legion
Like its name, and unlike Wikileaks that is known mostly through its founder Julian Assange, the hactivist group Anonymous is not easily tied to any particular individual. Operating in semi-clandestine…
Water Rights and 2041′s Lacking Smoking Gun
Yesterday the 2041 group released a press release essentially saying that Hydro Quebec can hold the Muskrat Falls project hostage at anytime by determining the water flow downstream to Muskrat…
What a Romney America Could Look Like
Wanna see something scary? BusinessInsider.com has a thorough rundown on how Mitt Romney would change America into a country of the rich, by the rich, for the rich. It’s an…
The War of 1812
The Harper Conservatives are going to great lengths to highlight the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, when the British and Americans fought for control over the north. It…
Who Says Israel is an Apartheid State? Why, a Majority of Israelis, That’s Who.
Two-thirds of Israeli Jews want Palestinians denied the vote if their country annexes the West Bank. Three out of four are in favour of segregated roads for Israelis and Palestinians…
How big ideas become government policy
Thirty-five years ago the policies that now define democratic governance — or rather anti-democratic — in Canada were literally unthinkable. Voluntarily giving up, through reckless tax cuts, hundreds of billions…
The Civil Society Ploy
Can the United States export democracy to another country, the way it exports Coca Cola? Apparently the government, particularly, USAID, and the mass media—think so. But, some tricky issues emerge…
Confession rule not triggered unless statements made to person in authority
R. v. Hart, 2012 NLCA 61 deals with an argument that the confession rule should apply when statements are made to state actors even where the accused in unaware the…
Melancholy Autumn
They said it was going to be a drab autumn, on account of the drought, but it was actually quite dramatic. My friend Nancy says every autumn has its own…
Netflix Shares Plunge on Disappointing Third-Quarter Results by Paul Bond
Netflix adds fewer streaming customers than investors had hoped for and lowers end-of-year guidance.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Heather Scoffield reports on the Canadian Index of Wellbeing’s stunning finding that Canadian quality of life declined by a quarter between 2008…
Top UK Defence Expert: "British Security At Risk From Huawei"
Britain’s national security is being put at risk because a Chinese telecoms giant is being given too much access, the former head of the Minister of Defence’s cyber security unit…