In 2012, Only 27% of New Federal Judges are Women
Earlier this fall, the Harper regime appointed a new Supreme Court judge, Richard Wagner, who sits on the Quebec bench and is the son of a former Progressive-Conservative leadership contestant.…
October 2012
Rehabilitative prospects a mitigating factor in sentencing
R. v. Gouliaeff, 2012 ONCA 690 is a good source for the principle that rehabilitative prospects are a mitigating factor in sentencing: The trial judge’s reasons for sentence reveal that…
Global Warming is Going to Happen
I think it is clear that the vast majority of people are aware that global warming is real. The problem is most people aren’t willing to do anything about it.…
Odds and sods for a Monday morning…
… E-B reporter Emily Innes will be hitting tonight’s Christian Heritage Party meeting protesting the casino proposal; I’m certain there will some interesting fodder for discussion, especially as the owners…
5236…Immigration Questions
Easily answered and at a great financial savings. Let’s get all retro and let everyone in. As in everyone. Another problem solved. WFDS
Thinking about Maybe Going to Brazil in January
I’ve got a new non-fiction book project running around in my head. Called Road through Time, it will be about the marks we humans leave on the world, and other…
This recession has cost you $12,000 per year
Vicious circle? Very interesting article which puts into numbers the cost of the financial meltdown and the recession: In much of the industrial world, what started as a financial problem…
Vincent on CBC
If you didn’t hear me last week here’s a link to my ten minute interview on CBC Calgary’s The Eyeopener and David Gray.
Oct. 15:..a waste of paper
There is only one opinion column in today’s Times and Transcript worth reading. That makes the editorial page the strong part of this edition because there is not a single…
Monday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
No, the most important factor in the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ loss to Edmonton shouldn’t come as much surprise. As I noted last week, the Eskimos are one of a few CFL…
We need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards
Iraq records huge rise in birth defects …a new study reports a “staggering rise” in birth defects among Iraqi children conceived in the aftermath of the war. High rates of…
An Extra 32 Minutes a Day for People in Greater Toronto
Your32 is an effort by CivicAction to promote a financially sustainable and more efficient transit solution for people living in the greater Toronto area (GTA). This project is a great…
5235…Women Voting Is The Root Of Evil
Just minding my own business reading The Jackson Free Press and I come across this amazingly accurate quote from Janis Lane, the prez of the Central Mississippi Tea Party.Our country…
Ontario politics nota bene
The federal Liberal Party has, for years, hurt the brand of the Ontario Liberal Party. The reverse is now happening. If Hudak and Hudak Helper are dumb enough to force…
Nanos Bombshell?
We’ve seen these before, unfortunately – here and here. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can see the numbers here. Take a look over, they’re more interesting than you…
Astronaut Love Triangle thrills audiences!
Astronaut Love Triangle was brilliant and superb and I love them more each time I see them. They’ve added a couple more pieces to their repertoire (I especially liked the…
Robert Ghiz – This land is my land – PEI
The song was sung last week in the woods of Bonshaw Hills, Prince Edward Island, amoung old growth forest, Acadian forest, between hundred year old Hemlocks, beside streams, it’s words…
The Language of Newfoundland Politics #nlpoli
Some of you may have noticed a couple of words turning up in any discussion of Muskrat Falls. One is “confused”. The other is “tired” as in tired of hearing…
I’m “a walking Irish bar fight”
So sayeth the Hill Times, and my brother Bob Richardson. (I also like that some North of the Queensway types think calling me an “idealist” is an insult.) Ironically, the…