Loopholes and leverage
I’ve previously wondered whether we’d see many substantial policy differences between Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership candidates. But Erin Weir hasn’t taken long to challenge what’s often seen as party orthodoxy: NDP…
October 2012
Oct. 5: Good stories; but….
The most important stories, from a New Brunswick point of view, in today’s paper are two related stories. They concern fracking for shale gas, and its impact on public health.…
Costa Rica poised to ban hunting as sport
An environmentalist wearing a frog mask is seen near members of Congress (rear) who are voting on an anti-hunting law inside the Legislative Assembly building in San Jose, Costa Rica.…
Caregiving for Step-Children
Parenting healthy children is challenging, so imagine parenting a step-child with disabilities. Blended families are nearly the norm nowadays and it follows that a contemporary phenomenon will be shell shocked…
No Gateway
Northern Gateway, Jeffrey Simpson writes this morning, is dead: Yes, regulatory hearings before the National Energy Board will continue until the NEB approves the project. And yes, Enbridge will keep…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Michael Harris follows up on the previous activism to save the Experimental Lakes Area by noting that efforts to work with the Harper…
TRANSFORM!
I think it isn’t so much like a transformation, actually. It’s more like a palimpsest. A dog-eared, loose-leafed unbound monstrosity that’s been erased upon so much the paper is balling…
Harper’s China Syndrome: PM in a Pickle Over Nexen Buyout, Trade Deal
Following an eventful couple of weeks for the Canada-China energy trade file, Stephen Harper finds himself in quite a pickle. The Prime Minster is stuck between his resolute commitment to…
Campaign Capers: I got nothin’
Seriously, I haven’t seen any developments on any of the stories that have been the subject of these posts. I’m thinking that the Supreme Court and Elections Canada are all…
BP Settlement Deal Could Put Taxpayers On The Hook For Spill Costs
A proposed settlement deal between the federal government and BP over their involvement in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and subsequent oil leak could shift the burden of…
Chopped Liver, Everyone?
Comedians like Don Rickles, whenever he felt slighted, would turn to host Johnny Carson and ask, “What am I, chopped liver?” I couldn’t help but think of that line when…
The Canada-US FTA at 25
My take, in the Globe Economy Lab today.
Ottawa-bound
Not because of the nascent Liberal leadership race. Not for top secret political meetings. It’s way, way more important than that. My daughter is graduating from high school, and she…
The "Death Threat" Internet Scam Continues!
It is clear the original email went to hundreds if not thousands in the legal community — my entire office got it! But I got a follow-up… So I guess…
A Phone Call to Diagnose Parkinson’s
About a week from now I’ll be running to fundraise for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s’ research. As a result of my participation, I’ve been researching Parkinson’s and…
At least it’s not field hockey
Jenna hated physical education. All the girls stared at her in the change-room (she was one of the first to develop), and her hand-eye coordination was rotten. Reaping class, on…
J Douglas Crane QC tribute dinner
J. Douglas Crane, QC Last night was the J Douglas Crane QC tribute dinner. While Doug continues to be an active lawyer the stories of his years at the Bar…
Masters of our debt-ridden domain #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale confirmed on Wednesday that companies looking to develop Labrador mines have been getting good results from their inquiries about buying electricity from Hydro-Quebec. According to Dunderdale, the…
Prairie Bible Institute abuse survivors stand for survivors abused in missionary boarding school
Prairie Bible Institute Abuse Survivors are standing in support of former missionary kids who were abused at their boarding school run by The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Mamou, Guinea.…