The Food Safety Shell Game
The Conservatives are treating Canada's food safety budget like a game of three-card monte but here is the straight goods on what is budgeted. So fasten your seatbelts and keep…
October 2012
Oct. 4: Something very big is happening…
The big story of the day is hidden on p. A6. The Dr. Cleary report on shale gas and public health is not likely to be released – not ever.The…
Hey Thomas Mulcair! Zip this!
Rick Mercer has made a habit of producing videos with major politicians. Skinny dipping with Liberal Leader Bob Rae, A Slumber party with PM Harper and now zip lining with…
Rob Anders is a buffoon, part 346!
Yup, big Rob is at it again! This time he is trying to stop transgender folks from using women’s washrooms. Seems that this is a huge problem in his world.…
5215…President Romney In The House
All but the most loyal/deluded followers of Barack Obama had his challenger, Mitt Romney, killing it during last night’s Presidential debates. Best line I read this morning came from James…
Earthgauge Radio October 4 2012: James Kunstler, Fast for Climate Justice and the new “Passive House” in Wakefield
Download: earthgauge-podcast-oct4-2012.mp3 On Earthgauge Radio this week, we ‘re talking about techno-optimism, fasting for climate justice and energy efficient buildings. I have 3 interviews for you on today’s show: Novelist…
You Had Me (Choking) at Affordable…
This morning, I had to control my urge to laugh while reading: Affordable Housing Canada: Housing Boom, Government Cutbacks Create ‘Rent Squeeze’ by Rachel Mendleson in HuffPost Oct 4, 2012…
5214…The Last Best Chance
That is the way Justin Trudeau is being positioned in regards to the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. Last. Best. Chance. WFDS
Seriously Cycling: Bikes Are Getting More Attention All Across Canada
Anyone who has been cycling in Canadian cities over the past fifteen years knows that things are changing. When I left Montreal for Vancouver in 2002 the city’s streets were…
Seriously Cycling: Bikes Are Getting More Attention All Across Canada
Anyone who has been cycling in Canadian cities over the past fifteen years knows that things are changing.When I left Montreal for Vancouver in 2002 the city's streets were still…
Seriously Cycling: Bikes Are Getting More Attention All Across Canada
Anyone who has been cycling in Canadian cities over the past fifteen years knows that things are changing. When I left Montreal for Vancouver in 2002 the city’s streets were…
Assumptions Can Be Dangerous
Harris assumed that small Ontario towns like Walkerton would have the good sense to keep their drinking water clean. Harper assumed that profit-making companies would make sure that their consumers…
New column day
Here, on how the Regina Chamber of Commerce is taking election misdirection to new lows in this fall’s municipal campaign. For further reading…– Vanda Schmokel pointed out the same issue…
All regular child custody orders made under Part III of the CLRA at a Family Court branch location, with the explicit exceptions, are to the Divisional Court
Marchildon v. Beitz 2012 ONCA 668 holds the family law appeal routes “are both confusing and inequitable”. After saying so the Court holds: Under the CLRA, all regular child custody…
Ask Me Anything #10: The wildly inappropriate thing I said to Mr. MacIntyre
Tom Sawyer asked: “What was the wildly inappropriate thing you said to Mr. MacIntyre?” This was in reference to the Ask Me Anything post about the moon, in which I…