Voters Are Superficial
Every election, there is the requisite story wherein the journalist speaks to voters to ascertain what issues are important to them. Normally this exercise confirms that we voters are sophisticated,…
November 2012
Contrast Alberta’s Understanding Of ‘Dutch Disease’ Economic Condition With Sask Premier Brad Wall’s Limited Grasp …
Alberta’s Understanding of the Economic condition known as ‘dutch diesease’ “The Canadian dollar remains elevated, buoyed by high commodity prices. And appreciation of the Canadian dollar could hurt exporters. Manufacturing…
Bay Street law firm uses fingerprint technology to monitor employees’ comings and goings
The days of sneaking out for three-hour lunch breaks will soon be over at a Bay Street law firm after it decided to install fingerprint-scanning technology to monitor its employees’…
Brittany
In her high school class yearbook, Brittany had been deemed “the most likely to be found dead in a dumpster”, but she had confounded her critics. First she had joined…
85e anniversaire: 1er Nov. 1927. Le Règlement 17 en Ontario
Lettre à l’éditeur du journal Le Droit.Date : 1er nov 2012 Il y a exactement 85 ans jour pour jour, la province de l’Ontario met de côté le Règlement 17…
85e anniversaire: 1er Nov. 1927. Le Règlement 17 en Ontario
Lettre à l’éditeur du journal Le Droit.Date : 1er nov 2012 Il y a exactement 85 ans jour pour jour, la province de l’Ontario met de côté le Règlement 17…
King Kop. Kennedy Kop. #nlpoli
Expect to hear a lot more in the next couple of days about a comment Jerome Kennedy made on CBC Radio’s Crosstalk on Wednesday. The reason is that back in…
Natural Resources asks media outlet to destroy records
Postmedia had a report last night on Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver writing to his officials, in email, on his needing briefings on major energy projects in Canada so he…
How Sandy Affected The Nerds Of New York City
From here. The “21st Century campfire”, they’re calling it. I’d laugh but I probably would have killed to get a spot.
Attempting to obstruct justice is a substantive offence of specific intent
R v Yazelle, 2012 SKCA 91 is a good source for the holding that the offence of attempting to obstruct justice pursuant to s. 139(2) of the Criminal Code is…
My Eulogy For Bud
Bud is being buried this morning. I wrote about my uncle Bud a few days ago but I took down the post. It was too personal, too angry, even disrespectful…
Stephen Harper’s Halloween Nightmare
I'm quite sure that when he was a callow youth Halloween was Stephen Harper's favourite holiday.A day when he could bully and scare other kids to death, and get away…
Final Round of Voting for Best Canadian Political Blog
Alright. Look, guys, I’ve been good this year. I’ve blogged regularly, I’ve been keen on the recent debates, I’ve gotten on Don Martin’s Power Play, landed myself on CBC, and…
You can’t overlook convenient hours if you hope to preserve the obvious benefits of public liquor sales
In Alberta, this kid would be buying Jägermeister and Red Bull. Below: The Parkland study; Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. In one regard, Alberta’s 1993 experiment in liquor store privatization has…
New work by Remi Kanazi ‘Normalize This!’ undercuts Israeli spin
Remi Kanazi is a performance poet and rights activist based in NYC. His poetry collection – Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine – was published in 2011. The novelist…
Alberta PCs propose uninviting federal Tories to annual meetings.
TweetAn amendment proposed to the constitution of the Progressive Conservative Party by party supporters in Calgary-Glenmore would remove the automatic invitation and voting privileges of federal Conservative Party Members of…
Harper Halloween video
In case you missed it. Unfortunately, there is no sound. Or, fortunately because it looked a little too awkward of a photo-op and likely wasn’t too festive. On the right…
5287…Got Milk?
My girlfriend just hit the big time. Sorry, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. WFDS
The Reality of Real Change
This isn’t really a new topic, but one I feel I must rehash upon as it’s been some time since I covered it. I’ve noticed several comments in response on…