Bring on the Astronaut Puns
The moment headline writers have been waiting for all summer has finally arrived, with Marc Garneau set to formally launch his Liberal leadership candidacy this week. Despite having a lengthy…
November 2012
Vote Harvey Locke: The Progressive Choice for Calgary-Centre
Today (November 26th) is by-election day in the great riding of Calgary-Centre! The Liberal campaign has been as exciting as it has been improbably and for the first time since…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- The U.S.' budget negotiations are leading to some public lobbying as to whether wealthy Americans will make any contribution whatsoever to closing the country's…
The Not-So-Hidden-Hand of Harper
Although I believe unreservedly in the vital role that unions play in both protecting and promoting workers' rights, I make no apologies for the times that I have been critical…
Further applications for bail pending appeal require a change of circumstances
Tremblay c. R., 2012 QCCA 2073 is a good source for the principle that ince a bail pending appeal application has been refused a further application requires a change in…
Open thread: Is this Rob Ford’s last day?
I’ll have more to say about the case later, but for now, Marc Weisblott has put together a selection of what various pundits have to say. Read it here. My…
Excerpt from The Fridgularity: a ski in the storm
Given the arrival of Winter here in Souwesto, I thought I’d put up an excerpt from the second half of The Fridgularity (A Cold Reboot), in which the lead character…
Gender Failure
I’ve set up a google alert for ‘transgender’ so I can keep abreast of transgender news and activity on the internet, since my favourite part of my new job is…
The History of Climate Negotiations In 83 Seconds
While the east coast of the U.S. continues to deal with the impacts of Frankenstorm Sandy, and the global food prices rise because of a climate destabilized by our carbon…
Another Sun Bung-Up
In a story about the weekend's pro-Palestinian rally on Bloor St.:A version of this story that briefly appeared on torontosun.com contained quotes wrongly attributed to Bernie Farber, former CEO of…
For Joyce Murray for Liberal leader
I have decided to support Vancouver Quadra MP Joyce Murray in the Liberal leadership race that has just officially begun. That's not a big surprise after my blog post last…
Cabot Martin’s paper on Natural Gas #nlpoli
Few people have the depth of experience in the province’s energy policy and history than does Cabot Martin. From the mind-1970s until the early 1990s Martin was a senior advisor…
Les democracy
"The only good farmland is former farmland" - J. Les John Les made an appearance with Sean Leslie on Liberal house radio Saturday and explained that party leadership had to…
Stephen Harper’s Humiliating Weekend
Golly. It must be a case of reverse voodoo eh?The more pins Stephen Harper sticks into his Justin Trudeau doll, the more Justin laughs.And the more Great Macaca Leader squeals.Read…
Battleground Calgary Centre
Voters in Durham, Victoria, and Calgary Centre head to the polls tonight in what were originally pegged as three “safe” by-elections. The story appears to be following the script in…
EFF.org: Trans-Pacific Partnership is trading away our digital rights
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is about to get a bit more crowded, with Canada formally joining as 'second-tier' negotiators at next month's talks. These closed-door meetings will...
Calgary Centre By-Election
I don't live in Calgary Centre and I don't have a preference for who wins tomorrow - as long as it's not Joan Crockatt. Calgary is more politically diverse than…
Calgary Centre By-Election
I don’t live in Calgary Centre and I don’t have a preference for who wins tomorrow – as long as it’s not Joan Crockatt. Calgary is more politically diverse than…