Mitt Romney Pumps His Own Gas
Looks Romney has finally accepted his fate. Gone are all the trimmings of being presidential candidate. I read somewhere that he had rented a building in Washington D.C. to move…
November 2012
Make a Difference
I recognize that most readers of this blog either: a) Don’t live in Ontario or b) Have pretty strong political beliefs So any pitch to join the Ontario Liberal Party…
Our mayor on the field
As a clumsy person myself, I almost feel sorry for him. But I just about died laughing. For the record, it’s not funny because it’s Ford, it’s just funny. Thanks…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, November 21, 2012: Toronto courtroom rudeness: Make ‘uncivil’ lawyer pay $247,000, LSUC prosecutor says Conviction in iPad…
If NOIA advocated for offshore development… #nlpoli
Bob Cadigan is president of the association that represents the province’s offshore supply and service companies. He thinks that there’s more interest in exploring offshore Nova Scotia than Newfoundland and…
Is the NDP becoming Liberal Lite?
A couple of polls showing the NDP losing support to the Liberals pose some pretty fundamental questions for the party and its small ‘l’ liberal leader Thomas Mulcair. Does the…
5364…Hockey Or Sex
Apparently, at least in Edmonton, hockey, Oiler style, is more popular than sex.This is what I infer from a widely reported story out of the Alberta capital that the owner…
Ford follies, ad infinitum
My former Carleton U. J-school pal Mandel neatly sums up Rob Ford’s decision to urinate on those who got him where he is: “Talk about shooting the messenger — and…
5363…Turkey Season Officially Starts Tomorrow
Ferget about Black Friday, American Thanksgiving is the official kickoff of Turkey Season.Giving you a heads up coz it takes a bit to thaw those suckers out.WFDS
friday in the u.s.: support walmart workers
This Friday, on the biggest shopping day of the year (also known as International Buy Nothing Day), hundreds of courageous Walmart workers will stand up to their bullying employer and…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- David Macdonald takes a closer look at a Fraser Institute study on income mobility, and finds strong evidence that there's a significant lack of…
5362…Only In Quebec
Quebec is, of course, the one place on the planet where the unthinkable happens on a regular basis.I don't know if you saw the front page of The National Post…
Something Stupid
Tom Walkom writes, in this morning's Toronto Star, that Stephen Harper is a victim of his own success. That was the reason he and Jim Flaherty were sending mixed messages…
Our Carbon Pollution: Is It Different From Raw Sewage?
In a very short time – years or at most decades – humans will look back at our spewing of carbon pollution into the atmosphere with the same disgust and…
Sensible Taxation
If we lived in Dr. Pangloss's "best of all possible worlds," I suspect that I would be a fairly conservative fellow. After all, in such a world those who worked…
saturday across canada: end the siege of gaza
This Saturday, across Canada and around the world, people will gather to condemn Israel's massacre of Gaza. The call:Stop Israel's war on Gaza!Stop the killing. End the blockade. Free Palestine.…
PEH Liberals and Fight The Right!
They came far, and it was greatly appreciated!
Second US Tar Sands Mine, Owned by Former ExxonMobil and Chevron Exec., Approved in Utah
MCW Enterprises Ltd., a Canada-based corporation, announced on Nov. 19 that it has received all necessary permits to streamline tar sands extraction at its Asphalt Ridge plant located in Vernal,…
Shale Gas Bubble About to Burst: Art Berman, Bill Powers
Food and Water Watch recently demonstrated that the dominant narrative, "100 years" of unconventional oil and gas in the United States, is false. At most, some 50 years of this…
The general costs principle of ‘loser pays’ applies in estate litigation
Salter v. Salter, 2009 CanLII 28403 has a useful comment on costs in estate litigation matters (note, I have not "loser pays" applied frequently in estate matters but the case…