November 2012
George Brown grads win class-action suit over misleading course description
It is quite extraordinary for a college or university to be held liable -- this is a remarkable case: Full storyA group of graduates has won a class-action suit against…
Get the Kindle edition of The Fridgularity FREE, today through Friday
Seriously, you can get the Kindle edition of my new novel for FREE, today through Friday only. I just think you’re that awesome. More details about The Fridgularity are available…
Dr. Kelly Blidook Cautious on Muskrat Falls Polls
Over the past couple of days we’ve seen two polls released pertaining to public support of Muskrat Falls: one by CRA and the other by MQO. The CRA poll consisted…
The Many Faces of Stephen Harper
Oh boy. Colour me purple. I see that some professor has finally figured out what I've known all along.Stephen Harper employs a small army of people to try to make…
I Snuck In Through The Globe Pay-wall…
...and found this:The first thing you’ll want to do on checking in at the new Four Seasons Toronto spa is get wet. Urban hotel pools that don’t look like public…
Support but lacking sufficient information – the NTV/MQO Poll #nlpoli
The more questions you ask, the more information you get. The more information you have, the more accurate a picture you can draw of anything. In this case, it’s public…
Questions, questions
A couple of days ago, I renewed my membership (and by ABC monthly donation) with the Ontario Liberals, which means that I have a fairly good chance of becoming a…
The Cons and the Gaza Horror
It was the bloodiest day so far in the living nightmare that is Gaza.More rockets, more bombs, more horrifying violence.First there were six ambulances, one after the other, unloading the…
Newspaper Paywalls and the Absurd Overreach of Conservative Copyright Reform
I’ve been thinking through how to write this post for a while. I hope I don’t regret it. But recently a commenter forced the issue, and I had to censor…
Here’s a Dandy Idea
We have a number of more-or-less progressive blog aggregators. It is possible that these bloggers, collectively, play some role in progressive politics, shed some useful light on progressive issues.From time…
Why tossing Alauddin Merali under the bus may not have been a good idea
Health Minister Fred Horne contemplates the Ghost of Firings Past. Or, wait, maybe that’s Michael Giuffre with the Ghost of Pre-Election Advertising Campaigns Past. Whatever, it’s not as grim as…
My (Now Open) Letter to Trudeau the Lesser
Here is the text of an e-mail I sent today to Justin Trudeau, MP.I am troubled by your support of the bitumen industry, generally, and the Nexxen deal in particular.…
Maybe Time Does Heal All Wounds
There may be hope that the current younger generation can clean up a lot of messes that have bedeviled their elders and will otherwise be dropped in their laps.For example,…
Public Works Canada Placed on Probation?
How does the federal government, in the form of Public Works Canada, get put on probation?Public Works and Government Services Canada has pleaded guilty under the Canada Labour Code in…
The 47% watch
Willard Mitt Romney: "...there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to…
Liberals cringe and Conservatives jeer at David McGuinty’s anti-Alberta rant.
TweetComments made yesterday by Ontario Liberal Member of Parliament David McGuinty undoubtably triggered a collective “W^@* THE F#*%” moment in Calgary-Centre Liberal candidate Harvey Locke‘s by-election campaign headquarters. The ...
Dear anonymous guest.
Hi. On Sunday November 18th, 2012, you attended the Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony commemorated in Calgary, Alberta. Thank you. You also left a small tribute. I wanted to let…
Not with a bang but a whimper
Krugman notices that Republicans may flirt with truth but they end up parroting the party line: ...it’s true that there are some Republican intellectuals and pundits who seem to be…
1st Bite
I’ve seen a few movies the last few weeks, and haven’t yet reviewed them. Tonight I happened upon a Canadian film named “1st Bite” which is extremely artsy and doesn’t…