our first video: backyard play
Finally, a video of Tala and Diego! How silly am I? Now that we have video capability, I felt sad that we don’t have video of all our past dogs,…
December 2012
Back up! Some Ontario Liberal stuff
We had some downtime here due to a server upgrade last evening and this am, but I’m back now. Some brief news on the Ontario Liberal leadership convention. I again…
F-35 Jet Fiasco: Harper Conservatives Heavily Monitored Public Perception
Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, Canada is fast becoming a real “surveillance state”. One that obsessively monitors critics of public policy and government action… and the “tone”…
Worst Christmas gift ever: The Night Dad Went To Jail
Children’s book explains what happens when a family member gets arrested: Story
Sentencing for crimes of serious personal violence
R. v. Nowdlak, 2012 NUCJ 19 holds that, in serious personal violence cases deterrence, denunciation and protection of the public, not rehabilitation that must be the foremost consideration of a…
Large majority of Canadians opposed to takeover of Nexen by China’s CNOOC
The takeover of Canadian energy firms by foreign state-owned companies got the Ottawa green light even though polling indicates a large majority of Canadians oppose the move. China’s CNOOC has…
ConCalls: Proxy Investigation #RoboCon
No new information in this post, just something I found ironic and amusing. On Feb 21, 2011 I queried and accessed “freeproxyserver.ca” from my home computer. I did this from…
This will be the Regime’s Primary Alibi followed by the EU crisis when the Canadian Economy Sinks into Recession
Canada faces near-recession if U.S. plunges over ‘cliff,’ Carney warns “Carney warns of risk from U.S. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has warned that a failure by U.S. politicians…
This will be the Regime’s Primary Alibi followed by the EU crisis when the Canadian Economy Sinks into Recession
Canada faces near-recession if U.S. plunges over ‘cliff,’ Carney warns “Carney warns of risk from U.S. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has warned that a failure by U.S. politicians…
This will be the Regime’s Primary Alibi followed by the EU crisis when the Canadian Economy Sinks into Recession
Canada faces near-recession if U.S. plunges over ‘cliff,’ Carney warns “Carney warns of risk from U.S. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney has warned that a failure by U.S. politicians…
A modest appeal
I wrote recently of one business using charity for self-promotion and self-congratulation. Here’s an example of the polar opposite, a small effort where every dollar delivered to the charitable purpose…
KPMG reports on fighter jet cost over runs…
…are due out as early as today. And they might be embarrassing for the CPC government as the real costs may come in as much as three times higher than…
Strummerfest Friday in K-W!
To wit: The indie acts assembled for this ambitious fundraiser aren’t — with the exception of S— From Hell, which features Canadian punk pioneer Warren Kinsella — strictly punk, but…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Suzuki makes the case for evaluating our well-being through Gross National Happiness rather than GDP alone: There’s more to happiness than just…
Abacus Poll: 34% Con, 32% NDP, 22% Lib
These polls are coming out fast and furious it seems, with Abacus Data the latest to release new poll results – I suspect they’re moving to a monthly schedule. Sadly…
Reasons where witness inconsistent in evidence
R. v. Sandhu, 2012 BCCA 500 dealt with credibility and reasons for believing a witness despite inconsistencies. The Court held some explanation of the basis for accepting testimony in such…
Liberal Joyce Murray, Green MP Elizabeth May and NDP MP Nathan Cullen Have All Called For Co-operation On The Centre-Left!
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger The Chinese curse is upon us. ‘We live in interesting times!’ Although the origins of this pearl have been disputed and dissected by academics the general…
Dec. 12: My apologies….
As a reader pointed out to me, I missed an important story in yesterday’s Moncton Times and Transcript.So here it is.Briefly, Irving oil wanted (guess what) an increase in petroleum…
Should We Still Heed the IPCC?
Imagine you’re aboard a commercial jetliner on a really foggy approach to your destination. The aircraft has a ground speed of 220 miles an hour. You’re ten miles from the…