More on cooperation
Noted in this op-ed about the Calgary Centre byelection aftermath: Leadership is important but it may not be party brass and power-brokers who usher in co-operation. If it happens, it…
December 2012
Transparency for thee but not for me
It’s difficult to fathom how a Truth and Reconciliation Commission is supposed to fulfill its mission when the truth remains off limits. Indian residential school records on dead and missing…
The Vote Is In—America Needs a New Paradigm
It seems Americans are in for more of the same legislative gridlock as before the election. How Congress deals with the looming fiscal cliff will be telling. If you look…
Legal Imperialism and International Law
Financial critics have provided abundant data on the ways in which imperial creditors have extracted onerous rents, royalties and debt payments from indebted countries and their taxpayers, workers, employees and…
For FLA purposes a severance package is property on a date only if there is a fixes right to the severance on that date
Dembeck v. Wright, 2012 ONCA 852 holds: From these decisions it is clear that for a severance package to be considered property at the date of separation, there must be…
Return of the Cold: No Day to Think Creatively
It's been four weeks now that we've been dragging colds around. Thought I was over it and had made plans to make fruitcakes with Sophie and play with little Thom…
A note to progressives
Many of the candidates for leader of the Liberal Party are trying to align themselves as the best person to defeat Stephen Harper. The candidates during the last New Democratic…
Tories have bungled tobacco file, but it’s no scandal.
The Edmonton Journal’s main headline today, “Speaker clears Redford” takes its place on the list least surprising headlines ever, right up there with “Winter will be cold” and “City to…
Conservative Rorschach Test: Part Three #nlpoli
“Two Quebeckers” -srbp-
Why Spend a Fortune for a "Troubled" Anything?
In news reports it's common to see the adjective "troubled" used in conjunction with F-35. It may, by common usage, become that warplane's new name - the "troubled F-35."The F-35…
Ah. Foreign monarchies are so…
… foreign… (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Martha Hall-Findlay is looking better and better every day…
Justin Trudeau seems to be imploding lately with the revelation of old and very unfortunate 2010 quotes about Alberta and now an incoherent position on the gun registry. Suddenly, the…
Canadian Scientist Continue to be Muzzled
Top federal bureaucrats stayed mum during discussion about silencing of scientists What the Canadian “Environment” Minister Peter Kent calls “communications management” the rest of us would call #censorship and&nb...
Interview with John Bennett of the Sierra Club
Click the audio player to hear my interview with John Bennett, Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada, about the federal government’s proposed changes to the Navigable Waters Protection…
On Polarized Politics
Well aware that the universe does not revolve around the City of Toronto, which is within an hour's drive of my abode, I rarely write posts that pertain to it.…
Dec. 4: where to begin
A reader was kind enough to send me information from city hall concerning Highland Square. (The form reply - and another item - appear at the end of this blog.)The…
40-Years of Peace Tossed in the Garbage
Apparently forty years of peace has been too much of a good thing for Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel has enjoyed peace with its Arab neighbours since 1973.Don’t blame yourself if you…
5398…Bob Rae Man Of The People
Our leader has been the most open of all Parliamentarians to the press in scrums on the Hill.The Ottawa Citizen's Glen McGregor pulled out his calculator and figured out that…
5397…99 Problems And 43 Candles
Jay-Z be 43 today.WFDS