December 2012
Got a Ford you want decommissioned?
Left to, um, right: Big City Lib, Brian Shiller, Adam Chalef-Freudenthaler and David Shiller. Got a government or politician you want toppled? These are your guys. Assembled at SFH’s gig…
Governing the Web (and everything else) by Don Tapscott
Representatives of more than 190 governments begin a profoundly important 12-day closed-door meeting in Dubai on Monday to hammer out how the Internet should be run and who should pay…
Governing the Web (and everything else) by Don Tapscott
Representatives of more than 190 governments begin a profoundly important 12-day closed-door meeting in Dubai on Monday to hammer out how the Internet should be run and who should pay…
Your morning politics and polling irony
I find it a tad ironic that the newspaper that regularly trumpets the results of a polling agency like this, then publishes a piece like this. Delacourt’s piece was timely.…
New Politics, Polls and the Media #nlpoli
Given that the local media missed the single major story of the 2011 provincial general election until after it was over, the editors and journalists in the province might want…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, December 3, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, December 03, 2012: Toronto man at the heart of a landmark life support case has ‘very low…
greenwald on "both sides are wrong", hedges on the world as gaza
There are always at least two sides to every story. Long ago, in the American West, some pioneers and cowboys were killed by "Indians". More recently, Iraqi "insurgents" have killed…
Joyce’s Modest Proposal
While the press follows Justin Trudeau everywhere, both Paul Adams and Andrew Coyne have chosen to give Joyce Murray some attention. Adams writes that what she proposes deserves serious consideration.…
this is what jason kenney’s canada looks like: family deported to libya, father is tortured, court cites bias and lies
A family that was ordered to leave Canada by Jason Kenney's IRB was - as they predicted - separated and detained, and the father was tortured by Libyan authorities. The…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Susan Delacourt comments on what's often lacking from Canadian political coverage - and the challenge facing journalists looking to stop relying excessively on horse-race…
walmart workers, marvin miller, rob ford: important stuff that happened while i wasn’t blogging
As the title says, here are some things I thought about while I was taking a blogging break.● Marvin Miller died. Miller should be a hero of both the labour…
Halton Region Redistributed – Again
The federal commission here in Ontario which is drawing up the new boundaries for the 2015 election (and beyond, I assume), have become the only ones so far to propose…
Ask General Kang: As a world-conquering potentate, what is your policy regarding instant gratification?
Well, I’m totally against it. From what I can see there is too much instant gratification happening here on Terra; and this is at least some part of the reason…
Garneau Campaign Suffers Fatal Setback…
...is endorsed by Toronto Sun!!! Time to pack up the space capsule and go home, dude.
The Risks Just Got Even Bigger #nlpoli #nspoli
While lots of people were busily cheering Friday’s announcement of a federal loan guarantee for Muskrat Falls, they probably noticed a small but very significant detail. The loan guarantee doesn’t…
The Day Benny and Steve Got Hitched
Oh no. How could I have been so wrong?This is no mere bromance, no sordid one or fifty-night stand.This the real thing. Harper tweeted on Saturday that he spoke to…
Medicare’s Orphans: Autism and Civil Rights Activist David Marley and The Fight For a National Autism Strategy
Medicare for Autism Now! has released episode 10 of our "Medicare's Orphans" web-series. This episode features Medicare for Autism Now, Civil Rights Now and co-producer of "Medicare's Orphans", David Marley.…
Toronto Law Blogger Meetup – December 4, 2012
Hello once again, Toronto law bloggers, tweeters, and legal scribblers. As previously announced on Twitter, the next Toronto Law Blogger Meetup will be tomorrow, Tuesday December 4, 2012, 6:30 p.m.…