Hydraulic Fracking and environmental perils
Ed Shultz of MSNBC had a great piece on it last night, April 4, 2012. Pay attention Mr. Alward of NB. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news…
2012
Why Doesn’t Mulcair Blink?
This new ad from the NDP – in French only so far – is pretty clear: they want to show how Mulcair is “continuing” Jack’s work, by rolling up his…
Real Unemployment Rate = 11.3%
Statistics Canada reported significant employment growth today for the first time in six months. As Andrew has already noted, welcome strength in March does not make up for the five…
Common sense – the rarest element #nlpoli
There’s a tee-shirt. This one is from zazzle And it is true. Common sense is so rare these days it should be classified as a super power. It would be…
Jonathan Kay on the CBC: Why Canada needs (an advertisement-free) Radio One by Jonathan Kay
Columnist says putting ads on Radio One would take CBC down the road of becoming the only nation in the OECD without a substantial public broadcaster.
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, April 5, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for the Thursday, that poses as a Friday, April 5, 2012: Conn. Senate votes to repeal state’s death penalty…
The CRTC wants you to comment on the state of wireless competition in Canada!
The CRTC recently announced that it is looking into creating minimum national standards to protect wireless customers, and is now asking Canadians for input. After receiving several requests to create…
Cherry’s salary makes him a big, fat target for CBC cuts by Bruce Dowbiggin
CBC executive VP in charge of English services, Kirstine Stewart claims that Don Cherry is not part of the cuts announced this week.
A Good Month Leaves Us Well Short of a Recovery
Today’s job numbers for March are much stronger than they have been since last September. Job creation was very strong – up 82,300 in the month, with 70,000 of those…
Andrea Horwath’s Dance With Dalton
While I continue to remain dubious of what will happen when the Ontario Legislature votes on Dalton McGuinty’s budget, I give the leader of the Ontario NDP, Andrea Horwath, top…
Dear Line Beauchamp and Jean Charest,
Why do you both insist that Quebec tuition fees must increase to keep the quality of education at expected standards? This premise is simply incorrect. My readings, for example, have…
Beekeeping
Another clip, this featuring John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson: Is it me, or do a inordinate number of John Cleese sketches end with him killing everyone? Alltop would like to…
happy opening day
Red Sox! Baseball! Today! The beginning of a new baseball season is a harbinger of spring, bringing hope, renewal, and… the end of school! In a few days, I’ll be…
Economics 101
My economics professor told the following joke in class, so you know some of them have a sense of humor and understand theirs is a dismal science: A physicist, a…
Resign! Or not…
I got rather frustrated yesterday by series of articles reporting on Liberal leader Bob Rae's demand that Stephen Harper resign over the F-35 issue. My frustration wasn't specifically aimed at…
Resign! Or not…
I got rather frustrated yesterday by series of articles reporting on Liberal leader Bob Rae’s demand that Stephen Harper resign over the F-35 issue. My frustration wasn’t specifically aimed at…
Resign! Or not…
I got rather frustrated yesterday by series of articles reporting on Liberal leader Bob Rae's demand that Stephen Harper resign over the F-35 issue. My frustration wasn't specifically aimed at…
Resign! Or not…
I got rather frustrated yesterday by series of articles reporting on Liberal leader Bob Rae’s demand that Stephen Harper resign over the F-35 issue. My frustration wasn’t specifically aimed at…