Best wishes to the new leader of the NDP
On behalf of the Edmonton-Leduc NDP riding association, I would like to wish the newly elected Leader of the Official Opposition, Thomas Mulcair, success in bringing the party's work within…
2012
Best wishes to the new leader of the NDP
On behalf of the Edmonton-Leduc NDP riding association, I would like to wish the newly elected Leader of the Official Opposition, Thomas Mulcair, success in bringing the party’s work within…
Best wishes to the new leader of the NDP
On behalf of the Edmonton-Leduc NDP riding association, I would like to wish the newly elected Leader of the Official Opposition, Thomas Mulcair, success in bringing the party's work within…
Best wishes to the new leader of the NDP
On behalf of the Edmonton-Leduc NDP riding association, I would like to wish the newly elected Leader of the Official Opposition, Thomas Mulcair, success in bringing the party’s work within…
Children and politics
My local PC MLA, Dave Hancock, extensively features the pictures of children in his print materials (to be fair, he has no pictures at all on his website). It is…
Children and politics
My local PC MLA, Dave Hancock, extensively features the pictures of children in his print materials (to be fair, he has no pictures at all on his website). It is…
Children and politics
My local PC MLA, Dave Hancock, extensively features the pictures of children in his print materials (to be fair, he has no pictures at all on his website). It is…
Restitution proper only after inquiry into ability to pay
R. v. Catenacci, 2012 ONCA 187 deals with restitution orders and makes clear an inquiry as to ability to pay is a condition precedent to making an order. As such orders are increasingly…
Ontario Court of Appeal says prostitution laws unconstitutional: Thumbs up (kind of)
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision and ruled that several laws that make it all but impossible for “street workers” to ply their trade, is…
Washington Post Off Its Perch on Climate Change
The editorial policy of the Washington Post now acknowledges that global warming is not only real but a very real threat to the United States that demands urgent action. The…
How A Degree or Two Makes a Huge Difference
RealClimate.org has published a very informative article, “Extremely Hot“ by Stefan Rahmstorf and Dim Coumou that explores the impacts of even modest one or two degree C warming on severe…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week… – Remember the Cons’ talking point that we should assume all of the Robocon calls which purported to come from Lib candidates could safely…
Dobbins on Mulcair – Serious Doubts
Tom Mulcair makes Murray Dobbins uncomfortable. In the latest Tyee, Dobbins succinctly lays out the problem: Two things shocked me about this race and its final two days. The first…
Agitation At The Globe and Mail Continues
In the throes of some form of political delirium tremens since Thomas Mulcair’s election as leader of the NDP, the Globe and Mail has apparently lost its lexicographical grasp, describing…
Naming Report withdrawn
Here’s a “Tweet” from the Park Board from 10 o’clock this morning:________________________________________________________Vancouver Park Board @ParkBoard Park Naming report withdrawn from tonight’s Park Board Committee: GM and Vice Chair to…
The Fundamentalist Dominion of Canada
Another warning that our federal government is “beholden to a religious agenda averse to science and rational debate.” This time it’s Andrew Nikiforuk writing in the latest Tyee. Any Canadian…
Give us a caption, then: Jerome! edition #nlpoli
He’s a colourful fellow and attracts lots of attention. So let’s see what this screen capture says to you. Give us a caption for it. Serious or funny, that’s your…
The Bonfire Of The Inanities…Christy Clark’s Never, Never, Never Evergreen?
NeverSayNever ButJustKeepSayin’Somethin’Ville Remember that old saw about ‘Popsicle Stands’ and the politicians that can’t run ’em? Well. In the case of first the Evergreen Line, and now all other new…
General Walter Natynczyk and Peter MacKay
From the Toronto Star: “….the Conservative government was behind a plot to damage his reputation when reports emerged last fall that he had used a Challenger jet to join his…
Alberta Votes
The writ has been dropped, and Albertans will go to the polls on April 23. The past few years have been wildly turbulent, with shocking municipal votes, the rise of…