A good reason to incorporate under the CBCA?
Under the Canada Business Corporations Act (see below) an appeal of a final order lies to the Court of Appeal; under the Ontario Business Corporations Act such an appeal lies…
2012
Attack ad script on Harper’s trust issue
Here is a script for an attack ad which illustrates Stephen Harper’s trust issues: VIDEO AUDIO Camera up on Slick game show host in studio holding cue cards, smiling at…
The history of English in 10 minutes
This is really quite impressive, and even funny in many places: -via Jim Anderson, who’s book, DEADLINE, you should check out if you like mysteries. Alltop speaks funglish!
Do you put your children or your marriage first?
I was scanning my google reader the other day and I saw Dumb Little Man had a blog post called Five Surefire Ways to Kill Your Marriage. It’s hard to…
Is The Climate Really Too Big To Fail?
350.org has a new campaign to bring home the reality of climate change to people in North America. They are asking people to “connect the dots ” on 5/5/12 by…
How Can the NDP Win.
The NDP stand right now at 106 seats if they want to win a majority government they would have to win 170 seats. that means they would have to gain…
Let the awakening begin?
Times are good for sovereigntists... sorry for repeating myself. A new survey found that 44.5 percent of Québécois would still support separating from Canada if the Constitution could not be…
Let the awakening begin?
Times are good for sovereigntists… sorry for repeating myself. A new survey found that 44.5 percent of Québécois would still support separating from Canada if the Constitution could not be…
Let the awakening begin?
Times are good for sovereigntists... sorry for repeating myself. A new survey found that 44.5 percent of Québécois would still support separating from Canada if the Constitution could not be…
Let the awakening begin?
Times are good for sovereigntists… sorry for repeating myself. A new survey found that 44.5 percent of Québécois would still support separating from Canada if the Constitution could not be…
Trans Contestant Booted From Beauty Contest For Being Born Male
Jenna Talackova, a contestant in this year’s Miss Universe Canada pageant, has been disqualified from the competition after organisers discovered that she’s trans. Pageant judges selected Talackova from numerous other…
$#*! politicians say: Jerome! edition #nlpoli
Everyone’s favourite natural resources minister outdid himself last week for saying things that were just so far removed from reality that they were just funny. He said them in the…
Mulcair mania
In the wake of Thomas Mulcair’s victory, here is his first interview as leader with Peter Mansbridge, and some commentary from the other party’s observers at the convention, like Scott…
Something is rotten in the state of PavCo
The government’s fiscal year ends in a few days so here’s a suggestion for more accurate financial reports in BC. Add a separate line item for “Fraud, Theft & Abuse.”…
A Dangerous Tuition-Raising Method
From A Dangerous Method: Yeah, about that… A law student of Fourah Bay College (FBC) University of Sierra Leone is in the nets of the police for defrauding Eco Bank…
News Remix: March 15-22, 2012 – Bricolage of (some of) last week’s headlines
This is the first in a new (ir)regular installment summing up last week’s news headlines using a ‘remix’ style — a quirky restless glance into the wreckless feckless immediate past.…
‘Everybody’s ready’ for an election call today … but is Alison Redford?
…Get set… GO! How the media sees the Alberta election race, starting today. On the right, Premier Alison Redford. To Ms. Redford’s right, Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith. In the background,…
Mitt’s Cousin Denounces Mormonism as a "Cult"
Park Romney was once a Mormon high priest. Unlike his more famous cousin, Mitt, Park Romney left the church that he now labels a fraud. “There’s compelling evidence that the…
When Industries Get Disrupted: Toronto Real Estate Boards Sad Campaign
As some of my readers know I’ve been engaged by the real estate industry at various points over the last year to share thoughts about how they might be impacted…