Jack Layton: Canada’s Defrauded Prime Minister
Hindsight. It’s a bitch. It’s also bitter and hypothetical at times, so take these particular musings in that context. It’s a “what could’a been”. Jack Layton would have possibly been…
2012
Tom Mulcair: For Sure
First, with all due respect to party elders, the NDP has been moving to the centre for decades, most rapidly over the last six or seven years. The idea that…
Below 40% of the Unemployed Get EI
Statistics Canada reported today that 12,400 more Canadians received Employment Insurance (EI) regular benefits in January. The increase in recipients reflected higher unemployment. Indeed, the proportion of jobless workers receiving…
Ocean view #1
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, March 22, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, March 22, 2012: Graham James sentence may be appealed Ontario court to rule Monday on prostitution laws…
Spring quiz
Links at the end. No peeking. DawgPoints for commenters who are brave enough to post guesses without. Who wrote these descriptions and about whom?* He did every telephone call in…
All the news that fits the frame #nlpoli
With a couple of discussions about the media and how it covers news, no regular readers of the various scribbles in this province would be surprised to find a column…
The Science of Truthiness: Why Conservatives Deny Global Warming
Final Cover.png These are notes for remarks that Chris Mooney gave recently at the Tucson Festival of Books, where he was asked to talk about his new book on a…
This Week in Alberta – The Wheels on the Bus
With an Alberta election call possible as soon as next week, the province is gearing up for the campaign. Of course, rather than talk of scandals or policies, most of…
Proposed Wooden Skyscraper
Yesterday we looked at making a key building material, cement, more green and today we’re looking at a skyscraper to be built out of wood. Wood is a much kinder…
A New Call For a Return to Progressive Taxation
I suppose one has to be of a certain age to remember that progressive taxation has been a mainstay, until fairly recently, of our taxation system. Little by little over…
While We Were Sleeping
Some pretty fundamental — and frightening — changes have gone on while we were sleeping. The voter suppression scandal is only the latest in a long list of abuses which…
Local man wins big after rolling up rim
LONDON, Ontario (The Skwib) — It started like any normal day, but after winning in Tim Horton’s “roll up the rim” contest, Neddie Bubbin’s life will never be the same.…
Obama: It’s Time To End Subsidies To Big Oil
In President Obama’s address last week, he made it clear that it’s time America ends the $4 billion in annual subsidies to oil companies that are earning historic profits, and…
Prostitution case Monday: who should decide social policy?
Whether the ancillary offences related to prostitution should be legalized is not really the issue. The question is who should decide these matters. We have a panel of truly brilliant…
TOM MULCAIR: FOR SURE
First, with all due respect to party elders, the NDP has been movingto the centre for decades, most rapidly over the last six or sevenyears. The idea that we must…
TOM MULCAIR: FOR SURE
First, with all due respect to party elders, the NDP has been movingto the centre for decades, most rapidly over the last six or sevenyears. The idea that we must…
TOM MULCAIR: FOR SURE
First, with all due respect to party elders, the NDP has been movingto the centre for decades, most rapidly over the last six or sevenyears. The idea that we must…