B.C.ers Oppose Northern Gateway
46% oppose the construction of a pipeline in contrast to 37% who support it. The remaining 17% are undecided or do not have an opinion. Not sure who commissioned this…
2012
Peak oil? How about peak everything?
We are all familiar with the concept of peak oil. Oil is a non-renewable resource therefore at some point global production will reach its maximum capacity and then decline, creating…
Paul Madger goes after mayor Quimby! sweet!
I've been lagging on my task of researching possible actions to receive a similar result but looks as though Paul Madger has taken this on. I just had to share…
Paul Madger goes after mayor Quimby! sweet!
I’ve been lagging on my task of researching possible actions to receive a similar result but looks as though Paul Madger has taken this on. I just had to share…
Government cash give-aways #nlpoli
CBC’s Rob Antle has updated work done over the past couple of years on government give-aways to private sector businesses in the name of economic development: The Newfoundland and Labrador…
Mulcair will lose Quebec #ndpldr
In a race where each candidate sounded very similar and were in “violent agreement” at the beginning, clear differences have definitely emerged to differentiate them. Take Thomas Mulcair versus Nathan…
ITBusiness: Canadian Music Publishers Association pushes for SOPA-like provisions
From ITBusiness: The Canadian Music Publishers Association wants provisions akin to the United States’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) included in Canada’s proposed copyright act Bill C-11, according to an…
Some Questions for Pierre Poutine
Golly. I see the identity of the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel Blue Poutine is about to be revealed. The news that Elections Canada investigators are aware of the IP address that…
Back when Conservatives could be “progressive” too…
… there was a guy named Brian Mulroney. He was our Prime Minster. A lot of folks didn’t like the man very much. They saw him as arrogant, too pro-American…
Production of insurance policy in civil action strictly limited
Pye Bros. Fuels Ltd. v. Imperial Oil Limited, 2012 ONCA 153, released today, clarifies the purpose of R 30.02 (3): Rule 30.02(3) is not intended to provide a means to obtain discovery…
@TOMayorFord and conflict of interest: legalities and optics | #TOpoli
Well, the #TOpoli twittersphere, as it so often does, has crystallized the dilemma efficiently. If Rob Ford’s found to be in violation of conflict-of-interest guidelines, the remedy is removal from…
Harper buries the Bruce Carson report
I can’t let the redoubtable Sixth Estate go it alone. Besides, I was asking the same questions myself back in January. Three months ago we were told that the federal…
How to Deal with Adversity
Sometimes, Yours Truly argues just for the sake of arguing. Because Yours Truly is a bit of a dick that way. It’s not about what she *actually* believes in, perhaps,…
it’s not robocalls we’re worried about: it’s election fraud
I know I’m not the only Canadian who is frustrated by the media’s constant use of the phrase “robocall scandal,” as if we’re all fired up over a few unwanted…
Quotable: Tariq Ali on the “lone gunman” of Afghanistan
“It’s hardly a secret that most Afghans are opposed to the occupation of their country. Occupying soldiers are well aware of the fact. The ‘enemy’ is not hidden. It is…
Work-arounds
Before Justice Dennis O’Connor had even finished his final report on the Maher Arar case, officials in Paul Martin’s government were meeting with their American counterparts to determine how they…
Citizen hiring Clayton Ruby to get Mayor Rob Ford ousted from office
Clay Ruby is a smart and resourceful lawyer; but I cannot imagine this application has any chance of success. Still, I will try to get a copy of what's filed…
There is a Difference
Another day, another new defence from the CPC over the Robocall Scandal. Firstly, rumours are percolating that the man behind Pierre Poutine may be stepping forward today; we’ll comment on…
Court cannot sanction breach of statute or justify a quasi-criminal offence
Lameman v. Alberta, 2012 ABCA 59 deals with a very specific issue relating to practice but in so doing states a useful general principle – a Court does not have…
Oil and state
The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.—The Communist Manifesto Theories of the state have advanced considerably since Marx…