Government silence and media complicity
Every so often, someone in the mainstream media will complain about the Conservative government's muzzling of spokespeople, its secrecy, its general refusal to say anything about any subject that might…
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North Cowichan Council as Christmas Grinches
When you recall the cavalier attitude displayed by the North Cowichan Mayor and Council when it came to the North Cowichan Municipal Hall upgrades and the associated costs it is…
On sad traditions
I haven't commented much on the latest out of the federal Libs' camp. But I'll quickly expand on the similarities noted by Paul Wells between Justin Trudeau and some of…
10,000 Doors in One Day — Calgary-Centre: It’s Close.
It’s close. Yesterday the Harvey Locke team in Calgary-Centre ID untold numbers of voters and knocked on 10,000 doors. The race is close in Calgary-Centre and, for the first time…
Wrong way Harper
"Poll points to lagging support for monarchy and universal pride in medicare." Shorter version of this fun little poll on a Sunday afternoon, Canadians for the most part aren't buying…
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Will Calgarians surprise the nation in tomorrow’s by-election vote?
TweetVoters in Calgary-Centre will mark their ballots tomorrow in what has become a unexpected hotly contested by-election in the centre of Alberta’s largest city. The race should have been a…
A Speech From Which We All Could Learn
I suspect, however, I know how the right-wing would react to this: H/t William B Devitt III Recommend this Post
A Park By Any Other Name…
So the Chair of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation is promoting changing the nameof Guelph Park to Dude Chilling Park. No surprise here. Vision Vancouver, ever afraid of…
Wildrose leader to Albertans: You’re gullible and stupid!
Pastor Allan Hunsperger in exile, as seen by the Wildrose Party’s leadership. Below: Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith (mean photo by Dave Cournoyer); the real Allan Hunsperger; party strategist Tom Flanagan;…
Doctrine of misnomer
Wirring v. The Buffalo Group Developments Ltd., 2012 ONCA 810 has a good summary of the doctrine of misnomer, an issue in civil litigation were an amendment of pleadings is…
An Edmontonian’s guide to who (whom?) to pull for in the 100th Grey Cup.
So it’s come to this … the nightmare Grey Cup. Calgary versus Toronto. The Centre of the Universe versus The Centre of the New Universe. Old school snobbishness versus new…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading.- Michael Geist notes that even as the Harper Cons have done nothing but hand more free money to big pharma through ever more generous…
An Open Letter to President Obama By Michael Moore
Dear President Obama:Good luck on your journeys overseas this week, and congratulations ondecisively winning your second term as our president! The first timeyou won four years ago, most of us…
Nov. 25: just a few things….
An opening reminder - There will probably be no blog on Tuesday, Nov. 27 because I shall be attending the big, anti-fracking rally in Fredericton that day - and speaking…
#skndpldr Roundup
The Saskatchewan NDP's leadership campaign hasn't seen a lot of official news over the past week, as the candidates look to have directed most of their efforts toward the continued…