EI financing agency spends millions doing nothing – Politics – CBC News
So much for being fiscally responsible! Maybe the reason the number of Service Canada’s E.I. offices is being slashed by over 80% is to pay for this boondoggle. EI financing…
2012
‘I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I love.’
Why Mitt Romney is losing. Mark Steyn ridin’ on Mitt’s jock.
Municipal bylaws to be judged on reasonableness standard
Catalyst Paper Corp. v. North Cowichan (District), 2012 SCC 2 deals with the validity of municipal bylaws. Municipalities do not have any inherent power; they are purely creatures of statute.…
Board Game Jam 2012
Board Game Jam is happening in Toronto February 25-26! If you’ve ever wanted to make a game then this is a place to start! Here’s a special challenge to Things…
Supporters
At the Liberal Convention last weekend, the party passed a motion adding “supporters” as a class of Liberals, and allowing those Supporters to vote in their ridings for the next…
Molly’sBlog 2012-01-23 11:39:00
HUMOUR: MUCH ADO ABOUT…
Kung Hei Fat Choi
Some Chinese New Year fun. Filed under: Uncategorized
Mount Allison University plans website redesign
As you may know, the University is undertaking a redesign of mta.ca. I’m on the Web Advisory Group which is providing input to the project. I talked to the Tony…
One thing I don’t understand about Harper and his ilk
I get that he is a wee petty man full of hate. I understand that he would benefit more from spending his spare time on a professional’s couch then writing…
Mysteries Surrounding the GOP Race, MSM, CNN and the CBC
Something’s smelly with the GOP primaries, but as a Canadian progressive, I’m not concerned about the race. What I am concerned about is how the CBC is ignoring Ron Paul,…
Future Leaf…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLqsnE9bGWs Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
SOPA delayed, but Canada’s Copyright Modernization Act carries on
Sums It Up Quite Nicely. | Image from The Guardian.co.uk 18 U.S. Senators have withdrawn their support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) due to an overwhelmingly negative online…
Will Globe & Mail’s first Public Editor (aka Ombudsman) make a difference? The question of Sylvia Stead.
Public Editors, or Ombudsmen as they are more often known, can be iffy things. Defined loosely as “one that investigates, reports on, and helps settle complaints”, the role can be…
HRM Transit Strike Coming?
The thought of a transit strike in even a mild winter will raise the hackles of those of us who regularly use the service, whether the bus or ferries. I…
A Man Is Not A Piece of Fruit
“I put 34 years into this firm, Howard, and now I can’t pay my insurance. You can’t eat an orange and then throw the peel away – a man is…
Stephen Harper’s Wooden Head
“Learning from experience,” the American historian Barbara Tuchman wrote, “is a faculty almost never practised.” The truth of that claim is readily apparent in Canada. In fact, Stephen Harper is…
Drugs, Drugs, Drugs. Which are good, which are bad?
The marijuana legalization policy, which passed at last weekend’s Liberal convention, has been generating a fair amount of media buzz this past week. The strongest arguments in favour of it…
When Management Locks the Doors
Quick: what do U.S. Steel, Rio Tinto, and Caterpillar all have in common? They’re all enormous, flexible global companies, given carte blanche by the Canadian government to purchase important long-standing…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for January 23, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines for Monday, January 23, 2012 from Wise Law on Twitter: Analysis of the MegaUpload Indictment – TalkLeft Balsillie, Lazaridis out as co-CEOs at RIM…