Lula: Son of Brazil
In the press notes for “Lula: Son of Brazil,” screenwriter Denise Paraná, upon whose biography (originally a PhD dissertation) the script is based, advises: “This is not a political film…
2012
Leadership in Calgary-Fish Creek
On Saturday, January 14th, my team of dedicated volunteers (whom have dubbed themselves the “O-Team”) and I spent the daylight hours knocking on every door we could find, blanketing 2…
Repetition for effect
Since Aaron Wherry has rightly connected the NDP’s response to Lise St-Denis’ floor-crossing to its efforts to engage constituents on other issues, I may as well offer a similar bit…
Darkness falls.
If you want a canuck badge, feel free. <a href="http://americancensorship.org/"><img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p222/Thereal_pale/SOPA.gif”width=400"width=225 /></a> This SOPA thing that has been mostly ignored by the corporate media (some of us would say on…
No rule that a breaching fiduciary employee must, in all circumstances, be denied compensation in respect of the period of wrongdoing
Mady v. Rossetto, 2012 ONCA 31 holds that a breach of fiduciary duty does not, in itself, disentitle a fiduciary to payment for employment income including bonuses: (2) General principles governing fiduciary…
School boards discuss ‘net zero’
At least two School Boards discussed motions last night to ask the BC government to bring a new mandate to the provincial bargaining table with teachers. Teachers are seeking increases…
The David Hahn 400…Gone But Not Forgotten.
AllTheCutsThatFit RunFerryRunVille Remember when David Hahn tried to cut sailings rather than executive salaries (and not just his own) to cut the ballooning deficit he and his created? Well, it…
NDP dirty tricks?
What dirt? What tricks? Newly-minted Liberal Lise St-Denis is getting unwelcome phone traffic. Quebec’s Liberal mouthpiece, Denis Coderre, thinks he sees a chance to tar the NDP with the Conservative…
Kyle Peterson: A Biennial Unlike Others
Kyle Peterson (Past candidate, Newmarket-Aurora.) Although I had been to umpteen LPC events since I first joined the Liberal Party in September 1990 at the campus of the University of…
Marijuana: Liberal Canary In Coal Mine
An overwhelming majority, 77% of committed Liberal delegates voted to legalize marijuana. As well, if you do the math on the demographic delegate breakdown, you’ll find that even if one…
Enbridge lobbied 23 MPs, 3 deputy ministers, 1 chief of staff & other public office holders
(Reprinted from Lobby Monitor Newsletter) Enbridge did fall lobbying blitz January 12, 2012 - 9:22am | Lobby Monitor Staff In-house lobbyists with Enbridge, the Calgary-based energy company behind the controversial…
Enbridge lobbied 23 MPs, 3 deputy ministers, 1 chief of staff & other public office holders
(Reprinted from Lobby Monitor Newsletter)Enbridge did fall lobbying blitzJanuary 12, 2012 – 9:22am | Lobby Monitor Staff In-house lobbyists with Enbridge, the Calgary-based energy company behind the controversial Northern Gateway…
Enbridge lobbied 23 MPs, 3 deputy ministers, 1 chief of staff & other public office holders
(Reprinted from Lobby Monitor Newsletter)Enbridge did fall lobbying blitzJanuary 12, 2012 - 9:22am | Lobby Monitor StaffIn-house lobbyists with Enbridge, the Calgary-based energy company behind the controversial Northern Gateway Pipeline,…
Enbridge lobbied 23 MPs, 3 deputy ministers, 1 chief of staff & other public office holders
(Reprinted from Lobby Monitor Newsletter)Enbridge did fall lobbying blitzJanuary 12, 2012 – 9:22am | Lobby Monitor Staff In-house lobbyists with Enbridge, the Calgary-based energy company behind the controversial Northern Gateway…
Bryan Bondy: Sorry Seems To Be The Easiest Word
Bryan Bondy (Delegate from Perth-Wellington.) Somewhere out there in the great yonder of the Internet, someone has made the statement, or something close to it, that the Liberal Party of…
A Touching Rapprochement Between Muslim And Christian
Except its over the wrong damn issue: January 16, 2012 (theCatholicThing.org) – The 10 p.m. negotiating session was set to go all night long. This was the last night of…
Stephen Harper and the Big Oil Party of Canada
Where will you be and what will you be doing when the first giant oil tanker (there will be two every three days), carrying over 200,000 gallons of tar sands…
Conservatives, Libertarians and Progressives
Conservatives believe the first thing that pops into their mind. Jail is bad so they think that if we increase jail time, people will stop committing crimes. They don’t consider…
You’ve Come a Long Way Baby Dept.: Who’s Catering to Men?
What is appropriate dress is as much a matter of fashion and wanting to please as it is of following strictures laid down by authority. Interesting question for my female…
Xian love
Christians acting more like the lions in the arena: this topic has already come up over at DAMMITJANET!, but I thought I’d have a run at it as well. I…