With all due respect, please… get a grip. Does anyone seriously believe this is part of Harper’s legendary Hidden Agenda®©™ to Destroy Gay Marriage? As opposed to maybe, err um…
In the paranoid corridors of Harperworld, opponents of tar sands development are radicals. And the most dangerous among the radicals are those who receive funding from foreigners. This is a…
Royal Bank of Canada v. Hejna, 2012 ONCA 27 is a source for the proposition that drastic remedies ought not to be imposed for minor transgressions. Such principle will apply in the civil,…
Saskatchewan’s newspapers reported today that BHP Billiton intends to sell the province’s potash outside of Canpotex, the marketing board that helps to maximize the price for which Saskatchewan potash is…
The Liberal Party’s Industry Critic Geoff Regan is the first parliamentarian to express support for the Stop The Cell Phone Squeeze campaign. This is a great step forward, and we’re…
And so it begins! Go Martin Go!
In an interesting twist of events, Bob Rae goes off the cuff, and totally disregards his prepared remarks. I had a chance to read his prepared remarks and they were…
In an interesting twist of events, Bob Rae goes off the cuff, and totally disregards his prepared remarks. I had a chance to read his prepared remarks and they were…
I don’t know who’s in charge at CanadaEast.com, but why are they killing off their own news organization? With the absolute paywall, who’s going to read it when there are…
hamish marshall and stephen harper.jpg As the Northern Gateway Pipeline Project Joint Review Panel begins hearing over 4,000 comments submitted by community members, First Nations, governments, and environmental groups, the…
Barbados. Awesome place. Go and visit if ever you have the chance. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HAPPY 2012!!!! I’ll stick with these Friday everthing-but-the-kitchen-sink posts… they sem to get a lot of attention…
I mentioned in my last post I had contacted Jim Crites, the gentlemen who posted The Survivor Fund Project announcement for Prairie Bible Institute on Facebook. For background on this…
Suffering through the late night throes of programming for Cinema Politica I stumbled upon what seemed to be a promising documentary called Greenlit, a film about sustainability and the film…
I remember the day well. I was twelve years old, just back to the city from scout camp, walking down St. Gerard St, when I came to a crossing. I…
In an interesting twist of events, Bob Rae goes off the cuff, and totally disregards his prepared remarks. I had a chance to read his prepared remarks and they were…
Contributors to this blog–and CCPA experts–have been warning about the negative economic and social consequences of rising inequality for decades. Now the even the 0.0001% are getting concerned. Experts polled…
Afghanistan defines the notion of “wheels spinning within wheels.” It is the very home of policy chaos where virtually every action invites blowback of one or more kinds, usually unforeseen.…
An interesting explanation of public debt from Le Monde with English subtitles. The context is European but the principles apply on this side of the Atlantic too And here’s the…
There’s a powerful conservative movement in America determined to purge unwanted subjects from their schools’ curricula. For generations they’ve fought against teaching kids about the theory of evolution. Now that…
Putting aside the impact of the proposed Enbridge pipeline on GHG emissions or spills on land and at sea, the case in favour of the pipeline rests on creating jobs.…
