140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, November 16, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 16, 2012: 120 lawsuits from car crash is too much: After 24 years, Ontario court restricts…
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McGuinty government demands multiple concessions
As expected, the McGuinty government has made a long series of concession demands at the OPSEU "OPS" negotiations, where OPSEU is bargaining on behalf of 36,000 provincial civil servants. Here…
Israel, Peres and Twitter
I strongly support Israel, and Israelis. I always have. I don’t support the current leadership of CJPAC, who have effectively become a communications/lobby arm of the Conservative Party of Canada…
Liberal Heartland Calgary
Wednesday was not a typical day for Calgary Grits. While leadership candidates must all fly into town, knowing the party’s weighted-by-riding leadership system makes a vote there far more valuable…
Children Love Saskatchewan
Come to Saskatchewan, and see our Wall. (- This wall is in Ottawa.) That’s the apparent pitch, awkwardly spoken by Regina’s former mayor, Pat Fiacco. Now Fiacco is the head…
CBC Stands for Conservative Biased Commentary
For those of you who don’t know, retired Harper Cabinet minister Stockwell Day now has two jobs: political “counseling” and journalism. Mr. Day has taken a position as occasional contributing…
Robocall roundup
First Glen Murray was making them, now Kathleen Wynne. Anyone else using them? I’m curious.
Harpering
All politicians can be bullies. But Stephen Harper has perfected the art. In fact, Michael Harris writes, he's been so good at it that Harper's band of bullying deserves its…
SFH at Zaphod’s in Ottawa next Friday!
We’ll be raising more funds for Pussy Riot’s defence fund – so show your support for free speech, political Ottawa!
Foreign Investment Rights Versus Canadian Provinces
That the corporate world is ruled by only one imperative, to maximize profits, is self-evident. That it almost always gets its way, no matter what the environmental and social costs,…
Ipsos Reid Poll: 34% Con, 30% NDP, 26% Liberal
The newest Ipsos Reid poll is out for the federal scene, confirming what its fellow federal pollsters have been showing: a marked increase for the Liberals as Justin's leadersh- er,…
5341…Me And My Sombrero Tonite At Carleton
Canada's 46th best university, Carleton, will host the Brock Badgers tonight at 6 and 8 at Alumni Hall on the beautifulish campus of the U of K.The "K" in Carleton…
Imagine New York under rocket attack from Quebec?
There is no question that Israel will enter Gaza to stop rocket attacks -- just picture what the US would do if New York was under continuing attack from Quebec?TEL…
Scorecard Update on Ontario Liberal Party candidates answering questions.
So I’ve had four people from four different campaigns ask me to send out the little questionnaire I’ve prepared to their candidate who is running in the Ontario Liberal Party…
Map of the Day
Very simple map of the 2012 Presidential election by county - essentially, the darker the colour, the more voters there were in the county. Sort of like a population map,…
File Under: Bleeding Obvious
“In the absence of anything else happening, it appears MP Stephen Woodworth’s attempt to re-open the abortion debate had the effect of hardening opinion in favour of legal abortion.”This is…
Al Gore Riffs On Climate Reality
If you missed Climate Reality’s recent 24 hour marathon focused on the link between dirty weather and dirty energy, here’s one of the videos, a fun “symphony of science” auto-tuned…
A friendly audience #nlpoli
Kathy Dunderdale defended the Muskrat Falls project at a speech on Wednesday night, according to cbc.ca/nl’s story. That’s an odd phrase given that Dunderdale was speaking to a Tory party…
Gaza: When the Horror Returns
When I watched the news tonight I felt like running down to the beach in my pyjamas, climbing the tallest sand dune, and screaming at the crescent moon.No...no...NOOOOO!!!!! Not that…