Speakers at this week’s Ontario Hospital Association HealthAchieve say it’s important to transform health care, not cut it. Don Berwick, former Administrator for U.S. Medicare and Medicaid Services, told the…
Well, the third of our leadership questionnaires has been returned to us and is ready to be published. Since it’s been awhile since we last posted one, let me remind…
An interesting story that has developed outside of the NDP Leadership Race has been the recent treatment of Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce President Steven McLellan inside the legislature. Due to…
The recent release of Cloud Atlas, piqued my interest in writing some thoughts about sexual identity. As has been fairly well publicized leading to the movie’s opening, Lana Wachowski (born…
Finally made it to Buenos Aires. It is beautiful and hoooooooot. I am at a McDonalds now trying to take advantage of their free WiFi and airconditioning. It's the only…
Finally made it to Buenos Aires. It is beautiful and hoooooooot. I am at a McDonalds now trying to take advantage of their free WiFi and airconditioning. It’s the only…
Finally made it to Buenos Aires. It is beautiful and hoooooooot. I am at a McDonalds now trying to take advantage of their free WiFi and airconditioning. It's the only…
These guys are truly lining up to die. They’re a small gaggle of, let’s call them eccentrics, preparing to break the 15-year old land speed record. The current record of…
Ohio Secretary of Sate Jon Husted Voting day is not even here and lawsuits are flying thicker than bats in a musty cave. Ohio is the key state – the…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, November 5, 2012: SLAPP plaintiff hit with ‘special enhanced’ defence costs Crowdsourced Online Dispute Resolution Dispute over…
Further to my comments about homeowners subsidizing industrial power, here is an extract from the blog of Vancouver lawyer Jim Quail, Site C and the Kitimat LNG Export Terminal: Christy…
Some might say it’s NSFW, but that depends on the workplace, I think.
The annual Employment Insurance Coverage Survey is out, here. The rate of eligibility for regular benefits from Employment Insurance is the lowest since 2003, the earliest year that there is…
Big Telecom’s increased control has contributed to Canadians feeling ‘cell-shocked’ by our broken telecom market. But if you had the chance to change anything about your wireless services, what would…
(4) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
In recent weeks, numerous campaigns have been launched to take on the Canada-China trade deal known as FIPA – most involving online petitions. Yet there is an official avenue for…
I’m continuing with postings by other progressive bloggers in the lead up to the US election ….. The choice is stark. Do something different, or continue with the crony plutocracy.…
Which Mitt Romney Republicans will vote for tomorrow:
Four years ago I spent the three days before the US presidential election telephoning to prospective voters in a several states, particularly Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Nevada. The message was…
Sometimes it takes an incident that hits a bit closer to home, in order to draw attention to the everyday iniquities and injustice that go unnoticed in many countries around…
