One hand washes another
A principle of management states that senior staff lead by example when it comes to ethics and morality. Behaviours of leaders set the values that their followers use. Another certainty…
2012
Romney Aide Andrea Saul Denied Climate Connection to Hurricane Katrina, Is Sandy Next?
Over half a decade ago, Andrea Saul, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s press secretary, denied any link between Hurricane Katrina and climate change. Working as a hired gun on behalf…
Romney punts on climate change
Excellent video of Romney at a rally and his tin ear non-response, when given the opportunity, to respond to a heckler who challenges him on climate change. Hecklers shouldn’t be…
Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Acts on Climate Change
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has endorsed Barack Obama for re-election as president of the United States. Bloomberg chose Obama over Romney as the best candidate to deal with the…
Pumpkin Pie Coming Up, One of These Days
No, I haven’t made the pie yet. The pumpkin with the face that Jeanne and I carved last weekend is still on the front porch. But never fear, it will…
Fight The Right Tonight!
At the Toronto Reference Library at 7 p.m., with Noah Richler! 789 Yonge Street. And don’t forget this one, coming soon:
Paralegal recommendations
Recommendation 1: That the Law Society continues to pursue elimination of exclusions to its regulation that cannot be justified in terms of facilitating access to justice and/or protection of the…
Campaign Update: Erin Weir
The one release came out yesterday, but I found myself outside of a blogging mood, hence it being discussed today. Two things have come out from the Weir Campaign this…
Rush to secure rewards
With only 27 weeks to oblivion, BC Liberals have limited time to pick forbidden fruit. We know about the failed bid to privatize BCLDB and the flood of high cost…
André Pratte on Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay
This is essentially a call for the Mayor’s resignation from the influential Pratte. Written in the wake of the tawdry cross-examination of witness Martin Dumont before the Charbonneau commission by…
Creature from the Black Lagoon and other stuff
Oh, man they have got a Creature from the Black Lagoon in development at Moebius. It might not hit the shelves until January 2013, though. -srbp-
Mayor’s people behind power grab in community centres
November 1, 2012, The Province It will be, arguably, the single biggest change in governance in Vancouver since the decision at the first meeting of the city council in 1888…
Attacks on public education are working…where is the NDP?
The news this week that BC parents are increasingly turning to private schools was not surprising. For two decades, teachers and trustees have been raising the alarm over the impact…
Sun still exists
It has been over a week that we have not seen the sun in the Maritimes compliments of Sandy. Days were quite dark and nights a little darker. Today we…
Return from not writing! Methadone!
So I know it’s been a long time, and probably nobody will read this. However I wanted to update what’s been going on in my life. I was always skeptical…
CEO Harper is about to kick in a Trade Deal with thugs.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger-Beware of CEO’s bearing gifts!’ They say that is always darkest before the storm, but we already have had one, earthquakes as well. Never before have we been…
Cohen Commission final report into B.C. salmon decline released
In his much-anticipated report on the decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon in B.C., former B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cohen took aim at the federal government Wednesday. He said…
Standard of review on sentence appeals
R. v. Zachary Evans-Renaud 2012 PECA 21 gives a helpful summary of the standard of review on sentence appeals: Standard of Review The standard of review to be applied by…
Better Block is Bettering Cities
The Better Block initiative was started in Dallas, Texas as a rapid urban revitalization project of an underused, nearly abandoned block of old buildings along an old streetcar line. They…
C.H.U.R.N #nlpoli
The first day of a new month and Premier Kathy Dunderdale is continuing to set new records of turn-over in the senior ranks of the provincial public service. It’s been…