Attempting to obstruct justice is a substantive offence of specific intent
R v Yazelle, 2012 SKCA 91 is a good source for the holding that the offence of attempting to obstruct justice pursuant to s. 139(2) of the Criminal Code is…
2012
My Eulogy For Bud
Bud is being buried this morning. I wrote about my uncle Bud a few days ago but I took down the post. It was too personal, too angry, even disrespectful…
Stephen Harper’s Halloween Nightmare
I'm quite sure that when he was a callow youth Halloween was Stephen Harper's favourite holiday.A day when he could bully and scare other kids to death, and get away…
Final Round of Voting for Best Canadian Political Blog
Alright. Look, guys, I’ve been good this year. I’ve blogged regularly, I’ve been keen on the recent debates, I’ve gotten on Don Martin’s Power Play, landed myself on CBC, and…
You can’t overlook convenient hours if you hope to preserve the obvious benefits of public liquor sales
In Alberta, this kid would be buying Jägermeister and Red Bull. Below: The Parkland study; Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. In one regard, Alberta’s 1993 experiment in liquor store privatization has…
New work by Remi Kanazi ‘Normalize This!’ undercuts Israeli spin
Remi Kanazi is a performance poet and rights activist based in NYC. His poetry collection – Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine – was published in 2011. The novelist…
Alberta PCs propose uninviting federal Tories to annual meetings.
TweetAn amendment proposed to the constitution of the Progressive Conservative Party by party supporters in Calgary-Glenmore would remove the automatic invitation and voting privileges of federal Conservative Party Members of…
Harper Halloween video
In case you missed it. Unfortunately, there is no sound. Or, fortunately because it looked a little too awkward of a photo-op and likely wasn’t too festive. On the right…
5287…Got Milk?
My girlfriend just hit the big time. Sorry, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. WFDS
The Reality of Real Change
This isn’t really a new topic, but one I feel I must rehash upon as it’s been some time since I covered it. I’ve noticed several comments in response on…
Ignatieff is right
In this excerpt in particular as highlighted by John Ibbitson earlier Wednesday, I agree with Ignatieff: When you think of your opponent across the aisle as an adversary, “you reject…
Ontario Liberal leadership race continues to take shape…
I was on this mailing list from George Smitherman (see email below), glad to say. I think George has made the right decision to stay out of the Ontario Liberal…
"Amateurish and sneaky" according to Palmer
According to the Liberals, Lynda Tarras, head of BC’s Public Service Agency, conducted a thorough investigation into Ken Boessenkool’s admitted misconduct with another political appointee. Premier Clark’s Chief of Staff…
Sun News twice today
This morning I went on Krista Erickson’s show to talk about Ontario MPP severance packages. I pointed out that MPPs haven’t received pensions since 1996 and rules guiding severance packages…
Tomorrow on Earthgauge Radio: PowerShift 2012! Featuring Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben
Happy Halloween! On Earthgauge Radio this week, a huge youth conference climate conference took place in Ottawa and Gatineau this past weekend called PowerShift 2012. This was an historic gathering…
Public sector health care funding shrinks – again
Private funding of health care is increasing faster than public funding. Now the Canadian Institute for Health Information reports that public funding is expected to fall to 69.7% of total…
Will Hugh Hefner outlive his magazines?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Another of the spinoff “Special Editions” of Playboy has announced that it is shutting down. I was at my corner store…
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Climate Change having "Natural Causes" is Far More Alarming
It strikes me that the set of climate deniers who say “yes the earth is warming, but it is natural causes not human behaviour” think somehow this is a sufficient…
First Peek at Trudeau Policy
Justin Trudeau has written (or someone from his staff wrote for him while he dictated it, or something) an interesting, if overall general feel-good/bland op-ed for the Toronto Star (of…