Water Rights and 2041′s Lacking Smoking Gun
Yesterday the 2041 group released a press release essentially saying that Hydro Quebec can hold the Muskrat Falls project hostage at anytime by determining the water flow downstream to Muskrat…
2012
What a Romney America Could Look Like
Wanna see something scary? BusinessInsider.com has a thorough rundown on how Mitt Romney would change America into a country of the rich, by the rich, for the rich. It’s an…
The War of 1812
The Harper Conservatives are going to great lengths to highlight the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, when the British and Americans fought for control over the north. It…
Who Says Israel is an Apartheid State? Why, a Majority of Israelis, That’s Who.
Two-thirds of Israeli Jews want Palestinians denied the vote if their country annexes the West Bank. Three out of four are in favour of segregated roads for Israelis and Palestinians…
How big ideas become government policy
Thirty-five years ago the policies that now define democratic governance — or rather anti-democratic — in Canada were literally unthinkable. Voluntarily giving up, through reckless tax cuts, hundreds of billions…
The Civil Society Ploy
Can the United States export democracy to another country, the way it exports Coca Cola? Apparently the government, particularly, USAID, and the mass media—think so. But, some tricky issues emerge…
Confession rule not triggered unless statements made to person in authority
R. v. Hart, 2012 NLCA 61 deals with an argument that the confession rule should apply when statements are made to state actors even where the accused in unaware the…
Melancholy Autumn
They said it was going to be a drab autumn, on account of the drought, but it was actually quite dramatic. My friend Nancy says every autumn has its own…
Netflix Shares Plunge on Disappointing Third-Quarter Results by Paul Bond
Netflix adds fewer streaming customers than investors had hoped for and lowers end-of-year guidance.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Heather Scoffield reports on the Canadian Index of Wellbeing’s stunning finding that Canadian quality of life declined by a quarter between 2008…
Top UK Defence Expert: "British Security At Risk From Huawei"
Britain’s national security is being put at risk because a Chinese telecoms giant is being given too much access, the former head of the Minister of Defence’s cyber security unit…
Peckford Book Signings #nlpoli
Because some people have asked, here is a list of upcoming book signing opportunities by Brian Peckford for his memoir Some day the sun will shine and have not will…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, October 23, 2012: Experts guilty of not predicting quake, convicted of manslaughter by Italian court The end…
Shame
Last night, a number of people – many of them Jewish, in fact – drew to my attention the tweet below, authored by Sue-Ann Levy. When I saw it, I…
Debate Thoughts
“We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them,” Obama
Sue-Ann Levy, In Flames
Man, social media is just poison. Twitter destroys careers the way Facebook breaks up marriages. I’m almost feeling sorry for Sue-Ann Levy at this point. I’m just barely managing to…
Sherry of Wood Mountain
A well known Wood Mountain resident passed away recently after a long cancer illness. Sherry Mielke was a friend of my family, and it’s not going to be the same…
The Unexamined Treaty
Lawrence Martin writes in The Globe and Mail that Canada will soon sign a trade agreement which the Harper government has kept completely under wraps. And unlike NAFTA — which…
Bike Lanes Save Lives and Lower Risk from Cars
It should come as no surprise that bike lanes are safer than merging bicycle traffic with heavy metal boxes on wheels. A new study from the University of British Columbia…