2012
Terry Tremaine: Dumb. Very Dumb.
On Monday we had suggested that we would likely learn what Terry Tremaine's sentence for contempt would be, however that obviously didn't happen. Today we learned a possible reason for…
Heritage Foundation Distributes List Of Fallacies Regarding Obama’s Energy Policies
In an attempt to paint President Obama as bad for the U.S. economy, the Heritage Foundation recently released a list of the top ten ways in which the President’s energy…
XL Too Big for Food Safety – Rick Mercer Rant Nails It
The tainted meat scandal that continues to dominate Canadian news headlines has provoked harsh criticism of XL Foods – the company at the centre of the nation’s largest ever meat…
Vancouver Sun: Canada joins TPP as critics warn Internet rights will suffer
Canada has now been formally admitted into the closed-door negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement that could lead to harsh Internet restrictions and severe fines for everyday…
The Deadly Myths of Globalisation
What follows is the introduction to a talk I gave at the 3rd Innis Christie Lecture & Symposium in Labour and Employment Law. My sister was educated at the Dalhousie…
Weekend Fun: Community Cleanup and beery rewards
Fall is awesome. But it sure is busy – packed full of community events, and new traditions seem to be added each year. There is some fun stuff in the…
Mercer does the beef recall
And P.S. Gerry Ritz should be fired.
Harper must kick Conservative MP Rob Anders out of office: Canadians
Here’s your chance to engage in the noble task of cleansing Canadian politics of incompetent, offensive and bigoted politicians. The likes of Conservative MP Rob Anders. Hundreds of Canadians have…
Regulating raw bitumen exports: an extremist notion or Conservative election promise?
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 In 2008 the Conservative Party promised to ban the export of raw bitumen to countries with lower environmental standards. Wow! In all the excitement of Government…
Closing Potash Tax Loopholes
NDP leadership candidate Erin Weir is proposing to collect a fair return from the province’s potash by closing loopholes that allow corporations to avoid paying the existing Potash Production Tax.…
Rob Anders Says Something Stupid (Again)
My former MP, Rob Anders, a fierce opponent of “homosexual sex marriage,” has once again done something incredibly dumb. Rick Mercer explains it nicely.
Shale Gas Industry Brings PSYOPs and Spy Ops to Poland
Roughly a year ago today in Houston, the shale gas industry was caught red-handed discussing its use of military tactics and personnel on U.S. soil to intimidate and divide communities…
Out With the Old
As regular visitors might notice, the design for the blog has changed slightly. The old design was due for an update, and a comment to that affect prompted the decision…
Assessment of accounts
McCarthy Tétrault LLP v. Guberman, 2012 ONCA 679, released today, has clear language upholding the general rule that clients will be given a right to assess a lawyer’s account: The…
Presentation to Etobicoke York Community Council
Here are my speaking notes, below, from this afternoon’s Etobicoke York Community Council hearing on a condominium development at 34-50 Southport Street in my Toronto neighbourhood. Quite unfortunately, the application…
President Obama needs to morph into Moses if he wants to win
US cultural code for president Is the Cheese Doctor (Clotaire Rapaille) right? Does Mitt Romney fit the American code for president better than Obama does right now? That’s what Mike…
Leadership Round-Up
With Thanksgiving out of the way and everyone back in the swing of things, let’s take a look at some of the things that have developed since we last posted.…
Tired of the high cost of hospital parking? Try not paying
If there is one universal issue that irks Ontario hospital patients, it’s hefty parking charges. In many towns the only “pay” parking is at the hospital. Where there are commercial…