140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, October 9, 2012
We hope that all of our readers had a lovely long weekend! Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, October 9, 2012: Colleagues near…
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Policy By Stealth
A month ago, Allan Gregg spoke at the opening of Carleton University’s new Public Affairs Building. He writes in today’s Toronto Star: I never expected these remarks would “go viral.”…
Education and the Digital World
The other day I wrote a post commenting on an article by Doug Mann, a University of Western Ontario professor who calls into question the wholehearted embrace of all things…
Ask General Kang: The Home Edition
The walls of my house are bleeding, and I keep finding an ax next to my bed when I wake up in the middle of the night to the sound…
Seeds of Life, Not Genetically Modified Organisms
It’s TED talk Tuesday on 350orbust. Here’s Winona LaDuke, whom I had the good fortune to meet recently, speaking about our broken food system from a First Nations perspective: *…
Muskrat, Martin, and Meaning #nlpoli
Note number of times Ed Martin says “open” or “transparent” within the first five minutes of his weekend interview for On Point with David Cochrane. Odds are very high that…
Harperland and the Giant Slaughterhouse
The Con Meat Scandal has produced a lot of disturbing images. The sight of Gerry Ritz being hustled away by his handlers, after being unable to answer even a couple…
The thin red (and white) line
I have a lot of commentary about things I’m currently seeing: news articles, statements, opinions. Events are moving really fast now, and it’s hella confusing – don’t ya think? Let’s…
The rehabilitation of Brian Mulroney: There’s a reason he’s looking so good these days
Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney in his heyday, grabbed from the website of Libraries and Archives Canada, and doesn’t he just look terrific! Below: Mr. Mulroney as he appears nowadays;…
Canadians deserve answers about XL Foods beef, as company sticks its head in the sand and Alberta politicians give in to old populist ways.
TweetUntil its licence was temporarily suspended on September 27, more than one-third of Canadian beef was processed in the XL Foods plant in Brooks, Alberta. The plant processed 4000 cows…
Message to the Conservative Party of Canada
“Environmentalists and ordinary Canadians being branded as extremists is an insult to those of us who fought for our country against real extremists… The Canada I fought for is an…
Safe powerful policy for Justin Trudeau
I will be taking a break from blogging for the next month or so, but before taking my leave I will part with some, (in my not so very humble…
Tomasz Winnicki: A Very, Very, Needy Man
Tom has taken to including us in the online media publications he has decided to spam with is…. shall we say unique?…. take on the world. And, if we’re to…
Terry Tremaine: Judgement Day October 9, 2012
Any bets on the sentencing tomorrow? This writer thinks Tremaine will get time, but others figure he might get as much as 9 months, much like another bonehead sentenced for…
‘Roadmap to Apartheid’: Israeli and South African parallels
Clips from “Roadmap” that draw Israel/ S. African parallels A feature-length documentary Roadmap to Apartheid is the first time close parallels between the apartheid of the old South African regime…
In Tuesday’s Sun: conservative buffoons and poltroons (updated)
If you want an example of why conservatives have gotten so good at winning, take look at Toronto mayor Rob Ford. We’re serious. Many, many folks in and around Toronto…
Everyone is talking about Trudeau
Ever since he became Prime Minister, Stephen Harper has dominated the Canadian political scene. Love him or loathe him, any discussion on federal politics has started and ended with Stephen…
Will the BC Conservatives Last until the May 17th BC Election?
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger BC Conservative Leader John Cummins has struck a new blow for stupidity with his call for loyalty and obedience from his party members. He told the…
5222…Merry Christmas
From my dear friend Blake Batson who shows and tells that it is Christmas in the mall of Trinidad. It also seems to be customer free day in the mall…
Mostly competent government: Gerry Ritz edition
It occurs to me that I haven’t actually written anything in support of calls for the resignation of Gerry Ritz. Of course he should resign. Four years ago, 22 people…