Alexandre Trudeau: “It’s not my show tonight”
For anyone tempted to speculate that the Liberals under Justin Trudeau would be “same old same old”, there was one new face in the crowd last night whose influence may…
2012
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday October 3, 2012: Supreme Court of Canada to tackle case that questions definition of “child” before birth…
Not To State The Obvious But ….
Canada’s food safety regime failed us So goes the title of The Star’s editorial this morning as it raises some very pressing questions about how over three weeks elapsed between…
Birth, Death and Rebirth in Buddhism
Reblogged from Japan and Korea: Life, Language and Religion: Recently I’ve been avidly reading a Buddhist book sent to me by a certain reader last year (thank you Ven. A)…
ForestWatchers Wants You to Look at Forests
Forests around the world are in danger and a new group, ForestWatchers, is looking to the average person to save all the trees. It’s a very simple idea: use people…
To teachers in the OCDSB, and others…
Thanks to all the teachers at my kids’ school and other schools across the province who have stuck with unpaid, voluntary extracurricular activities in spite of the removal of their…
Fight the Right invite, tonight!
As I write in my acknowledgements to Fight The Right, I’ve got some of the best commenters around on my web site. Over the years, many of you guys have…
Ready Or Not, Here He Comes
Xavier Trudeau (left) has quickly emerged as the 2051 Liberal leadership frontrunner. Today marks the 12 year anniversary of the first time Liberals recognized there was something special about Justin…
Trudeau open thread
This morning, there is a ridiculous amount of coverage about Justin’s announcement speech last night. I have a few thoughts of my own, offered on radio this morning, but I…
Crumbling Castle
John Ivison reports that cracks are beginning to show in the Conservative Fortress. The backbenches are getting restless: Simply put, I think MPs on the government side of the House…
But is there substance?
Cuz Justin The T sure as hell has the sizzle. His speech yesterday was what many of we progressives were waiting for. It was honest, open and positive. I really…
Little Cindi Cyborg
The best part about the Little Cindi Cyborg doll was that it was a great way to teach kids responsibility. Not only was each Little Cindi Cyborg semi-sentient, she was…
Warman vs. Lemire Constitutional Challenge: Warman Wins
The decision can be found here. Warman’s comments can be found here, and I will write something up that’s a bit more substantial when I read the entire 72 page…
Corruption in Montreal – not mere allegations
Media sources repeatedly speak of the explosive testimony of Lino Zambito as mere allegations. But Mr Zambito has not made just allegations. Mr Zambito has given sworn testimony, evidence, and…
Random observations #nlpoli
What Kathy Dunderdale said in 2012 about wanting to be Premier: “If you live your life more in the moment, the rest of it will work its way out.” Sounds…
Justin Trudeau Excites People – And That’s a Good Thing!
So, I’ve been following the recent chatter about Justin Trudeau (or JT as some people have come to call him, both ironically and not) with interest and a bit of…
We Must Appoint the Best Man for the Job, Regardless of Gender!
So declared a pompous civil servant on a famous British 80s sitcom, Yes Minister, and so, apparently, the Harper regime declares today. Yesterday’s news that the son of a former…
Watts, Charlie Watts
This is about as close as you can hope to get to the Stones’ epic drummer, Charlie Watts. In Old Gods, Nearly Dead, the narrative goes on at some length…
The Liberal Messiah and King Harper’s Nightmare
Lordy. It's lucky Stephen Harper is a secret religious fanatic eh?So he can console himself by reading how King Herod felt about the birth of the baby Jesus Justin.Liberal MP…