Notes from the cooperation front
From a Q & A with Bob Rae, an interesting excerpt on the Canadian political party dynamic: Speaking of teams, you have, as a New Democrat and a Liberal, probably…
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The future for long-term care looks grim: Mass privatization
As with hospital beds, the government and other proponents of the near freeze in new long-term care beds suggest that home care can take up the slack. Does this stand…
What Would Diefenbaker Make of Steve Harper?
I was just writing a Conservative friend about the Nexen/Athabasca fiasco when a terrible thought crossed my mind. I imagined what it would be like if “The Chief” John Diefenbaker…
Anticlimax #nlpoli
So it turns out the provincial government is going to build the Muskrat Falls project. There’s a total shock. The one thing that came screaming out of Monday night’s extravaganza…
5444…Violent Video Games Resp For Newtown
Actually, no. I caught these numbers in The Ottawa Sun Saturday. Detroit, 2009, 310 murders; Windsor, right across the river, 0 murders. Same sports teams, same TV, same radio, same…
West Coast questions legality of wolf-kill contest
Monday, December 17, 2012 Should hunting clubs be able to hold wolf-killing contests, with the intent to cull the wolf population? A legal opinion we prepared for Pacific Wild on…
The New Town Kllings: When the Social Safety Net Protects Everyone:
Why do mass killings in the US happen? Partly because of the culture of violence there, but also because of problems with the social safety net. Having mental problems is…
An unregistered equitable interest can take priority over a lien registered by the Canada Revenue Agency against a taxpayer’s real property
See today’s decision in Trang v. Nguyen, 2012 ONCA 885
Powell Climate Science Pie Chart Featured On The Young Turks
The Young Turks discussed James Lawrence Powell’s pie chart and analysis of climate science on the show this weekend. Powell’s pie chart study has gone viral in the past month,…
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The only real change is to Oppal’s wallet
Wally Oppal’s report on missing and murdered women runs 1,638 pages. It is filled with politically correct dialogue that spreads blame so far and wide, it has little focus. Oppal…
Republican Groups Tell Obama To Back Off Fracking Rules
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) along with the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) sent a letter to President Obama today , telling him that the federal government should abandon a…
Cancel That Ontario Spring Election?
Somewhere in Liberal Land someone is thinking–its only Tim Hudak. And I bet Andrea Horwath’s recent comments about avoiding an early election are the result of looking at similar polls.…
It is our game, not theirs
Jack Todd goes end-to-end and puts one right through Gary Bettman’s five-hole (which is not anything like as dirty as it sound, get your mind out of the gutter, ya…
In the U.S.A. Employer Health Insurance Premiums Rose 62%, Deductibles More Than Doubled Across States from 2003 to 2011
In the next federal election, Stephen Harper, Jim Flaherty , and Conservative candidates across the country will be crowing about how their tax cuts and tax subsidies have helped to…
More on Shopping Locally
I went into Collected Works the other day, to see if I could cross off a few items on my holiday shopping list. There’s still quite a lot left there,…
We’re working for you
With your support we’ve been able to share your cell phone horror stories with decision-makers at the CRTC, bring your messages directly to officials behind the TPP, and continue in…
Awaiting ‘Generation C’
Nearly three weeks has passed, marking an unprecedented day in the battle against global injustice. This particular victory, slight yet all the same substantial; a stepping stone for the Indigenous…
Video: Travelling Canada’s Carbon Corridor – the Making of Fractured Land
Watch this presentation by Damien Gillis, co-director of Fractured Land – a documentary in production which examines the industrialization of northern Canada through the eyes of a young indigenous man…
27 Acts for Newtown – Doing Good Rather Than Doing Nothing
In the wake of the terrible events in Newtown, Connecticut, there has been an outpouring of opinions and anger, but mostly grief. Obviously Winnipeg has been affected less than New…