2012
Liberal Leadership Pool
Who will cross the finish line first? While a Justin Trudeau cakewalk in the Liberal leadership race doesn’t seem quite as inevitable as it did two weeks ago, most pundits…
Huffington Post: TekSavvy warns Canadians it has received requests for personal info
Independent Internet Service Provider TekSavvy has announced that an American film studio is demanding personal information of its Canadian customers – a motion that follows recent changes to Canadian copyright…
In Praise of Science and Reason
I’ve never been a member of a political party, although I did consider joining the NDP earlier this year, just so I could vote for Nathan Cullen in the leadership…
Could these licence plates be coming to Ontario?
Last year, a Republican Representative introduced a “Choose Life” licence plate bill in North Carolina’s GOP-dominated Legislature. At the time, Democrats tried to amend the bill to include pro-choice plates…
Seen in Ottawa
Two people who enjoy politics very much, consulting about leadership advice, etc. Very nice photo. That is all.
If public sector workers have it so good, how come private sector firms dominate best employer lists?
The Canadian political elite really needs to be much more consistent in their propaganda. They like to whip up antipathy towards public sector workers suggesting they are overpaid and pampered,…
ConCalls: Finally, #RoboCon Challenge in Federal Court
The Council of Canadians was fending off deflecting notions by the Conservatives’ lawyer Arthur Hamilton in Federal Court, that they stand to gain money from defending democratic rights of Canadian…
Amelia Earhart’s Hard Bargain
She’ll always be an true American darling and her country’s First Lady of the Air. She may have been a mediocre pilot but she was as bold and determined an…
The Tories May Not Believe It But Canada’s Third Largest City Knows Climate Change Is Real
There’s been an interesting series of articles in The Vancouver Sun about climate change threats to the Lower Mainland. The low-lying Fraser River estuary is particularly vulnerable. It’s a witches’…
Response to Toronto Star Pro For-Profit Clinic Opinion Piece
On December 10, Rick Janson, Campaigns Officer, Ontario Public Service Employees Union, published the following post in response to an opinion piece in the Toronto Star: Who should you trust?…
My biggest case? Hard to believe this made the CBC
Three men charged for paragliding in Auyuittuq National Park have been fined $500 each. Chris Fitzgerald, 27, and Christopher Warner, 34, are from Australia and Nathan Kukathas, 30, is a…
Canadians Take Robocalls to Court – Day 1
by Maude Barlow | Council of Canadians: Under the sheen of freezing rain that blanketed the Supreme Court of Canada, the historic legal cases of eight Canadians against voter suppression…
Inspiring Action
It’s TED Talk Tuesday on 350orbust, and it’s time to get inspired. This week it’s Simon Senek on how great leaders inspire action:
Substantial indemnity costs
Laczko v. Alexander, 2012 ONCA 872 is a good source for the principle that, absent some other Rule, substaintial indemnity costs are to be awarded only in the rarest of…
Should we tolerate secrecy for public health care?
It’s amusing to review the course of events that led to the revelation of the secrecy concerning the problems at private surgical and diagnostic clinics. The doctors lobbied to move…
A quick scribble
Here, for instance, is a quick scribble from Sketchbook Pro, a wonderful app which just doesn’t click with me. Remembering all the screen touch options gets in the way of…
Obert Madondo’s Canada crime Bill C-10 hunger strike: Response from the Minister of Justice
On June 6, I ended my 85-day hunger strike against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s New Jim Crow-style crime Bill C-10, the deceptively christened “Safe Streets and Communities Act”. Two of…
ANGA Lobbyist Spins Through Revolving Door To Work For Fred Upton
The revolving door spins with rapidity in Washington following election season, and Tom Hassenboehler serves as an Exhibit A. Hassenboehler served for the past two years as a lobbyist for…