We’re not quick, but we don’t quit
Remember last spring when GC and I signed up for a quilting course and we each made a sampler quilt? Mine was black, white and red, and his was exquisite…
2012
Etsy Encouraging More Women to Hack
The online craft marketplace Etsy has started funding a school that teaches people how to hack and use technology. That’s fine in itself, but what makes it good news noteworthy…
Are y…
Are you worried about increased surveillance at airports and borders? The Canada Border Services Agency will soon monitor travellers crossing the border by land and air using high-definition cameras and…
4751…If It Is About Winning It Is Justin Trudeau
If it is about being right, may be not. But it is supposed to be about winning, right? WFDS
Right Idea, Bad Way of Going About It
Bruce Hyer, the now-Independent MP for Thunder Bay–Superior North but was originally elected as a Dipper, is filing a motion to do away with the practice of national leaders being…
In Memoriam: Perspectives on Labour and Income
Another sad tombstone to the shrinkage of information for informed social and economic policy – Statscan has decided to discontinue “Perspectives on Labour and Income” in both print and online…
Standard of review for summary judgment
Scott & Associates Engineering Ltd. v. Finavera Renewables Inc., 2012 ABCA 181 is a useful source for the standard of review for summary judgment in Alberta. While based on the…
4749…Muhammad Ali Update
From my buddy Len Berman comes this gem about The Greatest: It turns out Muhammad Ali’s grandson got bar mitzvahed several weeks back in Philadelphia. Ali’s daughter Khaliah married a…
jason kenney: deputy premier thomas lukaszuk is a complete and utter a-hole.
Tweet Mark one point against civility in politics. An accidental reply-all email from Calgary-Southeast Conservative Member of Parliament and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney about Progressive Conservative Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk…
The Normalcy of Hypocrisy: From Clean Energy to Health Care, Conservatives Flip Flop in Support of the Team
go team.jpg One striking feature of the liberal psyche is how it is simultaneously outraged by hypocrisy on the conservative side of the aisle—and yet also morbidly fascinated by it.…
Under pressure
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Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Roy Romanow rightly notes that Canada’s federal government needs to take a lead role in building our public health care system, rather…
Shit the Premier says: law and democracy edition #nlpoli
Last week the gang at the Center for Law and Democracy were, in the words of justice minister Felix Collins, a “two-bit outfit.” This week, things are different. Now the…
Journamalism: Leave poor Dean alooooooone!
Tory MP Del Mastro hounded on the Hill OTTAWA – Election spending questions are hounding a Tory MP on Parliament Hill. The Liberals are calling on Conservative MP Dean Del…
Draft Erin Weir
No, Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership campaign isn’t officially underway. But Jim Stanford and a lengthy list of distinguished Canadian economists have a suggestion as to who might deserve a look once…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, June 19, 2012: Luka Magnotta to appear in Montreal courthouse Suspect in dismemberment killing arrives in Canada…
Further to Bee Balm: Swarming Bees in New York City
There has been such bad news about bees for the last several years that this morning’s New York Time story about swarming bees has to be rated as good news.…
Hypocrisy on Free Speech and “Protecting Freedom.”
On June 6th (the same night that the trans human rights Bill C-279 advanced to committee) Conservative MP for Westlock – St. Paul, Brian Storseth’s Private Member’s Bill C-304, An…