Save Monday June 25th for a Big Party on Mount Royal
Quebec’s biggest celebration is coming up two weeks from now, the Fête natonale. The official day is June 24, but since that’s a Sunday this year, Monday also is a…
2012
JUSTIN TRUDEAU, MP in Dufferin Caledon
DUFFERIN CALEDON FEDERAL LIBERAL ASSOCIATION PRESENTS AN INTIMATE LUNCHEON WITH SPECIAL GUEST JUSTIN TRUDEAU, MP TUESDAY, JUNE 26,2012 12:30 -3:30 P.M. THE CONSULATE DINING LOUNGE 15430 INNIS LAKE…
ACTA’s Not Dead Yet: The Crucial EU Vote Approaches
What is ACTA? The Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement is a secretive international treaty for the enforcing of new copyright and intellectual property laws. Not much is known about the actual content…
Deference should be given to a trial judge’s Charter analysis:
R. v. Campbell, 2012 ONCA 394 is a good source for the principle that deference should be given to a trial judge's Charter analysis: Deference is owed to a trial judge's s.…
ACTA’s Not Dead Yet: The Detailed Breakdown
What is ACTA? The Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement is a secretive international treaty for the enforcing of new copyright and intellectual property laws. Not much is known about the actual content…
Freedom from Information: the sorry Connie legacy #nlpoli
“We will amend the Access to Information legislation to enhance the transparency of government actions and decisions.” Danny Williams, Leader of the Opposition, February 2003 There truly is a greater…
Bill C-38: Joyce has a choice! Let her hear your voice!
June 9, 2012: Citizens opposed to Bill C-38 pause for a moment outside of Conservative MP Joyce Bateman’s Winnipeg South Centre office before continuing to distribute literature in the constituency.…
Vic Toews To Use Magnotta Murder Case To Revive Internet Surveillance Bill C-30
In dictatorial regimes, tyrants rule by manipulating prevailing public emotions. They use the smallest emotional opportunity to create draconian laws that take away the people’s rights and freedoms. Public Safety…
In Ottawa This Weekend
My wife and I will be taking our annual mini-vacation to the nation’s capital this coming weekend. Usually I try and put aside one afternoon (usually Sunday) to meet-up with…
June 11: A vicious attack on Premier Alward
Every day, I remain in touch with old friends in journalism – mostly in Montreal, but also scattered to London, Japan, and China. Their politics range anywhere from moderate liberal…
Pentagon Post-Mortem on Iraq & Afghan Wars – We F__ked Up
Afghan Army Soldiers One way of knowing for sure that America has lost a war is when the Pentagon begins navel-gazing. That’s exactly what the US military is doing now…
Parliament in Review – May 9, 2012
Wednesday, May 9 saw the first Committee of the Whole discussion of the Cons’ budget bill – with the opportunity for hours of direct questions about military spending giving rise…
Another Way To Fight Omnibus Bill C-38
I received the following from one of the people I was protesting with the other day near Conservative M.P. David Sweet’s constuency office. It offers yet another tool in the…
Mann Handled: A Decade Ago, Conservatives Attacked a Scientist—And Created a Leader
hockeybookmann (1).jpg This is a review of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches From the Front Lines, by Michael Mann. I first became familiar with the name Michael…
“My place is destroyed” – Albertan
Plains Midstream Canada, wow, what an ironic name given their midstream oil leak on the plains of Alberta. I hope Plains Midschool Canada, or Plains Midlake Canada don’t operate in…
Erich von Daniken, god-like genius™
Von Daniken, with a pipe given to him by an ancient astronaut. Oh my God (pun intended), I was totally into this dude when I was a teenager. I thought…
Hydroelectric Vs. Tar Sands
We get the following from Prston Manning over the weekend: Preston Manning is calling out “hypocritical” federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair for “preaching” to Alberta while turning a blind eye…
Will Women Ever Wake Up?
Nechemya Weberman, Orthodox Counselor To Hasidic Community, On Trial In Sex Abuse Case By COLLEEN LONG 06/10/12 06:53 PM ET Here’s an informative little missive from Huffpo today that is…
Vulnerable seniors: Nursing homes could wait five years for a full inspection
It could take more than five years before all of Ontario’s nursing homes receive a full inspection by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Further, the complaints hotline…