4686…Happy Memorial Day
It is the Yankee’s version of Remembrance Day. Without the freezing rain. Tip a cold one to Memorizing. WFDS
2012
Ontario Health Coalition forums head north this week
The Ontario Health Coalition heads north this week, hosting community forums in Matheson (Monday), Sault Ste. Marie (Wednesday), Thunder Bay (Thursday) and Kenora (Saturday). The forums discuss the impact of…
The Triumph of Thomas Mulcair
The Cons and their stooges in the right-wing media have gone after him like a pack of rabid hyenas. They have attacked the man, claiming he was too angry and…
Rising oil prices will end urban sprawl … or not?
A popular assumption about rising oil prices is that people will have to drive a lot less and use public transit a lot more. This, in turn, will lead to…
Forum Poll: 36% NDP, 32% Con, 20% Liberal
And in case you were unsure, this poll could also prove that voters are more persuadable than you think by irrational arguments to nostalgia, as people apparently believe this: 45%…
“Dark Age” for Canadian Science
In yet another example of the Canadian government’s antipathy toward science and hatred of all things environmental, check out this article from the excellent journalist Andrew Nikiforuk. Here’s an excerpt:…
Reasonable apprehension of bias
Lloyd v. Bush, 2012 ONCA 349 has a useful review of the law on reasonable apprehension of bias: In Chippewas of Mnjikaning First National v. Ontario (Minister of Native Affairs), 2010 ONCA…
Casseroles Night in Canada
It’s the evening. It’s 8pm. Dinner has been cleared away, the children have finished their homework. What is a family to do? Take to the streets, of course. Pots and…
For safe keeping
ECLIPSE AND ENLIGHTENMENT A legal opinion delivered by Bruce Clark, LL.B., M.A., Ph.D.at Listuguj in the Mi'qmaq countryon September 4, 1996. Since coming to the Mi’qmaq country at Listuguj in…
Government – for people or for business?
Jumbo-friendly Bill Creates Municipality without Residents, The Tyee, Provincial legislation passed last week paves the road further toward construction of the controversial Jumbo Glacier ski resort and real estate development…
Apple Blossoms, Ornamental
In the yellow golden light of morning, The Nipper and I walked, sometimes hand-in-hand, sometimes side by each, through the well-limbed vaulted cathedral that was my neighbourhood as a child.…
We get letters
We get letters. Lately, we’ve been getting letters from New Democrats – all coincidentally anonymous, all suspiciously-similar, most helpfully originating from the National Capital – who profess to be profoundly,…
Wither The Peacable Kingdom?
When asked to describe his vision of the new Dominion of Canada, John A. MacDonald famously quoted Isaiah: The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down…
4685…Explain This Please
My progressive friend Kieran Green asks a very relevant question: Would someone please explain this: Why is it “entitlement” when students facing an education debt load that will burden them…
The Bean Counter Government
Andrew Coyne has discerned, finally, what the Harper government is all about – of late, anyway – the economy. The government’s agenda thus has three broad objectives: One, curb (somewhat)…
Federal NDP Continue To Edge Towards A Majority Government
The latest Forum Research poll (Forum Research results, National Post story) shows the NDP in the lead nationally, in Quebec, Atlantic and BC, and almost tied with the Conservatives in…
Parliament in Review: May 3, 2012
Thursday, May 3 saw yet another debate over the Cons’ use of time allocation – this time respecting the omnibus budget bill which features so many radical changes that demand…
May28: Better than usual…almost….
At first, I was heartened to see that the Quebec student strike made the first page but, alas, with not the slightest attempt to explain what it is about. As…
Fat Ford favors feeding frenzy
According to this CNET report on Rob Ford’s decision to remain obese… the mayor felt increasing pressure from the public stemming from his promise to lose pounds, with more than…