4653…Toronto Police Chief Steps Up To The Plate
Bill Blair is the man’s name and CBC News Toronto reports that “… has asked for permission to discipline 30 of his officers, including two senior officers, in the wake…
2012
Harper’s Conservative Government Funded Study Arguing Canada Suffers From ‘Dutch Disease’
Ooops! OTTAWA – The Harper government has funded research that argues Canada’s economy suffers from so-called Dutch Disease, an economic theory the prime minister and other senior officials ridiculed when…
Debt history of BC Hydro
BC Liberals and their media surrogates regularly accuse BC’s NDP government of responsibility for “skyrocketing spending and debt.” Not that it matters to Liberal supporters, but we can determine if…
Justice Cohen Refuses to Re-open Commission to Examine New Salmon Virus Evidence
Justice Cohen ruled today that he will not reopen his Inquiry into the Decline of the Fraser Sockeye citing the amount of work the commission team is faced with to…
ACTIVIST JUDGES!!!!
Scream, rant, rave!!!!! ‘Judge Overturns Election Result In Etobicoke-Centre: Defeated Toronto Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyjhas won his legal case to have election results in Etobicoke-Centre thrown out, opening the way for…
Real Estate as Platform: Canadian Real Estate Industry looking for developers
As some readers know, I’ve been asked from time to time by members of the real estate industry to comment on the future of their industry, how technology might impact…
Judge overturns Etobicoke-Centre election result
“I declare the election null and void as contemplated under s.531(2) of the Canada Elections Act.” (para. 154) The overturned result is making the rounds all over, reported here at…
Tiannemen
A short vid of the drive through Tiannemen Square Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
By-election on the way!
Once legal appeals, in this case, at the SC level, are exhausted. This election will provide a bit of an insight about whether or not the good folks in Etobicoke…
Jury verdicts not to be lightly set aside
Morin c. The Gananoque Inn, 2012 ONCA 331 is a useful source for the, perhaps trite, law that a jury verdict will not be lightly set aside: L’appelante prétend également…
Gross Art
If you can call it art. It will be interesting what the Harper government’s response will be to this one as the Tory government is highly critical of the sex…
Trashy in China, 4.0
Some pics… I’ll post more later this weekend after some sight-seeing. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
A better billboard
From the Climate Reality Project: (h/t David Appell) Related posts (randomly generated) Renewable energy is bullshit… literally
life after dutch disease: thomas mulcair to visit alberta on may 31.
Tweet Thomas Mulcair After weeks of warring words about the economic influence of Western Canadian oilsands development on the crumbling Central Canadian manufacturing sector, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair will visit…
Key measures of Quebec’s Bill 78 Anti-Protest Law
Important to note: The provisions against ‘inciting protest’ would apply to tweets and posts online. For background, via StudentActivism.net: Key provisions of the bill as presented to the legislature: All…
House Republicans Attempt To Nix Military’s Clean Energy Initiatives
20090217-army-solar-panel.jpg Republicans on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee have decided that the military’s push for clean, renewable energy has gone far enough, and have proposed for next year’s budget…
Closing Argument ~ interview with Steven Skurka and Eddie Greenspan on the death penalty
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Rematch in Etobicoke Centre
Despite all the close votes over the years, this is a first: Election result in Toronto riding thrown out by judge Conservative MP Ted Opitz’s 2011 federal election win last…
Rematch in Etobicoke Centre
Despite all the close votes over the years, this is a first: Election result in Toronto riding thrown out by judge Conservative MP Ted Opitz’s 2011 federal election win last…