Limitation Periods a Shield and not a Sword
Radonna Investments Ltd. v. Rubin, 2012 ONCA 321 expressly upholds an earlier decision of the Superior Court which is a useful statement that a limitation period is a shield and…
2012
Yes Bill, you are ill equipped
Biill Good & Premier’s Director of Outreach It was an interview so tortured that I suspect Bill Good’s briefing notes had fallen irretrievably from the desk just as his guest…
Meet The New Estimate, Same as the Old One
Former Reform Party MP turned Fraser Institute fellow and Vancouver economist Herb Grubel has taken to the pages of the Globe & Mail to drum up support for a new…
This was hard to read
VIS are always hard to read, but this one more than most.
You Scratch My Back
There’s an interesting glimpse into how the Conservatives get around that pesky no-corporate donations rule. While it could be a co-incidence that people swept up in an investigation into crooked…
May 14: Wretched…
For weeks, as municipal and institutional election campaigns were held throughout New Brunswick, The Moncton Times and Transcript told us almost nothing about the candidates or the issues. All that…
Sexing the Kiwi (With Apologies to New Zealanders)
Several years ago I bought two kiwi plants, a male and a female. One grew, the other didn’t, but I didn’t know which one survived. So the following year I…
Impossible People, Impossible Politics
Some people aren’t fond of us Liberals because we are not a party driven by ideology alone. While the Conservatives prefer to take the right side of issues and the…
Don’t remind her, Tommy #nlpoli
The townie Tories are all a-twitter over federal Dipper leader Thomas Mulcair’s endorsement of Sheilagh O’Leary for mayor of Sin Jawns in the next municipal election. On Monday, reporters asked…
Henry "Jake" Jacoby Also Wants Off Heartland Expert List
Henry “Jake” Jacoby, Professor of Applied Economics in the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management.of MIT sent me the following email this…
Vibrators and dudes, what’s so damn intimidating about a plastic, glass or rubbery toy?
All of us men know that women love their vibrators. This is why some carry their’s in their purse, some beg their use in the bedroom and others are addicted…
The Leadership Narrative
Way back when, a few months after the last federal election, I replied to the Susan Delacourt’s “Is the Liberal Party dead?” question, echoed ad nauseum in the nation’s press,…
No tough choice
Back here, I discussed how ridiculous the Cons’ “tough on crime” model would look if applied to any other area of policy – and used that comparison to question why…
Canadians spend at least 10% of their lifetimes stuck in traffic, and it pisses me off
The breath and expanse of Canada, as the world’s second largest country, is both a curse and a blessing for Canadians. The country is beautiful, its scenery breathtaking and of…
Why Do We Live in Denial?
When was the last time you heard a world leader so much as acknowledge that, as a species, man is consuming renewable resources 50% faster than Earth can replenish them?…
Plenty of Jobs in Alberta (Alberta!!!) says Emperor Steve’s Puppet, Flaherty
Here’s good ol’ boy Flaherty warning Canadians that EI will be changed to reflect Alberta and Saskatchewan’s need for labour…as if the government was financing EI in the first place..…
Tightening the Screws on the Unemployed
The significant changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) program which are to be quickly implemented through Budget 2012 with very little consultation have not received enough critical attention. First, a…
Ipsos-Reid Poll: 37% Con, 35% NDP, 19% Lib
Ipsos Reid has come out with a new poll that shows both the Conservatives and the NDP running high, with the advantage going to the incumbents by 2% of the…
The Weekly Standard on “Hillbilly” Climate Denial
WStandard.c1.v17-34.May21.Cover_.jpg In its latest cover story, the conservative Weekly Standard has decided to try to refute, outside of the scientific literature, the large body of research on the psychological underpinnings…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – I’ll very much hope Chantal Hebert is wrong in her conclusion that Canadians are getting ever more doubtful as to whether change…