April 12: as anyone could have predicted……
It was a restaurant in Guanzhou, China. I couldn’t speak enough Chinese to order anything. (My Chinese is limited to “Excuse me, foreigh devil.”) The waiter couldn’t speak English. So…
2012
Seven Years of Wise Law Blog
Blog years probably should be counted like dog years. And while I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that the seventh anniversary of the commencement of this blog came and…
Rob Ford Is Doing Bad, Bad Things
Centa says the questions of whether Ford improperly took funding from his family company and overspent his campaign limit are important to the provincial Municipal Elections Act, and to democracy…
Fun Facts: Hibernia gas and Holyrood #nlpoli
From Stephen Bruneau’s submission to the public utilities board hearing on the Muskrat Falls project: In 2010, the withdrawal and use of natural gas as a fuel for electrical generation…
The Coyne chrysalis
”This isn’t about the planes, in other words, or costs, or accounting. This is about accountability. This is is about whether departments are answerable to their ministers, and whether ministers…
Striking a jury
MacGregor v. Potts, 2012 ONCA 226 is an interesting example of a case where the party filing a jury notice successfully moved to have the jury struck: The respondents (plaintiffs)…
How Much of Canada Could BC Power?
British authorities are meeting with their Icelandic counterparts to consider powering the UK with geothermal electricity. It’s a terrific, low-carbon solution. Take the heat the earth naturally brings to the…
Stephen Harper’s Legacy
Poor are getting poorer and rich are getting richer. Here is a one story and there are many more here.
Why anti-pipeline organizing isn’t just another protest
By now, the details of the proposed Enbridge pipeline (and its disastrous social and ecological implications) are well-documented, so I’ll spare you. Most people reading this are probably convinced that…
4469…Thomas Mulcair”s Exit Strategy
The new leader of Team Dip, Thomas Mulcair, has an exit strategy just in case this whole becoming Prime Minister of Canada thing doesn’t work out. In a Toronto Star…
4468…David Letterman Can Collect His OAS
As of right now. The late night talker turns 65 today. If only he was a Canuck. WFDS
Alert! Episode 211
Broadcaster/writer Steve Lendman makes a strong case against NATO intervention in Syria. Feminist and community activist Adrie Naylor explains why Harper’s austerity agenda hurts women particularly hard.
Picture worth a 1,000 words dept.: the Ontario NDP
This photo was taken just before Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath’s latest press conference, today. Where she claimed she doesn’t want an election. That’s her campaign van. Anyone believe her…
Later Retirement: A Win – Win Solution?
The C D Howe Institute have put out a study on later retirement by Peter Hicks, a former senior official with HRSDC and the OECD who has written a lot…
Dan Gardner is going to get mad at me for this
Dan Gardner is an intimidating guy. I met him about a decade ago, when he was leaving the employ of the Ontario PC government and heading off to work at…
Our Democracy is Leaving on a Jet Plane
This latest article by Andrew Coyne on the F-35 fiasco gave me chills, it’s a must read for anyone who still believes in honest, representative government. See this excellent article…
Our Democracy is Leaving on a Jet Plane
This latest article by Andrew Coyne on the F-35 fiasco gave me chills, it’s a must read for anyone who still believes in honest, representative government. See this excellent article…
More on When Labelling Patients Causes Patients to Die
In the comments WhiteCoat (of WhiteCoat’s Call Room fame) strenuously objects to my take on the Anna Brown case: Wow. Someone on my blog suggested that I check out this…
Ocean view #23
This is the last of the series. Repainting from photos was an interesting exercise. Early re-worked images had none of the freshness of the in situ work. The photos bound…
Alberta Votes Day 18: Debate Night in Edmonton
More often than not, the Alberta leader’s debate is a mere formality, intended to create a vaneer of democracy in a province where elections tend to be meaningless. It’s barely…