Idle No More Visits The Sun
You have to give Ezra Levant full marks for chutzpah. A week or so ago he met a hundred Idle No More protestors at the door of the Toronto Sun.…
You have to give Ezra Levant full marks for chutzpah. A week or so ago he met a hundred Idle No More protestors at the door of the Toronto Sun.…
Today’s a busy day! I was at MLG earlier to register for the Ontario Liberal Party convention and pick up some Sandra swag. Ran into Minister of Finance Dwight Duncan…
If you’re connected to that ancient and noble tribe, it’s a very happy Robbie Burns Day to you. The Ploughman Poet was born on this day in 1759 in Alloway,…
So I’m in Toronto at Maple Leafs Gardens, (or at Mickey Flynn’s eating lunch at the moment using the free wi-fi)vwith Jim Calder of The Progressive Right. Seen a few…
The third in a series about Dick Armey and his relationship to the tobacco industry throughout his career. See part one and part two. In his last job as head…
The circus that is Rob Ford’s bizarre Toronto mayoralty will continue after the manboy won his appeal to stay in office today after being found guilty of breaking conflict of…
Hefkey v. Hefkey, 2013 ONCA 44 holds: Moreover, in our view, the civil contempt remedy should not have been sought in the circumstances revealed by the record. The civil contempt…
Rob Ford wins his appeal, so my earlier prediction was wrong. But the Divisional Court is wrong, too. By accepting the notion that a politician can set up a private…
Most people don’t know that Metro Vancouver, thanks to its Fraser Port Authority, is poised to become the biggest coal exporter in North America. The Port Authority is now approving…
Every day in Newfoundland and Labrador, the news is like some kind of perpetual, live edition of Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Here’s a sample of what your humble e-scribbler…
The aluminum multinational Rio Tinto Alcan made $74 million selling electricity to Hydro Québec during a recent lockout of its workers, Le Devoir reports. Under a very secret contract reached…
OK, maybe not, but let’s try this. I’ve been trying to figure out how Pinterest could complement this website. We’ve kicked it around and ended up speechless. Which is appropriate.…
Rob Ford’s removal from office, as mayor of Toronto, overturned. Two more years of this clown? Not good for Toronto’s image or reputation. Hopefully in 2014 he will be gone.…
The following press release from ASTT(e)Q (Action Santé Travesti(e)s et Transsexuel(le)s du Québec): Transsexual and transgender women denied access to shelters as temperatures drop in MontréalASTT(e)Q urges Québec shelters to…
The Globe has again proven to politicians how easy it is to fool journalists into thinking that they are actually saying something. The Globe and Mail’s endorsement of Sandra Pupatello…
In principle, we might have expected the first debate after the holiday break to signal any change in direction from Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership candidates. But it was instead the Weyburn…
Quebec v A 2013 SCC 5 upholds Quebec law excluding unmarried couples from support obligations. The decision is complex but rests largely on s 1 of the Charter. A summary…
I know it’s trite and overdone, but this is pretty much how things are going today:
Following yesterday’s episode of RedTV I am seeing a lot of people on Twitter saying stuff like ‘Here we are again, the boom and bust cycle!”, etc etc. Our current…
It’s disappointing to listen to the federal Liberals these days. With the exception of Joyce Murray and Martin Cauchon, they’re all saying the same thing. Their chorus confirms that they…