What if Natives Stop Subsidizing Canada?
There is a prevailing myth that Canada’s more than 600 First Nations and native communities live off of money — subsidies — from the Canadian government. This myth, though it…
January 2013
Mission Accomplished for the shrewd person who decided on the Deloitte Audit Release
It’s difficult not to think that the timing of the release of the Deloitte financial audit of Atawapiskat was calculated in its anticipation of a potential backlash against Spence and,…
The great hunt: for prosperity and terrorists!
You’ve got to feel a little bit sorry for our “leaders” and “experts”. It has to be awfully stressful for them to continue passing bullshit as truth when the facts…
Gerard Kennedy is my choice for Ontario Liberal party leader
If you’re an Ontario Liberal voting in leadership election meetings this weekend, I hope you’ll consider supporting Gerard Kennedy and your local Kennedy delegates. And if you’re voting in Scarborough-Centre,…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Ryan Meili
When Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race started, one of the most important questions for all of the candidates was the level of organization Ryan Meili would bring to the campaign: whether…
Why, Do They Taste Like Chicken?
I recently received an e-mail from Hedy Fry about “how to find Liberals near you.” Truth be told, I’d rather know how to find Mormons near me because rumour has…
America the Sick
Let’s hope money can buy happiness because it sure isn’t buying Americans much in the way of health. A report from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences finds that, although…
Finding common ground on climate change
Check out this video produced by the Union of Concerned Scientists which features featuring two scientists — one politically conservative, the other tending toward the Democrats — who make the…
Retribution
…when Exhibit A extends to Exhibits B-C-D, when the allegations start stacking up, then what you’ve got is a pattern and a pathology, not an anomaly. A career lies in…
On party time
Not surprisingly, I have some reservations about Kai Nagata’s view that the federal Lib leadership campaign has much to offer toward the development of progressive politics in Canada. But I’ll…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, January 11, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, January 11, 2013: Planned Ontario teachers protest illegal, labour board rules Joe Biden: Obama prepared to use…
Astral: Bell s’attend à un débat «abrégé» devant le CRTC by Vincent Brousseau-Pouliot
Bell looks to the CRTC for an abbreviated public hearing in its second application to acquire Astral.
The Tide’s Going Out
Carol Goar writes that Stephen Harper’s reputation as a brilliant economic manager has more to do with luck than expertise. That luck showed up in the person of Mark Carney:…
Breaking the law is breaking the law
McGuinty was right. The renegade unions were wrong. Their “protest” was and is illegal. There’s a lesson, here, for a couple Ontario Liberal leadership candidates, I’d say. UPDATE: Comment from…
Til Debt Do Us Part: Reality Television and Poverty
I’m traveling for business and that means several things. Most predictably it means come the evening, I’m getting on a tread mill to exercise. I’m in Edmonton. It’s cold. Like…