There are, without doubt, many justifications and rationalizations that people have for being willfully ignorant of the larger world around them: work pressures, home stresses, lack of time, lack of…
Here, applying the recently-approved Somerset development as an example of why we should expect elected representatives to do more than just remind us that we’re on our own in dealing…
The conventional wisdom has it that Justin Trudeau has the leadership of the Liberals all but in the bag. Well, all I can say is that the conventional wisdom is…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, March 28, 2013: Same-sex couple wed in Toronto at centre of challenge to U.S. law that creates…
Here’s the recap: 1. Yesterday morning, a producer at the John Oakley Show called me around at 8 and asked me to go on to discuss Rob Ford’s booze problems.…
Supporters of U.S. war resisters in Canada may be interested in hearing about the War Resisters Support Campaign event earlier this week. A large crowd came out to share a…
Coun. Brian McHattie brought forth a motion at city council asking the CRTC to order Astral Media to give up one of its Toronto frequencies that can be heard in…
In our column this week at SlawTips, David Bilinsky and I offer practical solutions to the oft-cited challenge of maintaining good communications with our clients: Once a practice has matured,…
Virtually anyone who has followed the onshore drilling bonanza knows the name Aubrey McClendon and the company he co-founded, Chesapeake Energy. McClendon was the hard-driving CEO and chairman of one…
You asked, we delivered. Not sure why they drop the volume level on my voice there. Your guess is as good as mine
Dear Oakley guys: When I agreed to go on your show to discuss Rob Ford’s drinking problem, yesterday morning, you didn’t tell me Doug Ford would be on too. No…
Lisa Thompson, Tory MPP for Huron-Bruce, introduced the Ensuring Affordable Energy Act in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Its a private member’s bill, but everything Thompson has said about it,…
Earlier this year, our government projected a deficit for 2013-14 of $1.6 billion. We are now forecasting that the deficit has been significantly reduced to $563.8 million – a billion-dollar…
Finance Minister Mike de Jong must demand resignations of the senior executives and directors of Pacific Carbon Trust. They are officials of a publicly owned enterprise but instead dedicated their…
This paternalistic, disgusting, and utterly regrettable article was published in the Nanaimo Daily News. My response, one I hope they publish: Re: Educate First Nations to be modern citizens In…
The great Abraham Lincoln once said no man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. But then he didn't live in Con Canada eh? And he didn't…
Here is Rick Mercer calling a Pipeline a Panda!
See what’s going on in Europe? Spain? Cyprus? See a pattern developing here? We’re going to be skipping ahead in the budget analysis for this post. Chapter 3.2 “Establishing a…
Edmonton MP Mike Lake, whom I have met (at IMFAR 2012 in Toronto) and communicated with a few times about autism in Canada, have different perspectives on the proper role…
Okay. So this is happening. It’s a play, and I’m in it: But ‘cept tickets for Friday the 19th weren’t selling fast enough, so that show’s been cancelled. But I’d…
