Book Review: The Blaikie Report
Among other highlights of the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership convention this month, I was able to meet and chat with longtime NDP MP (and later MLA) Bill Blaikie, who attended in…
March 2013
Farber On Cdn Human Rights
With little fanfare, Canada was scolded earlier this year by both the United Nations and Amnesty International over its human rights record. Yes you read this correctly — Canada. The…
Inconsistent verdicts – are the verdicts are supportable on any theory consistent with law?
R. v. S.L., 2013 ONCA 176 holds: In a jury trial on a multi-count indictment against a single accused, a claim of inconsistent verdicts turns on the question whether the…
Are the Anti-Gentrification Front protesters wrong to “vandalize” Save-on-Meats?
My facebook feed went crazy last night with my Vancouver friends posting about a stolen sandwich board. Why is this important? Context: Save-on-Meats is kind of an iconic butcher in…
CBS buys half of TV Guide Network for $100 million; re-branding to come by Ryan Nakashima
CBS says the channel, available in more than 80 million homes, will continue to focus on entertainment and will combine CBS’ programming, production and marketing with Lions Gate’s resources in…
A Better Truck for Safer Driving
Trucks kill a lot a cyclists and that’s a problem. We’ve looked at ways we can make trucks more efficient, now London Cycling Campaign has found ways to make trucks…
First Nations filmmakers use business skills, social media savvy to bring TV shows to niche markets by Jenny Lee
Columnist says it’s a tiny niche in an otherwise troubled industry, but B.C.-based aboriginal filmmakers are busy and working.
Hockey, curling good. Cycling bad: Tory yo-yo tariffs
Not that this would change my voting preferences. The Tories lost me at Robert Stanfield. But it bothers me deeply that the latest federal budget lowers tariffs on hockey equipment…
Rob Ford needs to seek help himself
For those whose families have been touched by alcoholism, as mine has, the story in this morning’s Toronto Star “Rob Ford: ‘Intoxicated’Toronto mayor asked to leave military ball” will ring…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, March 26, 2013: Ethical Concerns as Legal Blog Offers Cash for News Leads US Supreme Court to…
5783…Mayor Rob Ford Is The First Ever
To be asked to leave a military party for being overrefreshed. Our fighting boys and girls in camouflage can and do drink. To be the most overrefreshed in a room…
Updated Power Rankings Show Trudeau in Control
Karen McCrimmon recognizes the odds she’s facing When I released my first set of LPC Power Rankings in early February, I was a bit surprised to see Justin Trudeau up…
State Department’s Keystone XL Contractor ERM Green-Lighted BP’s Explosive Caspian Pipeline That Failed To Live Up to Jobs Hype
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Almost 11 years ago in June 2002, Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Group declared the controversial 1,300 mile-long Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline…
It Certainly Took Him Long Enough
His Mad Face? Seasoned cynic that I am, I can’t help but think that Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair’s denunciation of police misbehaviour is little more than a public relations…
The Municipal Act and Recorded Votes
A recent motion was made to make all council votes recorded votes. This has generated some confusion among council watchers about voting and both what we can and cannot do.…
Anti-Prison Dinner and Presentation on the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike (Mtl, March 28)
Thursday March 28 @7pmLa Belle Epoque1984 Wellington An informal dinner and letter-writing evening with an anti-prison focus – a space to meet and discuss, as well as to share updates…
Mtl: Captive Genders Discussion and Letter-Writing
Friday, March 293:30pm1800 Létourneux Join the Prisoner Correspondence Project for a reading from Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex and conversation with two California-based queer anti-prison activists.…
Revolution at Point Zero: Montreal Book Launch and Discussion with Silvia Federici (April 4th)
Revolution at Point Zero: A Book Launch and Discussion with Silvia Federici Thursday April 4 at 6:30pm1610 Ste-Catherine West (Faubourg Building), Room B-060(métro Guy-Concordia) – This event is free.– For…