5757…Controversy In Canuckistan
The chattering classes were all a twitter this morning over the front page of today’s Globe and Mail. Imagine if 17-year-old Canadian figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond she wasn’t wearing panties?…
March 2013
5756…No Photo Radar In Ontario
Though the province and the city of where-ever-u-live uses the coppers to generate revenue even the province of Ontario finds photo radar a bit too sleazy. CFRA reports that Transportation…
5755…BYU Has To Win In Hoop And Football
NPR, that is the Yankee version of the CBC, tells that “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released this week the most significant changes to its scripture since…
Alberta Premier Redford’s Desperation Is Showing!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger We have been conned by the Oil & Gas crowd for so long it is often met with resignation. I mean other choices do we…
More Cuts, This Time in Day Care Centre Budgets
What is really depressing about the $37.9 million the PQ government just cut from the 2013 budget of provincially-financed day care centres, is that it’s the PQ government doing the…
Competition Bureau gives its OK for Corus to buy rest of Teletoon from Astral
Corus Entertainment Inc. says the Competition Bureau has cleared it to buy the remaining half of Teletoon and other specialty TV interests from Astral Media Inc.
Competition Bureau gives its OK for Corus to buy rest of Teletoon from Astral
Corus Entertainment Inc. says the Competition Bureau has cleared it to buy the remaining half of Teletoon and other specialty TV interests from Astral Media Inc.
An apology from Sun News…
…and from someone who works there. Well worth a read.
Harper Government Takes Muzzling Scientists to New Extreme
The strictures on what scientists can publicly say or publish, put in place by the Prime Minister’s office, have been tightening in recent years. In 2011 scientists protested and collectively…
Calling Out Brad Wall’s Phony Contrived Outrage At Mulcair
Pipelines have already carried share of hot air By Bruce Johnstone – Regina Leader-Post Aside from oil and gas, pipelines seem to be useful conduits for transporting another commodity we…
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Peeved Harper aims at ‘remaking Canadian labour force’ ‘Too many kids getting BAs and not enough welders,’ one Conservative insider says The irony of this pontificating ConJob is that one…
Olivia Is Dead
We should all put aside partisanship for one moment and mourn’s Olivia’s passing. I know Rob Ford weeps whenever he remembers Olivia taking food from his fingertips. Let us respect…
The Liberal Leadership Showcase – Are you going?
I’ll have the privilege of attending the Liberal Party of Canada’s Leadership National Showcase in Toronto on April 6th. Are you going? This will be my first national Liberal gathering…
Treaty obligations bind the Crown as a whole, both Federal and Provincial; the respective Crown to deal with specific matters is determined by the Constitution Act, 1867
Keewatin v. Ontario (Natural Resources), 2013 ONCA 158 holds that Treaty obligations bind the Crown as a whole, both Federal and Provincial, and that the respective Crown to deal with…
Patterns
Hmm… do I detect a pattern emerging here and here and maybe here? Just wondering. Recommend this Post
Water on Earth from Asteroids and Comets
Last night I watched a documentary on the CBC. The documentary pointed out that life on earth could be wiped out by one big asteroid hitting our planet. However, it…
Thugs, Mugs, and Golden Tugs; Tell me why I don’t like Monday. . .
A few thoughts on a chilly March Monday. Only two days from spring yet we are expecting 20 to 30 meters of snow. So it goes. Today in the HuffPost…
Obama’s Energy Strategy — Too Little, Too Late?
A year ago, President Obama set forth his vision of America’s energy policy. “We need an energy strategy for the future,” he said in a message still prominently displayed on…
Let’s come up with a plan to stop international agreements from restricting Internet freedom
Dear Internet community, New Internet restrictions are currently being developed through multiple international "trade" agreements that could significantly restrict and potentially even criminalize your everyday use of the Internet. We…