April 2013
Rogers, you’ve left me with only quarters in my pocket!
Big Telecom insists Canadians’ high cell phone prices are a myth, yet we have seen and heard a very different story through your stories. Don’t let Big Telecom spin this…
PC MPP Rick Nicholls steps in it again when his office issues a “fake” press release
I just don’t think he can help himself. To wit: Nicholls office stated that the multiplication of press releases was a standard occurrence within the PC party, and not plagiarism.…
EI and CPP Appeals consolidation begins
Regulations guiding the new Social Security Tribunal came into force April 1st, 2013, and are available online at the Canada Gazette. The SST combines the first and second level of…
Cost consequences for changing evidence from discovery without notice
Malka v. Vasiliadis, 2013 ONCA 239 is an example of the failure to give notice that evidence given on discovery is no longer that to be given at trial lead…
Cost consequences for changing evidence from discovery without notice
Malka v. Vasiliadis, 2013 ONCA 239 is an example of the failure to give notice that evidence given on discovery is no longer that to be given at trial lead…
Just How Many Climate "Sceptics" Are There?
A version of this post first appeared at RenewEconomy. WHEN Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that former Woodside gas company executive and lobbyist Gary Gray was Australia’s new energy…
Boston
As news first trickled in, and then came as a torrent, about the bombings in Boston yesterday, my thoughts naturally turned to the morning of September 11th.Not to the horror…
Boston
As news first trickled in, and then came as a torrent, about the bombings in Boston yesterday, my thoughts naturally turned to the morning of September 11th. Not to the…
Forum Federal Poll: 43% Liberal, 30% Con, 19% NDP
The first post-Trudeau-win is out from Forum, a special case given that they usually don’t release one in the middle of a month. This polls is, by the way, an…
Green Game: Is Hunting your Meat "Sustainable?"
This article, “Ethical Killing,” popped up on my Facebook news feed today. The sub-headline is “hipsters, hippies and women are taking up hunting.” Hunting, apparently, is part of the sustainable…
Hunger Strike Begins at Wallens Ridge State Prison
http://virginiaprisonstrike.blogspot.ca/2013/04/hunger-strike-begins-at-wallens-ridge.html on the main Kersplebedeb website: http://kersplebedeb.com/posts/hunger-strike-begins-at-wallens-ridge-state-prison/
InsideClimate wins Pulitzer Prize for reporting on Canada’s tar sands
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: On Monday, three reporters from nonprofit online news site InsideClimate were honored with a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on Canada’s tar sands and…
After all, what would a Minister of Revenue know about taxes?
Committee studying offshore tax evasion will not question revenue minister A finance committee study on tax havens will be written without input from National Revenue Minister Gail Shea after the…
April 16: As I was saying in yesterday’s blog….
….but, first, let’s deal with today’s paper, then go to what I was saying yesterday._______________________________________________________________________________ What’s glaringly missing is the story of the massive oil spill from a pipeline in…
Harper Hate-Mongering
The latest attack ad, this one against newly-appointed Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau, serves as a timely reminder of the Harper government’s seemingly endless capacity for hateful and divisive propaganda.…
The Boston Marathon Murders were Probably Domestic Terrorism
I’m pretty sure that American authorities are trying to hunt down whoever detonated Claymore mines at the finish-line of the Boston Marathon yesterday. One Indian paper had an account yesterday…
5868…Conservative Austerity
From Merry Ole. BTW, straight cremation, 1240 in Ottawa according to the ads I get on Facebook. WFDS
On bombings and who gets our compassion
“Do I advise you to love thy neighbor? I suggest rather to escape from thy neighbor and to love those who are the farthest away from you. Higher than the…
BC NDP candidate resigns over racist comments against First Nations
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Dayleen Van Ryswyk, the BC NDP candidate for Kelowna-Mission, has resigned after the racist comments she made online against Canada’s First Nations surfaced…