B.C. Economist Slams Bitumen Scam
She’s even using the “F” word, as in fraud. And Robyn Allan says the fraud, on the Canadian people, is being perpetrated by the federal and provincial governments, Big Oil,…
April 2013
The end of CIDA – Planned and Predictable
The 1950s was a time of momentous change in the world. Europe was rebuilding after having barely escaped the horrors of fascism. Africa and Asia were throwing off the yoke…
EKOS BC Poll: 39.3% NDP, 27.3% BC Liberal, 16.2% Green
Today (though technically tomorrow) the campaign for British Columbia’s next general election begins, with the governing BC Liberals releasing their platform in its entirety today – unlike either the Conservatives…
Britain’s Billionaire Enviro-Philanthropist Outs People Like Harper, Mulcair and Trudeau
Fund manager, Harvard MBA, billionaire – we’ve become all too familiar with the type. But British-born Jeremy Grantham is best known for predicting all the major economic bubbles in recent…
5860…The Next PM
Presuming that the next PM is the new leader of the Liberal Party, Justin Trudeau, let us hope that he does a 180. There was a time that Canada was…
#mtlqc13 – Day 3 Review
Once again, Aaron has a list of the resolutions passed at the NDP’s federal convention – and I won’t comment much on what passed other than to note that once…
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It is the hottest movie of the moment. It is the Jackie Robinson bio pic. Today to honour the man who broke the colour barrier in Major League Baseball all…
Jesus Christ, Still a Figure of Controvery
Many years ago, the iconic writer and broadcaster Pierre Berton wrote a book entitled The Comfortable Pew. Yapdates gives the following summary of the book, commissioned by the Canadian Anglican…
Washington and Beijing Talk the Talk, Now Must Learn to Walk
They’re the world’s two biggest national economies and the world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. It’s encouraging then that the United States and China have announced an agreement to…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Peter Gillespie discusses the problems with tax cheats (and the overseas tax havens which encourage them): Multinational corporations and banking and financial institutions…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, April 15, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 15, 2013: The evolution of family status: the uncertainty continues Viewing pornography at work – when…
Witness exclusion orders and calling a party after others have testified
Witness exclusion orders are customary in both civil and criminal trials. In both cases the parties are allowed to remain in court, even if witnesses, regardless of the exclusion order.…
Justin Trudeau: New Liberal Leader’s Acceptance Speech
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Justin Trudeau was crowned leader of the Liberal Party of Canada with 80% of the vote over the weekend. Here’s the full text…
On Insincere Apologies
I’ll probably have more to write later, but for now, here are some always reliable insights by Star readers on the ‘apology’ from RBC CEO Gord Nixon: Royal Bank chief…
Ask General Kang: How did you deal with climate change on your planet?
An interesting question. Because my planet is so far advanced of yours, we experienced our major climate changes about a millennia ago. Like you are currently experiencing, on Neecknaw we…
My visit to the seamy underbelly
At the harbour, outside my hotel So…I went to Vancouver for a whirlwind business trip. I arrived Wednesday afternoon and left Friday morning. I was working most of the time,…
Congrats to JT; plus musings on attack ads & other things
Unless you’ve been away this weekend, you already know Justin Trudeau was overwhelmingly selected to be the next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada on Sunday. My congratulations to…
The Hater’s Guide to Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau has the courage to refer to himself in the 3rd person. So the name of “Justin Trudeau” is being repeated over and over again on the news and…
NDP Convention 2013: New Democrats’ constitution gets a new preamble
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Perhaps the biggest take-home thing from the New Democrats’ biennial policy convention in Montreal was the adoption of a new preamble to the…