140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, April 11, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 11, 2013: Kids hit hardest in nasty divorces Suit contends law firm barred female and male…
April 2013
Ministerial responsibility is dead; Peter MacKay hides behind the troops (again)
It was shocking and troubling news when it broke two days ago: the federal government (it’s only called the Harper Government when it’s doing positive things) announced it would be…
How I’m Voting
Unlike past leadership contests where I’ve been fighting on the front lines for my candidate, I’ve watched the federal race largely as a spectator. Being away from a campaign offers…
Measure Food in Exercise, Not Calories
Yesterday we looked at labelling gas nozzles and today here’s good news about a better way to label food. A series of studies add up to the conclusion that if…
Maybe its time to begin thinking about withdrawing our patronage from all retailers and services that offshore labour
“Yes, the Conservatives are focused on what they call the economy. But their economy is a ruthless, inhuman task-master. It demands that the very profitable Royal Bank be even more…
Maybe its time to begin thinking about withdrawing our patronage from all retailers and services that offshore labour
"Yes, the Conservatives are focused on what they call the economy. But their economy is a ruthless, inhuman task-master. It demands that the very profitable Royal Bank be even more…
Maybe its time to begin thinking about withdrawing our patronage from all retailers and services that offshore labour
“Yes, the Conservatives are focused on what they call the economy. But their economy is a ruthless, inhuman task-master. It demands that the very profitable Royal Bank be even more…
JT: inspiring
Here’s a real poll, from a real polling agency, unlike the detritus the Star regularly publishes. What’s it mean? It means Justin Trudeau is for real, in the words of…
The open government report
On Monday’s agenda, council received a 21-page report from the clerk on the nature and mechanics of open government in Collingwood. This comprehensive report, titled the “Accountability and Transparency Policy,”…
Anonymous responds
Sent along by a few readers. It’s impossible to determine if it’s authentic, of course, which isn’t surprising – they’re anonymous, after all.
Love Letters To Dalton McGuinty
These two pieces overlap a bit, but together they are probably the best account’s I’ve read of Ontario’s long journey away from coal under Dalton McGuinty, something he doesn’t get…
Talk Radio – Communication Tool or Just Local Banter #nlpoli
International Association of Business Communicators (Newfoundland and Labrador) presents a professional development luncheon: According to Statistics Canada (2007), Newfoundlanders and Labradorians listen to more talk radio than any other provincial…
Time for an Abstract Post
With all the last few posts being so specific, I think it’s time we stumbled a little into the abstract for a bit. (I’ve tried to write a few specific…
Bradley Manning Finally Catches a Break
If the U.S. government wants the book thrown at Bradley Manning for leaking government communications to WikiLeaks, it’ll have to dot the i’s and cross the t’s. The US government…
Backanded Compliments and Unintended Comic Relief
Free Dominion has evolved. No, really. Let us explain. There was a time, in spite of any evidence to support the claim, that some members accused us of supporting violence…
5842…Oprah In Ottawa Quote Of The Night
I couldn’t be there. Not enough pictures of Liz the Two in my wallet. My friend was though. Rachel Décoste «I don’t buy lottery tickets because it would piss people…
5841…Canuck Kids Number One At Getting High
Yessir that’s Stephen Harper’s Canada. The Canadian Press dropped a UNICEF report that The Globe and Mail had in today’s edition and it indicated that out of the 29 first…
5840…Bye Bye Beatles
It was on this very day in 1970 that Paul McCartney announced that his musical ensemble, The Beatles, were packing it in. We tend to think they were around forever…
Peter Kent Didn’t Age Well
Kent looks the same… but his mind has left him. Amazing CBC coverage of climate change from the early 1980s. Bob McDonald, Peter Kent, and others make appearances: Attention Washington:…