The temptation to raise negative judicial findings about a party in an unrelated case is strong but as today’s decision in Kay v. Caverson, 2013 ONCA 220 shows, perhaps risky:…
This week’s Friday Film Pick is a new 24-minute documentary produced by Motherboard and distributed by Vice Magazine, on 3D gun printing (video after jump). The film peaks into the…
The Globe and Mail’s Darren McGee reports that “Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal are three of the 10 worst cities for traffic congestion in North America, according to a new study.”…
Today is the LAST DAY to push back against Bell’s attempt to control more of our communication sources! Bell’s power grab for Astral Media would mean less choice for Canadians.…
To wit: From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his successor John Turner increased public spending as a share of GDP by 40%, while the…
The following is based on a talk at the Bring Your Boomers election forum on April 3 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, the fourth in a series of intergenerational…
Last week, I wrote a short history of the greenwashing campaign being waged by tar sands promoters, including (and especially) the Canadian and Alberta governments. It’s clear that as the…
Jennifer Pawluck, a 20 year old woman from Montreal, was taken into police custody yesterday and questioned after she posted a photo of a graffiti mural on her Instagram. The…
My friend Impudent Strumpet writes a series of posts that dispute the oft-repeated notion “money can’t buy happiness”. (Here’s an example.) I find this idea very thought-provoking. I’ve definitely subscribed…
This sort of thing, I cannot stand. The Globe argues the NDP should remove the clauses from the preamble of their constitution stating the basic tenets of socialism: goods and…
Solidarity against police repression in Montreal: We will not submit to the municipal by-law P-6 With this public declaration, we assert our opposition to by-law P-6: we will continue to…
It’s time to internalize the externalities of the fossil fuel industry. For far too long, the extremely high price we all pay in the pollution of our “commons” – air,…
Assorted content to end your week. – Frances Russell weighs in on the Cons’ continued contempt for democracy: The Conservatives under Stephen Harper are running an effective dictatorship. They believe…
April 4, 2013, Winnipeg: Opponents of the Reed Lake Mine in northern Manitoba confront HudBay Mineral’s officials. Photo: Paul S. Graham Opponents of Hudbay Mineral’s planned copper mine at Reed…
There is a news story in today’s TandT that is worth reading. There is an opinion column that is well worth reading. Most of the paper is, as usual, crap.…
Heavens – even Russia is more sensible than Canada when it comes to paid blood donations. As Health Canada takes a pause and organizes a roundtable on the issue in…
A pillar of Conservative and Right wing ideology is the belief that ‘tax cuts to the corporate sector will create jobs as these savings are re-invested in the economy.” #FAIL!!Stephen…
Murray Mandryk’s Wednesday column serves as a downright painful example of Monday morning quarterbacking – cherry-picking examples from seven decades of Saskatchewan governments to criticize “rash decisions” without recognizing the…
Once again, Popsicolor savages another image. Then into InkPad for some simple vectors. I suspect InkPad is capable of much more sophisticated work. Filed under: art Tagged: calico, Cat, standing
I’ve a piece in today’s Toronto Star ”Rules are no substitute for cultivating a culture of open government“ about the Information Commissioners decision to investigate the muzzling of Canadian scientists.…
