Orwellian Governance in the Canadian Context
If this blog is to revive I want to do it systemically and thematically around supporting the return to democracy through enlightened progressive citizen engagement. My friend Allan Gregg recently…
May 2013
A Tale of Two Parliaments: A Stench of Arrogance and Greed
Who shall guard the guards? Our parliament belongs to the citizens, just as the parliament of the UK belongs to British citizens. And when our representatives in our parliaments forget…
Ken Chapman 2013-05-27 18:54:00
Is it time to revive this blog? I will be publishing on oil sands issues as an owner of the asset at oilsandsken.com.Is there another theme that this blog could…
Ken Chapman 2013-05-27 18:54:00
Is it time to revive this blog? I will be publishing on oil sands issues as an owner of the asset at oilsandsken.com. Is there another theme that this blog…
Awesome Simple Open Data use case – Welcome Wagon for New Community Businesses
A few weeks ago I was at an event in Victoria, British Columbia at event where people were discussing the possibilities, challenges and risk of open data. During the conversation,…
Odd How Peter Van Loan Has Gone Into Hiding
Peter Van Loan has no answers Ever since the Mike Duffy the imbroglio erupted, Peter Van Loan has gone into hiding on the subject of the entitled Senator. Let’s explore…
Top 5 environmental promises from Premier Christy Clark
Monday, May 27, 2013 Like many, I did not see Premier Christy Clark’s surprise majority win coming. The environmental community, West Coast Environmental Law included, saw some of the other…
Top 5 environmental promises from Premier Christie Clark
Monday, May 27, 2013 Like many, I did not see Premier Christie Clark’s surprise majority win coming. The environmental community, West Coast Environmental Law included, saw some of the other…
There is Another Copy Of The Rob Ford Tape
So says Star Reporter Robyn Doolittle. Maybe more than one. And the copy (or one of them) is on a device located somewhere away from the city. And its going…
Review (and a personal retrospective) – Behind the Candelabra
With only the most scant help from Google I have been trying to remember more about my personal, professional meeting with Liberace (“Please, call me Lee.”) It was some time…
cantabria to gernika and bilbao, part 2
In the Guggenheim, we took audioguides as a substitute for a tour of the building, which in this season are only in Spanish. The audioguide is included with admission, and…
Depression grips Conservative caucus
“Caucus is horrifically depressed. They are more depressed than angry,” said one Conservative insider, who did not want to be identified. “It’s hurting the government, it’s a distraction. It’s hurting…
Ford Scandal on Crack
Gawker has published an account that supposedly links the controversial video said to show Toronto mayor Rob Ford with drug dealers smoking crack with the murder of an individual who…
More of Ford’s staff are abandoning…
… Good Ship Ford
Curtailing cross examination on credibility only rarely
R. v. R.D., 2013 ONCA 343 holds: Second, although a trial judge has a responsibility to protect a witness from harassing, repetitive or irrelevant cross-examination, defence counsel’s cross-examination of the…
Drug benefits vulnerable for even those receiving the best plans — White
OTTAWA – Julie White has a grown son who lives in Toronto and suffers from a condition that produces debilitating migraines one to three times per week. Representing the Congress…
6059…Rob Ford For Mayor 2014
In my view no matter what happens regarding the video, the hash vending by his brother, showing up pinned at public events, if Rob Ford runs for reelection in 2014,…
Gawker less than $5K from goal in Rob Ford Crackstarter campaign
…and Ford’s two most-senior comms aides resign. All he has left are the young men who pass out fridge magnets at funerals, apparently.