140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 23, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 23, 2013: REMINDER: Toronto Law Blogger Meetup: Thursday May 23, 2013, 7:00 p.m. at P.J. O’Brien’s…
May 2013
New column day
Here, featuring my suggestion to minimize the damage done by the Senate even if constitutional change isn’t on the table. The column was intended largely to respond to the camp…
Falling EI Benefits Amid Rising Unemployment
Statistics Canada reported today that 5,200 fewer Canadians received Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in March, even though 6,800 more Canadians filed EI claims. The Labour Force Survey indicates that 42,100…
Michael Corleone In Ottawa
Stephen Harper says he knew nothing about Nigel’s Wright’s cheque to Mike Duffy. That’s probably true. But Harper’s plea of ignorance does not preclude his giving Wright instructions to make…
FOIA Facts 4 – George Mason Takes The Money And Breaks The Rules
New Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) replies (1, 2, and 3) expose worse misbehavior at George Mason University. GMU badly mishandled simple plagiarism complaints, including one on a Federally-funded paper,…
Remembrances Of Things Past (A.K.A. Harper’s Empty Promises, A.K.A Lies)
I trust these pictorial efforts speak for themselves: H/t Piper McKinnon – Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper H/t The Toronto Star Recommend this Post
écoHackMTL Launches today!
It’s been a long time in the works, but my latest project: écoHackMTL has its official launch today! Cities are getting smarter, greener, and more open. But the challenges of…
écoHackMTL Launches today!
It's been a long time in the works, but my latest project: écoHackMTL has its official launch today! Cities are getting smarter, greener, and more open. But the challenges of…
écoHackMTL Launches today!
It’s been a long time in the works, but my latest project: écoHackMTL has its official launch today! Cities are getting smarter, greener, and more open. But the challenges of…
Not exactly the spotlight we want in Canada
Canada sure has been in the news a lot of late. Unfortunately, it’s about the wrong reasons. The Senate expenses scandal and the subsequent resignation of Nigel Wright made the…
Blake meets Zathir [excerpt from The Fridgularity]
Author’s note: here’s another quick hit from The Fridgularity, which is still available for 99¢ in May. Not much needed to introduce this one, except to say that the…
Beth and Expenses #nlpoli #cdnpoli
All this talk of Senator Beth Marshall and her hefty annual stipend for chairing a committee that has met once in two years brings to mind the good senator’s role…
Canada Politics News: Thursday Morning Recap
Canada politics news: Thursday morning recap: Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Senate. Senate expenses scandal. Sen. Mike Duffy. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Conservatives. A few of the dominant news issues/topics on…
Report gives Manitoba’s invisible migrant farm workers a voice
They come to Manitoba each summer under Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program to work on farms and nurseries. And they’re invisible. Now a new report by the Migrant Worker Solidarity…
Stephen Harper and the Great Peruvian Apology
Well it took a long time, and he had to travel all the way to Peru, before he finally agreed to talk to the media about the sordid Senate scandal.But…
Viva Con! Hasta la Victoria Siempre con Conrad – putting the ‘cross’ back in Crossharbour!
Lady Black and Lord Black of Crossharbour contemplate the future of our fair Dominion, or something. Below: The real Conrad Black, in happier times, lectures a gangrenous limb as his…
On the Senate Expenses Scandal
I’m sure you’re probably aware, but I’ll give you a run down on the latest Conservative scandal. Stephen Harper has a habit of appointing extremely disappointing Senators including Mike Duffy,…
Mike Duffy & Why An Elected Senate Would Have Made This Worse
Nobody really thinks Senator Mike Duffy received $90,000 in return for some political favour, but that public perception would most certainly change if he and every other Senator faced regular…
Mike Duffy & Why An Elected Senate Would Have Made This Worse
Nobody really thinks Senator Mike Duffy received $90,000 in return for some political favour, but that public perception would most certainly change if he and every other Senator faced regular…