FREE CBC from Harper Conservatives political interference
By: Friends of Canadian Broadcasting | Press Release: OTTAWA, May 8, 2013 – No public broadcaster in any free and democratic country anywhere in the world faces political interference with…
May 2013
Too Stupid for Satire?
Is political satire too risky for American consumption? Luke O’Neil argues in The New Republic that fake news has to go. Did you hear the one about the racist NRA…
NDP demands action on missing $3.1 billion in anti-terrorism funding
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Last week, the Auditor General reported that the Harper Conservatives can’t account for $3.1 billion of the $12.9 billion allocated to the Public…
No Warts, No Boils – Yet
No boils. Not a wart to be seen. I was a little worried about what I might discover when I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror this morning. Yesterday…
May 10: Let’s start with booze….and then see why New Brunswickers are passive….
There’s a popular belief in Canada and the US that heavy drinking of alcohol actually began with the passage of prohibition. Not true. Canadians and Americans were heavy drinkers up…
UN must challenge Canada’s complicity in mining’s human rights abuses
Canada is due for review at the UN human rights council – abuses by its mining companies must not be overlooked By: Meera Karunananthan | The Guardian (UK), Published on…
Hearsay admissible in Child Welfare matters only if a traditional exception or principled approach applies
Nunavut (Director of Child and Family Services) v. S.Q. and L.K., 2013 NUCJ 05, released a few moments ago holds that the hearsay rule applies to child welfare cases in…
Rolling The Dice: CO2 Concentration Hits Record High Amid Global Inaction On Climate Change
Via The Guardian: The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached 399.72 parts per million (ppm) and is likely to pass the symbolically important 400ppm level for the…
"Untermensch" Enters the American Right’s Political Dialogue
The Heritage Institute – neo-conservative America’s premier think tank – is warning Americans that Hispanics are way too intellectually inferior to be accorded U.S. citizenship. In High German I think…
All for show
Predictably, the Cons are running through their Rolodex of excuses as to why they’re spending public money on partisan media monitoring – with the answer being that they want to…
What Must Prince Charles Think of Canada’s Prince of Darkness?
If there’s one bunch of Canadians who adore the monarchy it has to be Conservatives. That’s why it was no end of fun to see the Royal next in line…
ConCalls: No Robo #RoboCon #cdnpoli
Good news on the RoboCon front: A team of talented, non-political-party-aligned Canadians is working to notify masses of people of the piles of evidence detailing the largest election fraud scheme…
A New Generation Discovers Robert Nelson
Robert Nelson has new fans! The leader of the 1838 phase of Lower Canada’s Rebellion and president of the Republic of Lower Canada has his own page and song produced…
An Embarrassment To All of Us
Like the dotty uncle no one wants to invite to family dinners anymore because of his wildly inappropriate comments, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is fast becoming an international persona…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Yes, it’s for the best that some of Canada’s pre-eminent scientists are offering to walk Joe Oliver through the realities of climate change.…
Labour Force Participation Below Two-Thirds
This morning, Statistics Canada reported an apparently decent month of data for April, with a modest increase in employment, all full-time and all in paid positions rather than self-employment. Despite…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, May 10, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, May 10, 2013: And the most trusted judge in America is….Judge Judy! Once a lawyer, always a…
Big Steve Is Watching You
One wonders if the Harper caucus has any backbone at all. We know that Big Steve has spent taxpayer money keeping an eye on his own MPs: Opposition parties accused…
You know, I think it should be okay to climb a tree
…but, apparently, it has become a criminal offence in Toronto. Assaulting a kid with developmental issues, and breaking his collarbone, meanwhile – that should be illegal.
Into Wine: New Book by Olivier Magny Explores Terroirism, Soil Health and More
This is a guest post by French sommelier Olivier Magny, author of the new book, Into Wine: An Invitation to Pleasure. When you like wine, and start to learn more…