May 2013
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Sprung cats.
What Does This Article Tell Us About "Canada"?
Today, I want to do an experiment. Back in January, I wrote a post beginning the work of thinking through what it means to write (about) “Canada” in some of…
5963…It Takes So Little
To shut a town down. In sleepy little Ottawa today, the business district, Rideau Centre and Parliamentary area were all shut down or slowed down by the simple threat of…
Ontario must defy unreasonable WTO ruling against Green Energy Act
By: Council of Canadians | Press Release: TORONTO, May 6, 2013 – The Council of Canadians is extremely disappointed by reports that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has upheld a…
68 Years Ago Today – VE Day (Victory in Europe) – May 7, 1945 … Regina, Saskatchewan ..
George Baker displays The Regina Leader-Post headline declaring “Victory,” May 7, 1945 in front of old Regina City Hall on corner of 11th Avenue & Rose Street. Street celebration on…
BC Election Takes Me Back
Hendrix. Magic mushrooms. NDP candidates denounced as Chinese commies. Man it brings back the old days…. Except that when I was coming of age the whole “NDPer is a commie!”…
West Coast Environmental Law joins citizens delegation at Enbridge’s annual meeting of shareholders
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 I’m excited to be heading to the Enbridge AGM in Calgary on May 8 on behalf of West Coast. I’ll be accompanying a diverse group of…
West Coast Environmental Law joins citizens delegation at Enbridge’s annual meeting of shareholders
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 I’m excited to be heading to the Enbridge AGM in Calgary on May 8 on behalf of West Coast. I’ll be accompanying a diverse group of…
You can stop this man from criminalizing our Internet
Michael Froman has just been appointed chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership—an international agreement that could criminalize many everyday uses of the Internet. If you haven’t already, send him a…
To Tiny Bhutan, “Progress” Means Happiness, Not GDP
At a 1972 international conference in India, a reporter asked Bhutan’s king about his country’s gross national product – a measure of economic activity. His response was semi-facetious: He said…
An Opinion poll actually worth noting: Conservative Attack ads emphatically are NOT working.
Opinion polls can be extremely significant when they are used properly. When you are quantifying what things are of interest to specific people, you can garner useful actionable data, useful…
Shorter Corporations on Temporary Foreign Workers:
“We’ve been lying all this time; turns out free markets don’t work after all.” Well I’m glad we finally agree. Let’s remind them of that every time from now on…
BC gets nasty – and I like it!
The NDP should’ve listened to me. Best part, though, is this Gordon Wilson quote: “Some New Democrats are really mad and let me know it,” Wilson told me Monday. “I…
RE: Fuel Freedom, Ending our oil addiction
A video was sent to me by an organization ‘Fuel Freedom’ which seems like a worthy initiative to break the hold on the oil monopoly. However, in the interest of…
In Vancouver? Join us for a Copyright Cabaret with Kai Nagata and FreshMedia
Vancouverites have an exciting opportunity to reimagine copyright at an event taking place on Thursday, May 16. Remix This: A Copyright Cabaret has been organized by FreshMedia (a project of…
In Vancouver? Join us for a Copyright Cabaret with Kai Nagata and FreshMedia
Vancouverites have an exciting opportunity to reimagine copyright at an event taking place on Thursday, May 16. Remix This: A Copyright Cabaret has been organized by FreshMedia (a project of…
Harper Conservatives Nuked More Than 15,000 Public Service Jobs in 2012
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: A report tabled in the House of Commons last Friday reveals that the Harper Conservatives nuked more than 15,000 public service jobs last…
Ontario Libs approvingly quote Sid Ryan?
…never would’ve believed it, until I saw it with my own eyes. The guy who leads an organization that comes up with resolutions the Jewish community regard as anti-Semitic? Seriously,…
Crown may not refuse stipulations to gain tactical advantage
R v. Procter (1991), 11 C.R. (4th) 200, 69 C.C.C. (3d) 436 (Man. C.A.) is a useful source for the proposition that the Crown may not refuse stipulations for the…