How much is $3.1 billion?
It’s hard to comprehend a figure like $3.1 billion. Here’s some examples of what us ordinary Canadian mortals could buy if we had this amount of money to spend: 62…
May 2013
If you eat food, you should read Salt Sugar Fat.
If you read just one book this year, it should be Salt Sugar Fat. And if you read only one book this year, you really should read a lot more.…
Andrew Coyne’s Drive-by Attack on “Big Government”
Update: Andrew has suggested to me that it is unfair to judge the column by the title, since he didn’t write it, which is true, although it strikes me that…
Marc Garneau is a Canadian Hero
Marc Garneau is a Canadian hero. As one of the first Canadian astronauts in space, and a former President of the Canadian Space Agency, he’s made his mark on Canada’s…
Christy Clark’s BC Liberals Are Being Economic with Accuracy
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger We have passed the halfway point of BC Election 13 and it feels that we are setting some sort of record when it comes to…
5943…Ugliest Sports Unis Ever In Ottawa
Ottawa Country, Ohio. Len Berman’s That’s Sports alerted me to these babies that were cobbled together for a Star Wars promotion. Those are the Toledo Mud Hens who are/were MASH’s…
Montreal Police Violated Protesters’ Rights During Student Protests, Says Report
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: The Montreal Police violated the rights of protesters during the 2012 student protests, says a new 47-page report based on 384 witness accounts.…
Conservatives attack on unions a threat to shared prosperity in Canada, says Broadbent Institute
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: The right-wing’s regressive anti-union rhetoric and U.S.-styled attacks on the labour movement threatens Canada’s prosperity, says a report recently released by the progressive…
Larry Joy, Sr., R.I.P.
Larry Joy, Dad to my amazing, incredible sister-in-law Barb, passed away yesterday. He was a great Thunder Bay Liberal, and such a great guy. He will be greatly missed by…
That was then, this is now, etc.
Early morning: ”Ontario rethinking Toronto region’s $34-billion transit plan” Late morning: “Statement from the Minister of Transportation on The Big Move“
Cameras Capture How Safely Cyclists Cruise
It’s clear that car drivers don’t comprehend cyclists, and often I hear drivers complain that bicyclists aren’t safe and tend to be “dangerous” on the road. It turns out that…
Tax-Time Assessment
Today at SlawTips, I suggest a checklist of questions for lawyers to ponder about their firms’ bookkeeping and accounting processes, with a view to making tax-day 2014 a bit more…
May 2: ???????
It’s a big story, right up there on page 1 with the biggest, blackest headline of the page, “Doctors urged to oppose lawsuit”. To story arises because New Brunswick’s doctors…
The Dominoes of Democracy
Cause and effect. Sometimes the relationship is obvious, as in, for example, a cigarette left smoldering on a couch and the subsequent conflagration that destroys a house. Other times, to…
Election lexicon
On the way in this morning, Son One and I were listening to a CBC Radio reporter I really like. At one point, he talked about Ontario being “plunged into…
Cat hears a can-opener
What was the cat thinking? That was hard. That casually drawn, too large left ear needed an ‘explanation’. And thanks to Delft for pointing the missing essentials! Whew. Filed under:…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ed Broadbent takes a look at how our tax system can combat inequality in more ways than one: The Broadbent Institute is…
In Alberta, the billionaire walks and the working man gets the shaft.
TweetThe billionaire walks… There was little surprise among the cynical pundit class yesterday as Elections Alberta announced that it had found billionaire Daryl Katz and his Katz Group broke no…
New column day
Here, on how increasing inequality at the top of the income spectrum is creating a real disparity in opportunity affecting both middle-class and lower-income children. For further reading, see Sean…