6184…Rob Ford In Trouble Again
This time the story comes from CBC who have revealed that hizzonner was friends with one of the frequent callers to his Sunday afternoon radio show on CFRB. “CBC News…
This time the story comes from CBC who have revealed that hizzonner was friends with one of the frequent callers to his Sunday afternoon radio show on CFRB. “CBC News…
The Prime Minister’s Office is a partisan waste of taxpayer money. $10M a year goes there to die. Huffington Post uncovered the PMO coordination of the silly protest aimed at…
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released my policy brief (PDF) on Saskatchewan employment growth. It is covered on the front pages of today’s Regina Leader-Post and Saskatoon StarPhoenix…
The F-35’s reputation for being over-priced, under-performing and overdue is etched in stone at this point. For an aircraft that’s been in development for a dozen years, no one still…
Nelson Mandela For decades after the intrusive CIA fingered Nelson Mandela, the terrorist was imprisoned in South Africa. In spite of his incarceration he never gave up hope. Mandela gained…
While many a blogger and journalist blame the PMO for the army of unethical rats for whom integrity and ethics take a backseat to winning (Apathy is Boring!), it is…
A letter of mine found its way into the Vancouver Sun today. This one comes in response to a piece last week by Senator Mobina Jaffer about the role of…
It’s not like the Conservative ranks, federal and provincial, are short of miscreants who deserve a long stretch behind bars. Yesterday the fellow who was in command on the bridge…
“This is Pacific Northwest U.S. weather we’re getting and we’re not built for it. We didn’t design our cities, our floodways, our flood maps, anything for this. ” – John…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Thomas Walkom discusses how a continued economic slump is combining with the Cons’ economic policies to destroy secure jobs in favour of…
By now most people have heard what a carbon footprint is, but have you heard about your gloabl ‘handprint‘? The notion is that it’s the opposite of a negative counter…
Andy Scott With A Megaphone Supporting Autism Cause with Andrew Kavchak Canada has lost an autism champion with the passing this morning of former Fredericton MP Andy Scott. In a…
The New York Times has a fascinating video this morning about a solar-powered ship visiting New York. The Turanor Planetsolar circumnavigated the globe last year, and is now following the…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, June 25, 2013: Big Law’s Troubling Trajectory 2013 Pacific Legal Technology Conference goes National Former Gawker interns…
This made me laugh. Even more because of this. And this.
The Tories have a lot of problems these days. From Harper’s Chief of Staff writing an ill-advised (and now subject to an ongoing RCMP investigation) $90K cheque to a senator…
April Reign Gizmodo has an article on designs that differ from the usual burial experience. Some are wonderful, the wind chime I’m not as sure about. April Reign – In…
The bright and shiny new Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health has opened in St. Thomas with much fanfare and more than a few problems. The new building may “fight…
It is possible to state that presently, open data is at its high water mark in the Government of Canada. Data.gc.ca has been refreshed, more importantly, the government has signed…
At the age of 58, former MP Andy Scott has passed away after a battle with cancer. Very sad news. He was a very hardworking MP, dedicated to helping the…