Harper’s homeboy, Hudak.
Ontario television viewers saw a new attack advertisement the other day. It looked like another attack advertisement by the Conservatives. And it was. It was just not by the federal…
June 2013
Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
Senator Colin Kenny has written an important op-ed in this morning’s Toronto Star. The central thrust of the piece is that the Harper government’s approach to foreign aid is sheer…
Shh! Don’t Ask!
I have to confess to feeling a small measure of guilt each time I reproduce someone else’s words with little editorializing on my part. Yet my ego is sufficiently robust…
Abuse of power in public office
Gardner v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 ONCA 423 holds: Although Gardner has alleged several causes of action in her pleading, her principal claim is for abuse of power or misfeasance…
The Zen of Proofreading
Sponsored post note: I used Grammarly to grammar check this post, because my cybernetic monkey helpers were away at pirate camp. I remember a couple of things about my study…
Fringe Review: Chesterfield
I won 2 tickets from Apt. 613 to see Chesterfield at Fringe Fest, along with a gift certificate for a ZaZaZa pizza! We haven’t eaten the pizza yet, but we…
Does It Come With A Free Bowl Of Soup?
TERRACE, B.C. – The equity offer from Northern Gateway to aboriginal groups along the route of a controversial oil pipeline would amount to as little as $70,000 a year for…
The Year of Living Dubiously #nlpoli
Conflict of interest is great thing to deal when there is a chance of stopping it or dealing with it, not six or seven years later. Back in 2006, conflict…
The Wonderful Saving of Far Enough Farm
Two years ago I first told you the story of Far Enough Farm, the beautiful little hobby farm on the Toronto Islands. A gentle story book place if ever there…
Aided by WikiLeaks, NSA whistleblower Snowden leaves Hong Kong, heads for asylum
By: Obert Madondo Twitter: @Obiemad With WikiLeaks’ aid, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden left Hong Kong over the weekend and landed in Moscow en route to asylum in a third country.…
6180…Happy Jean Baptiste Day
Amazing innit that Quebec would have a different National Day than the Rest of Canada. July 1st of course is moving day. Viva La Belle. WFDS
2nd Toronto Pride Week LGBT Short Film Festival launches Monday
After a very successful inaugural run in 2012, I’m very proud to be organizing the Canadian Media Guild’s 2nd Toronto Pride Week LGBT Short Film Festival, which starts tomorrow. I’ve…
6179…Laurel Broten Says Good Bye
CFRA, among others, reports presently that Ontario’s minister for Intergovernmental Affairs, is packing it in July 2. That’s four who have opted out of Premier Wynne’s caucus to date. WFDS
Where’s Jason Kenney lately?
He’s usually right in the middle of every Conservative calamity from chastising Canada for standing firm against Bush’s war to singling out which immigrants he wants in our or out…
Edward Snowden, Freedom and the Media’s Manufacture of Meaning
There is no doubt there is a need for fear, or at least anxiety, over our government’s secret intrusion into our online personal lives. Yes the Government of Canada too,…
Edward Snowden, Freedom and the Media’s Manufacture of Meaning
There is no doubt there is a need for fear, or at least anxiety, over our government's secret intrusion into our online personal lives. Yes the Government of Canada too,…
Edward Snowden, Freedom and the Media’s Manufacture of Meaning
There is no doubt there is a need for fear, or at least anxiety, over our government’s secret intrusion into our online personal lives. Yes the Government of Canada too,…
An Updated Charter for Canada in the 21st Century
Maybe it’s time to treat Pierre Trudeau’s, and all Canadians’, Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a work in progress to be updated periodically but only for the purposes of…