NEWS FLASHBACK!!! Conservative MP blows by Hill security check
A little retro story for our Conservative friends … especially those with conveniently short term memory …. Conservative MP blows by Hill security check Tory MP Pierre Poilievre is in…
June 2013
Rafe: Site C Dam, LNG a Bad Deal for British Columbians
Premier Clark has already designated the power from proposed Site C Dam for energy intensive Liquefied Natural Gas – and it is here we descend into the world of madness.…
But MacKay Is A Man of His Word, Isn’t He?*
So I am sure there is nothing to get alarmed about with this revelation. * Well, I suppose some would disagree. Recommend this Post
Thomas Mulcair Feels Wrath Of Rookie Gate Attendant On Parliament Hill ….
It’s sort of comical watching the Conservatives go through contortions trying to equate difficulties the Leader of the Official Opposition experienced this morning with a new employee (working the gate…
Do the Cons support free enterprise, or not?
As Canada gets ever closer to signing a free trade and labour agreement with the European Union, where free enterprise is alive and well despite a much more comprehensive social…
Londoners arrested for protesting petrocrat Stephen Harper, tar sands
By: Obert Madondo Twitter: @Obiemad Activists outside the British Parliament protest Canada’s tar sands. (Photo: Facebook/Idle No More UK Solidarity Action) Environmental activists protesting “petrocrat” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper…
Recreating Eden 2013-06-13 14:11:00
Why don’t people learn to turn the sound down? Once again highly amplified music is making the news around here: a nearby elementary school got a fine for refusing to…
ConCalls: Elections Canada Keeping Secret Files Illegally
Sixth Estate pointed this out long ago, but CBC is starting to realize the pattern where Elections Canada is breaking the law, and denying the public (and media) access to…
Rafe Mair Rakes BC NDP Energy Critic John Horgan Over The Coals
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Rafe Mair, never one to bring flowers to a knife fight has targeted BC NDP MLA John Horgan, for his part in losing the provincial election and…
Mayor On Crack?
…it’s a punk rock video, seen by thousands! And, now, it’s a story reported by not just the Toronto Star and Gawker – now no less than CTV is saying…
#RobFordLooksAtThings – 0009
Rob Looks at being so very very very FUCKED! I am so Fucked MORE RobFordLooksAtThings
What Traffic Lights Say About the Future of Regulation
I have a piece up on TechPresident about some crazy regulations that took place in Florida that put citizens at greater risk all so the state and local governments can…
Recent Offerings from the Tweet of God
Imagine if God had a Twitter account. Apparently He does! From it he dispenses divine observations and wisdom to we mere mortals. Here are a few of His latest offerings:I…
Test for discrimination
Peel Law Association v. Pieters, 2013 ONCA 396 holds: The Divisional Court set out the following test for discrimination. The Court said: In order to prove a prima facie case…
As Easy As 1-2-3
Something good happened at Toronto City Hall this week. I know, I know. I’m as surprised as you are. Councillors vote to seek end of ‘first past the post’ system…
Rafe Mair Does Not Bring Flowers To Knife Fights!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Rafe’s latest post on the Common Sense Canadian is a tough swallow for many NDP loyalists and not all that comforting to MLA John Horgan.…
Kinder Morgan Oil Pipe Spills
CALGARY – The National Energy Board (NEB or Board) is responding to a crude oil release on the TransMountain Pipeline southwest of Merritt, BC owned and operated by Kinder Morgan…
Among OECD, Only Mexico has fewer per capita hospital beds than Ontario
There are some that would like to portray labour and many of our community partners as being reactionary towards the shift of services from hospital to the community. The reality…
June 13: Ignorance? Lying? Corrupted?
These three are a running theme for today’s blog. First, a public policy expert is NOT an expert on what public policy should be. He or she is an expert…