The Open Road
Right now, the government awards road-building contracts to large construction companies. But imagine the government decided to end these contracts, and to simply grant anyone who wanted to build a…
June 2013
Frackademia: University of Tennessee Set to Lease Forest For Fracking, Enriching Governor’s Family
8,600 acres of the Cumberland Forest owned by University of Tennessee-Knoxville will be leased off to the oil and gas industry this August in a new form of “frackademia” –…
Canada’s Political Party Leader’s Have To Much Power!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The politics of the day are ringing in some major truths. One of the most serious is the centralised top down control grasped so firmly…
Fearless Summer Heats Up
* There have been five arrests this week of people protesting the presence of SWN Resources Canada on traditional Mi’kmaq territory in New Brunswick. The protests are being led by…
Canada’s Energy Strategy: Not Just a Federal-Provincial Issue
Last month, three Canadian premiers provided a public update on interprovincial efforts to develop a national energy strategy. While their update on the Council of the Federation’s plans opened a…
Dogs and Cats are Great for Your Health
Having a pet cat or dog is beneficial for your health, with dog owners seeing huge decreases of heart problems. A pet can lower blood pressure and cholesterol by their…
After Miracle Victory in 2010, Nenshi Almost Unbeatable in 2013
Nenshi could come out as an Argos fan and still win the next election in a cakewalk. I expect this will be my only blog post on the 2013 Calgary…
News on the Radio
One of the best songs ever invented, on the Best Day of the Year. The Captain and I have palindromic ages this year.
6129…Peter MacKay Lies To Vet
Imagine a Tory who lies. In public. This time it is Defense Minister Peter MacKay. CTV tells that “An injured Canadian soldier who testified about his struggle for health benefits…
6128…Wal-Mart Great Corp Citizen
At least they are in your capital. I heard this story on 580CFRA, the Ottawa news-talker and read a piece about it in The Ottawa Citizen too. Here’s the deal.…
House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer Decides To Uphold And Reward Ongoing Conservative Party Electoral Misdeeds
Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons, is WRONG to let two Conservative ‘candidates’ sit in the House of Commons in spite of an Elections Canada ruling that they…
Why Americans Seem So Unconcerned about Megadata and Their Telephone and Email Records
The Pew Institute has just released a poll showing that a good majority of Americans don’t have a problem with what the US government has been doing with the logs…
Haircuts and highlights: Conservative MP Eve Adams on accountability
I hate to state the obvious, but the Conservative Party of Canada has some problems right now. There are very few things the average Joe dislikes more than people who…
Youth sentences relevant for adult mandatory minimum calculation
R. v. Able, 2013 ONCA 385 holds that a youth sentence can be applicable in determining the mandatory minimum penalty under s. 95(2) of the Criminal Code: The respondent, on…
My good friend Jerry Agar
…has apparently unburdened himself of a few opinions about Yours Truly on Newstalk 1010. Anyone know where a reliable transcript/tape may be found? You know why.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Deborah Gyapong discusses CMA President Anna Reid’s presentation to the federal All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus, with the positive response of MPs from all…
June 11: Liars
Page one of the TandT has the headline “Report touts shale gas”. It is a hymn of praise to shale gas prepared by (surprise, surprise) the New Brunswick Business Council.…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, June 11, 2013: The Irrationality of Giving Up This Much Liberty to Fight Terror Ontario PC labour…
… if I hear one more bloody Conservative say .. ‘We Support The Troops’ ..
Injured soldier who testified about struggles given discharge notice “An injured Canadian soldier who testified about his struggle for health benefits has been notified that he will be discharged in…
Fearless photography explores the Egyption women of the revolution
The woman in a red dress being blasted by pepper spray in Gezi Park, Istanbul, is not an anomaly. Women are on the front lines of Turkey’s protest movement and…