Marois bares Quebec bigotry.
Bigotry in Quebec has deep roots. In the past week, Quebec Premier Pauline Marois has been testing those roots. Her planned ‘Charter of Quebec Values’ is nothing but a bigot’s…
August 2013
U.S healthcare and desperation
A 50 year old man holds up a bank and robs it for $1 and then waits for police. He did so to get medical treatment as prisons do provide…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Simon Enoch nicely challenges the City of Regina’s blind faith in “risk transfer” by pointing out how that concept has typically been applied…
U. S. : Forest fires and flooding
U.S. South-west has uncontrollable fires because of lack of rain and dry forests – millions of people are displaced. In the North-east there is too much rain and cities and…
The Anti-Harper
I’d like to make it clear at the start of this post that I have by no means been converted to the belief that Justin Trudeau would be an appropriate…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, August 26, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, August 26, 2013: Trump University Made False Claims, NY AG’s Lawsuit Says (Alan Feuer/New York Times) South…
Quiet Enjoyment is not limited to breaches of title or possession but it must be a breach made by the lessor or of those lawfully claiming under the lessor
In Kenny v Preen 1 QB 499, Pearson LJ in the Court of Appeal said (at 511): The implied covenant for quiet enjoyment is not an absolute covenant protecting a…
No Economic Geniuses
Scott Clark and Peter Devries write that the stated focus of Jim Flaherty’s seventh annual “national policy retreat” was job creation and economic growth. The Harper government likes to repeat…
INTERVIEW with Chrystia Freeland and why I’m supporting her for the federal Liberal Toronto Centre nomination
There has been a bit of press recently on the local battle for the Toronto Centre federal Liberal nomination to replace Bob Rae, much of it unfairly attacking the candidacy…
BP Launches Massive PR Campaign To Demonize Oil Spill Victims
BP, the oil giant that, along with Halliburton and Transocean, was responsible for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, is crying…
Thag do art!
Ever since he’d started making the cave paintings, Thag had noticed that the women in the Thunka Grunka clan had been looking at him differently. Perhaps it was his position…
Ernie does St. John’s
Ernie here. This is my third and final honeymoon post. Then I’ll turn the blog back over to Zoom, and I’ll go back to sitting on the shelf with Bert.…
Our Children Shouldn’t Have To Sacrifice For Us
* After blogging about climate change from my perspective as a mom for nearly four years, I’m taking a hiatus from 350orbust. For more on this, check out my July…
Whither The Green Party Of Canada?
…the local Electoral District associations were largely formed to capitalise on the Revenue Sharing agreements between the Green Party`s head office, and the local electoral units. Any local riding that…
The Problem Described #nlpoli
One of the major factors affecting economic development in Newfoundland and Labrador is the literacy level of the population. If you want to see the extent of the problem in…
Stephen Harper and The Duckman Factor
It's funny eh? But when I saw this picture of Stephen Harper waddling over the frozen tundra, during his disastrous Great Escape Tour, I couldn't decide whether it was some…
The press gallery should be embarassed
Dr. Dawg discusses all the pearl-clutching and tut-tutting about the Li Xue Jiang incident at Harper’s press conference and also links to David Hill’s lengthy piece which explains how the…
Putting Lipstick On A Pig … (or) … How To Make Stephen Harper Look Like A Warm Caring Kinda Guy
I, for one, am not buying the spin that Postmedia’s Michael Den Tandt is trying to pass – that Stephen Harper is actually a kind, warm loving guy .. even…
In an elevator with One Direction
Earlier this month, this guy and I were in LA. We stayed at a hotel on Sunset Blvd. (not far from where I once lived twenty-some years ago) nicknamed the…