Check Out Time
Stephen Harper confirmed yesterday that he intends to run for re-election in 2015. Michael Harris at ipolitics gives ten reasons why Harper should retire. Consider three of Harris’ reasons: First,…
August 2013
Heavy-handed Heather hypes Torstar.
Having usually enjoyed Heather Mallick’s writing in the Toronto Star, there was some consternation the other day when reading her piece extolling Torstar’s electronic output. While you never blame the…
Yes, criminal charges ought not be driven by public pressure — but this is the the Federal Government’s current policy — so it’s hardly surprising it applies to the Sammy Yatim case…
But appeasing the families of victims, however terrific they may be; quieting the howling mob, however loud their cries; playing to the changing favourites of the public gallery, however much…
Sun Media Photo Editor Sacked?
In a cost-saving move, pics will be crowd-sourced to random guy carrying smart-phone. No. That last bit is untrue. So far.
Choosing Not To Know
An excellent TED talk on willful blindness. The speaker, Margaret Heffernan, doesn’t mention climate change, but everything she discusses applies to the majority of attitudes toward this urgent situation.
Another job and a business case #nlpoli
One Conservative Kathy gave Ross Reid a new job recently. Last January, your humble e-scribbler had another job in mind for Reid. Kathy came really close. Right floor. Wrong office.…
What Lessons Canada’s Green Party Can Learn for 2015 from the Australian Greens in 2013
In the heat of a federal election campaign, an unelected and unaccountable group of television media heads makes a decision about which Party Leaders to invite to the televised leader’s…
It’s Here – Earth Overshoot Day, This Year 20 August, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, marks Earth Overshoot Day for 2013. This is not a record to celebrate. It tells us that, in under eight months, mankind exhausts an entire annual supply…
Not Again!
I just got back into town and heard the news. I have a simple message for our gutless ‘Prime Minister’: Recommend this Post
Stephen Harper’s Cowardly Prorogation Move
Well I told you last night he was trying to run for cover.Trying to run away from all the sordid scandals dragging down his corrupt Con regime.And today he proved…
Prorogue time again.
So our Maximum Leader Stephen Harper had decided to hit the reset switch on parliament again. This time, despite the crowing on the internet, the timing is similar to prorogations…
We’re not buying it
Canada’s price-gouging Big Three telecom giants are running scared and they’re spending big money to mislead Canadians.1 Ads targeting you are popping up all over Canada. But Canadians aren’t buying…
Compound interest appropriate for breach of trust damages
Bronson v. Hewitt, 2013 BCCA 367: At para. 17 of his supplementary endorsement, the motion judge explained why he awarded compound interest: Courts of equity have always exercised the power…
Stephen Harper Proroguing Parliament “To Avoid Accountability”
The opposition says PM Stephen Harper is proroguing Parliament to kill a tumultuous session that saw his Conservative government rocked by the Senate expense scandal. The post Stephen Harper Proroguing…
In Tuesday’s Sun: is “gay conservative” conjunctive or disjunctive?
Circa 1977 at my Calgary Catholic high school, most of my friends — charter members of the drama/music/poetry/punk rock subculture — were gay. So, even in arch-conservative Calgary, being gay…
I wonder if this is still true?
If any of you have ever looked at your FBI file, you discover that intelligence agencies in general are extremely incompetent. That’s one of the reasons why there are so…
Undoing democracy democratically
As the Egyptian military brutally dismantles democracy in their country, other losses of democracy tend to pale in comparison. Yet when they involve people electing to disband their own democracy,…
Vancouver Island Could Become Canada’s 11th Province
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The concept of Vancouver Island going its’ own way as Canada’s 11th province is being floated once again. Separated by land, sea and air many Islander’s think…