Chow for mayor? Don’t bet on it.
The pollsters are telling us that Olivia Chow can be mayor of Toronto after the next municipal election—more than a year from now. The only problem is that the polls…
September 2013
If we had ranked ballot in 2011, Harper would be gone
Many Canadians are unaware of how ridiculous our voting system is. We award seats to minority candidates and unfettered power to minority parties. This often saddles voters with the opposite…
Generation Y: between posting photos to Facebook showing how fabulous you are, please read this
It’s brilliant. I love the use of funny graphics (although not the crypto-racist “gypsy” designation, dating one of the Romani people, as I do). Personally, I acknowledge that I had…
Sept. 19: Ain’t never seen nuthin’ like it – not since Dr. Goebbels was Hitler’s news chief…
First, I’m sorry that my computer is ignoring my paragraph structure, creating long strings of sentences. I’ll try to correct it with more spacing. The big headline on p. 1…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Carol Goar points out why Canada’s EI system is running surpluses (contrary to all parties’ intentions) – and notes that the result…
Nepal: Colourful religious rituals
GIRLS’ WORSHIP: Nepalese girls wore traditional attire as they waited for a worship ceremony for girls meant to offer protection from evil and good luck in the future in Katmandu,…
New column day
Here, on how the real question in Regina’s P3 referendum vote is that of how to operate the City’s vital infrastructure – and why we should vote “yes” to maintain…
Mexico: Severe weather is an international phenomanon in 2013
Floods in Mexico have established new records. “Zipline rescues from Mexico floodsHundreds of local and foreign tourists have arrived in Mexico City, after the country’s military sent a plane to…
Olivia Chow’s Summer
Quote: “…Described by publisher Harper Collins as a “candid memoir,” the book is just one part of a carefully planned year-long strategy developed by Chow and her advisers to win…
Wrestling with Democracy
Wrestling with Democracy is an ambitious, historical examination of the changes in voting systems across a large number of Western liberal democracies over the course of the twentieth century that…
Judges presumed to know and apply the law
R. v. Burns (l994) 89 C.C.C. (3d) l93 at l99 to 200, states the following:Failure to indicate expressly that all relevant considerations have been taken into account in arriving at…
Black Day for EI in July
Today, Statistics Canada reported a large monthly drop of 10,900 for July in the number of Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits. Its press release noted, “This decline brings…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, September 19, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, September 19, 2013: Starbucks CEO to gun rights advocates: ‘Guns are not a part of the Starbucks…
A Doctor’s Perspective On Quebec’s Proposed Charter
While the proposed Quebec Charter of Values has elicited a variety of strong responses, some decrying it as thinly-veiled racism, others hailing it as a bold blueprint for secularism, there…
Reblog: A Statement of Trans-Inclusive Feminism and Womanism
This is how you decolonize activism. A wide swath of people have demonstrated how to decolonize activism: not with negativity, but with constructivity. The following is being reblogged from Feminists…
Stephen Harper: Love affair with America
He should do the right thing and move to U.S. Maybe George W. will provide him accommodation. And they both can have fun at Dubya’s ranch. After he called Canada…
Back To Where We’ve Been
The Harper government has repeated the same mantra for seven years: We know best how to manage the Canadian economy. But, Edward Greenspon writes, the truth is opposed to the…
Cooking Today, Wine Tasting Tonight
My cousin Mary Lynn Thompson and her husband Mark took us wine tasting in the Walla Walla are when we were there last month. It was a great experience. From…
Foradian Technologies Interview
Questions 1. Please introduce yourself to our readers. I am a researcher for Canada’s National Research Council, the federal government scientific agency. I specialized on online learning, media and collaborative…
Nice catch, JT
A surprise announcement yesterday from Justin Trudeau and the LPC, with a new military adviser on the LPC team, and possibly one that will run for election in 2015: Retired…