UN Security Council wants Canada to adopt important UN gun crime treaty
At least that’s how we interpret paragraph 17 of the small arms resolution introduced by Australia’s new conservative government and passed without a single no vote.
September 2013
Video: OpenMedia’s Steve Anderson speaks out against Internet censorship
OpenMedia’s Executive Director Steve Anderson has been home sick this week – but when Global TV News called to see if he would speak out on behalf of Canadians and…
Climate change proven beyond a reasonable doubt
Friday, September 27, 2013 The Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the first of 4 reports that make up its 5th Assessment Report. This first…
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My view, a ce moment. Wish you were all here. We’d play Ramones stuff on my little acoustic and drink beer by the fire.
Come Get Some, Bituman Cowboy
If Harper says that he will not take no for an answer from the U.S. on Keystone — a project over its future he ultimately has no real control —…
Coal Hard Facts #cdnpoli
It’s super embarrassing to have these sorts of puppet, lying people in office, when it’s so critically important for Canada to be making REAL, FACTUAL efforts against climate change. .@leonaaglukkaq…
The Week God’s Had
From The Tweet of God: America, you were settled by the extermination of one race and the enslavement of another. But please, lecture us more about freedom. Hot flashes. Increased…
IPCC: Time for a Global Carbon Budget
Political commitments on climate action, to the extent they exist, are usually pitched in terms of targets and timelines. BC, for example, has a legislated target of 33% below 2007…
Doesn’t this mean the terrorists are winning?
Government defends security certificate process in high court submission The federal government says suspected terrorists and spies detained under national security certificates do not have a right to full disclosure…
Americans support Keystone
Prime Minister Harper was talking tough about the Keystone XL pipeline this week. On a visit to New York, he told the Canadian American Business Council that he wouldn’t take…
Nova Scotia Liberals Hit 56%
If you followed the election debate in Nova Scotia the other day, as well as some of my comments on Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil’s performance, you may and I definitely…
Canada’s Glass House and Quebec’s Charter Debate
The worst aspect of the Quebec’s Charter debate is the smug, self-righteous, paternalist, finger wagging of English Canada and the English media in Quebec. Canadians don’t realize that they live…
Every Tuesday in October is #CBAfuturesChat
Every Tuesday in October is #CBAfuturesChat, hosted by Law is Cool alumni Omar Ha-Redeye of Fleet Street Law. The CBA Futures Initative is a project that is reaching out to…
You Know Who Dean Del Mastro Makes Me Think Of? Helena Guergis, That’s Who.
Helena Guergis, Dean Del Mastro. A Tale of Two Tories. The whole Guergis scandal is a bit fuzzy this far on but, as I recall, she was unceremoniously dumped from…
Staggered by the contrasting realities of Ontario’s hospitals
We were reminded last night that Ontario hospitals live in very different realities from each other. When University Health Network CEO Bob Bell has a casual chat with Health Minister…
Time To Switch From Trudeau to Mirabel
Planes at Trudeau airport in Dorval/Montreal are an incredible source of noise pollution. So much so that the airport has a curfew. Solution: close Trudeau and make Mirabel Montreal’s 24…
"Unequivocal"
Leaving no doubt; clear; unambiguous. The latest IPCC report concludes that mankind’s influence in driving climate change is beyond doubt, clear and unambiguous. Anthropogenic global warming is here, it’s here…
Crown does not have to prove a cellphone is working to get a conviction for using a cellphone while driving
R. v. Pizzurro, 2013 ONCA 584 holds the Crown does not have to prove whether a hand-held wireless communication device is working or not to get a conviction under the…
Canadian Dimension Interviews Linda McQuaig
When Linda McQuaig, well-known author and Toronto Star columnist, announced that she is vying to be the New Democratic Party candidate in the Toronto Centre byelection, CD contacted her for…
Del Mastro Charged … and … Your Point Is?
All over the news yesterday was headlines about Dean Del Mastro being charged by Elections Canada for misdeeds in the 2008 election. You’d think I’d be cheering. I’m not. Yes,…