Will Canada Choke on Conservative Corporate Cannabis?
It is time to tax and toke! Once Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau admitted smoking pot on occasion and actually inhaling it all bets for the status quo approach were…
October 2013
I Guess This Is What Resisting Police Looks Like
No doubt, the SIU would have given this one another pass had it happened in Canada. Recommend this Post
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, October 11th, 2013
Your news links for today: #Rogersoutage: another reason for more competition (Macleans) Corporate Espionage, Drunk Telecom Execs, and Pissed off Victims (Jason Koblovsky) Why is Canada’s privacy czar worried about…
When a Lower Unemployment Rate is Bad News
Today, Statistics Canada reported an unemployment rate of 6.9% for September. One might have expected Canada’s unemployment rate falling below 7% for the first time since 2008 to be cause…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Gordon Hoekstra reports on a study by British Columbia determining that Canada lacks any hope of containing the types of oil spills which…
Rather than savage cuts, Switzerland considers “Star Trek” economics – Salon.com
Rather than savage cuts, Switzerland considers “Star Trek” economics – Salon.com. By gathering over 100,000 signatures – which they delivered last Friday along with 8 million 5-cent coins representing the…
Cream skimming by private clinics only makes situation worse for Ontario’s hospitals
There is no question that hospitals are struggling these days. This is the second year of a base funding freeze that effectively translates into a real cut of three per…
What’s a billion Premier Wynne?
No doubt Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne would very much like to close the books on the gas power plants in Mississauga and Oakville. It is just that there is a…
Why I am supporting Don Iveson for mayor
TweetEdmonton has adopted a more ambitious attitude since Stephen Mandel became Mayor in 2004. I voted for Mr. Mandel in that election because he embodied an exciting and forward-looking change…
Scribble cat
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"a substantial substitute for full disclosure"
Is there a precedent in the making here? A lawyer for the federal government argued before the Supreme Court of Canada yesterday that there is such a thing as “a…
140 Law – Legal Headline for Friday, October 11, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, October 11, 2013: Man loses $1M insurance policy after checkup reveals thyroid cancer A wheelchair-using cat must…
Today in 1976, the world changed forever
…well, my world did, anyway. Heard this, shaved my head, started wearing thrift store rags, and scrawled “ANARCHY” on the shirt I wore to the Bishop Carroll student council photo…
Prof. Simpson takes my lead
Me, almost a year ago: “Opposition leaders come and go — and, in 2015, Thomas Mulcair will switch titles with Justin Trudeau.” The learned professor, today: “The NDP and Liberals…
My political hero today: Yukon Conservative MP Ryan Leef
I don’t know what else he’s done in his career, but – as Dad to a young aboriginal woman, born in the Yukon – I applaud him for this. Well…
At The Mercy Of Vengeful Gods?
Gerald Caplan wonders, in today’s Globe and Mail, why the NDP has such a hard time establishing itself outside the prairies. Darrell Dexter’s defeat on Tuesday follows a pattern: It’s…
the tar sands is coming to toronto: speak out on october 19 (and every day) to stop it
By now I hope you all know about Line 9, Enbridge’s plan to transport the dirtiest, most spillable oil on the planet through the most heavily populated areas of Canada…
Open letter to my friend Jim Watson
Dear Jim: Some of your employees are behaving badly. I add my voice to those of others calling for the end of the ban on the Bulldog. More here. Sincerely,…