861808 Ontario Inc. v. Canada (Revenue Agency), 2013 ONCA 604: We do not accept this submission. Section 18(1) of the FCA explicitly grants the Federal Court “exclusive original jurisdiction to…
The two parties of corporate rule are both heading in essentially the same direction, but quibble only over the timelines for implementation of their mutually shared agenda: which at its…
TweetAttending an election forum in your city council Ward? Going to hear your mayoral candidates speak on the issues facing our city? Make it a fun event for your friends…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It has been a year and a half since Shawnigan residents learned of an application to dump 5 million tonnes of contaminated soil in their watershed. Until…
How dare anyone ask questions from His Highness without pre-approval. During an event last week in New York, Ellis (CTV photographer) asked Harper about the charges laid against then-Conservative MP…
John Boehner, the speaker of the House of Representatives, is very unhappy because Republican Representatives don’t listen to him. He is crying like a baby. Maybe he thinks it will…
At 14, I was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings. Hire me. I lie like a motherfucker. Isn’t that what you want, Mr. Harper?
Over the last few days, I have watched with great interest how the media and people I know reacted to the latest release of the International Panel on Climate Change…
Even hockey stars can’t catch a break with Big Telecom. Tell Industry Minister Moore to rein in these telecom gatekeepers: https://OpenMedia.ca/Gatekeepers From The Huffington Post Canada: Ottawa Senators star defenceman…
While much has been made of partnerships between First Nations and companies proposing to build natural gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals on BC’s coast, the position being…
Here are your daily news links: Erik Karlsson, Senators Defenceman, Complains About Bell Service, Bill (Huffington Post) CRTC struggling with online TV (Canada.com) Anti-TPP lawmakers call on the TPP member…
Amazon is the biggest threat to independent booksellers and it’s a huge threat. It offers deals on books the indies often can’t match and usually throws in free shipping to…
This week, the proposed Liberal/NDP coalition of 2008 is back in the news. Andrew Coyne claims the idea was “even crazier” than the US government shutdown. Ignatieff, promoting a book…
Our oceans haven’t been this acidic in Three Hundred Million Years. And our carbon emissions are the culprit. The only reason we don’t have massively greater concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse…
Anti-abortion Christian groups are notorious in Canada for setting up “Crisis Pregnancy Centres” as fronts to proselytize to women facing a pregnancy scare and are unsure whether to exercise their…
In less than a week nearly 100,000 people have signed on to our letter to Stephen Harper and other leaders telling them not to ram through an Internet censorship plan…
The ranks of climate change denialists are laced with conspiracy theorists. That probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to those who have paid any attention to the Tinfoil…
For a start, just a brief return to young Goguen and his “newsletter”. He made much of Harper’s determination to get tough on crime, and also to crack down on…
What is in it for the Repugs?Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) says: “We’re not going to be disrespected,” Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) told The Washington Examiner. “We have to get something…
