The Crimes of Rob Ford
What would it take to compel Rob Ford to resign? Just what is his bottom line? Does he even have a bottom line? Take every one of his recent admissions.…
November 2013
Evaluating Elysium
Science fiction is frequently at the cutting edge of social commentary. From Ursula Le Guin’s 1974 novel The Dispossessed to Neill Blomkamp’s 2009 film District 9, science fiction writers commonly…
Map shows multiple proposed oil, gas pipelines in BC’s carbon corridor
A new map (scroll down to view) reveals the full scope of oil and gas pipelines proposed to criss-cross BC. Compiled by Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition and Skeena Wild, the…
Debating Values in Québec
The proposed Charter of Québec Values is the response of the Parti Québécois to the decline of the party’s popularity to its lowest level since the minority government was elected…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Frances Russell finds that authoritarianism and bozo eruptions are two of the defining characteristics of right-wing politics in Canada: Put simply, the double…
They Lying rightwing and the Lies they Tell. . . .
I suppose that when it comes right down to it, what bothers me most about the new-right in this country (and most countries) is that their entire political strategy is…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Your news links for today: Supreme Court Of Canada To Police: Get A Warrant To Search Computers And Mobile Phones (Mondaq) The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone…
Oil Train Derailment, Explosion In Alabama Points To Need For Tighter Regulation
We’re all used to seeing oil spills at sea, or oil spewing from a ruptured pipeline. But lately we’ve been presented with a new image of oil spills with increasing…
Red Herrings for the Red Chamber
Proposals to stage senate elections and impose limited terms were revealed to be little more than red herrings, as arguments percolated in the Supreme Court of Canada yesterday. The federal…
COP 19 & Super-Typhoon Haiyan: We Can Stop This Madness
“My country refuses to accept a future where super-typhoons become a regular fixture.”
My conversation with Robert Chazz Chute
I’d encourage you all to check out the Cool People Podcast this week, in which the host (and fellow London, ON author) Robert Chazz Chute, and I discuss the singularity,…
Dear Canadian Taxpayers – You Are About To Spend $100 Billion On 15 New ‘Surface Combat Vessels’ – These Are NOT Fiscal Conservatives
My experience with Conservative administrations is that they tell everyone (who will listen), that they are masters of fiscal responsibility (unlike New Democrats) and that your tax dollars are best…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, November 13, 2013: Provinces open to Senate abolition argue at top court U.S. capital could decriminalize marijuana…
Helping Families Connect With Their Loved One With Alzheimer’s Using the Fit Minds Program
Nicole Scheidl is the CEO and co-founder of Fit Minds, a ‘brain training’ program designed to assist caregivers communicate with their loved ones who suffer from Alzheimer’s or other forms…
On shortsighted assumptions
Time for a true or false pop quiz. Is the following a self-evident statement of economic fact? “A capital asset which is not currently being exploited has a value of…
The Price Of Integrity
One has to wonder what Nigel Wright really thinks of Stephen Harper. After all, in the prime minister’s estimation, Wright has gone from the soul of virtue to the source…
Urban Highways Should Be Torn Down; Replaced By Useful Space
Car-dominated infrastructure is clearly bad for local communities, transit, the environment (local and global), and the economy. So why do so many places refuse to tear down crumbling urban highways?…
Does Tim Hudak really have a strategy?
There was a Toronto Star exclusive story the other day about a document that might be Ontario Conservative Leader Tim Hudak’s secret strategy for the upcoming provincial campaign. The Lord…
Toronto needs a mayor: Ford-must-go rally today at noon at City Hall
Be there. I plan to. And remember – 75 per cent of the city want Mayor Crackhead gone.