Flaherty’s (mis)Adventures In Balanced Budget Land
Flaherty is expected to deliver an “optimistic” fiscal update report today, which will show the government tracking to achieve a “balanced budget” by 2015. Unlike last year’s update which went…
November 2013
The ever succinct Adrian Raeside
Check out Raeside’s gallery of editorial cartoons.
Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Slayer?
Senator Elizabeth Warren is being posited as the next Democrat to derail Hillary Clinton’s quest to become America’s first female president. Salon.com praises Warren as “the avatar of a new…
Human vs. Nature vs. Human Nature
There’s nothing like nature to provide a clear reminder that all the political scandals in the world are irrelevant in the face of human suffering in the wake of natural…
When Tom Met Rob And Lisa
From here.
Phony political correctness run amok
People who live to rant and rave are having a good week. First they got to be outraged over Justin Trudeau’s “sexist” event in Toronto — a charity fundraiser organized…
How Small Green Team Can Transform Large Corporation
Small green teams tasked with transforming large corporations, governments, cities, and neighborhoods face some tough challenges. TD Bank’s three-person green team employed a range of strategies to inject sustainability thinking…
Those Mega-Floods, Those Severe Droughts? Yeah, Take a Bow, That’s Your Handiwork
Research by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory confirms the powerful impact global warming is having on changing global precipitation patterns. In a nutshell, climate change is moving precipitation bands toward…
Court of Appeal strikes down mandatory minimum gun sentence
R. v. Nur, 2013 ONCA 677: For convenience, I repeat the terms of s. 12: Everyone has a right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or…
Who watches the watchmen?
The American Revolutionary War was significant for a number of obvious reasons. It expelled the British from the Thirteen Colonies, staged an international conflict, and precipitated the growth of what…
Public Citizen Report Reveals Dents, Holes in Keystone XL Southern Half Weeks Before Planned Startup
The southern half of Transcanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is supposed to begin pumping up to 700,000 barrels of diluted bitumen per day through the Cushing, OK to Port…
Coyne Skips The Trudeau #cdnpoli Taboo
One of the not-so-solemn duties of the blogosphere is to hold the Main Stream Media in check when they go a little astray. I’m not sure if I should hold…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Your news links for today: Tucows CEO Elliot Noss on how Rogers, Telus and Bell are holding Canada back. (CANADALAND) Canada’s new ‘spy palace’ damaged by weekend fire (CBC) Spy…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, November 12, 2013: D.C. asks court to appoint guardian to look after habitual 911 caller Focus: Is…
Nomination races begin for federal election 2015
TweetThere are 705 days until Monday, October 19, 2015, when the next Canadian federal election is scheduled to be held. With less than two years until Canadians choose who will…
The Search For Authenticity
In their bewilderment over the staunch following that Toronto mayor Rob Ford continues to enjoy amongst ‘Ford Nation,’ some pundits have advanced the idea that it is his ‘authenticity’ that…
Rob Ford news is now officially boring.
It took a lot of excruciatingly boring repetition and alarmist claims in the news media over many weeks but we can now declare the Mayor Rob Ford affair to be…
The biggest issue I am facing in my life right now
This. God help me.
What The Hell Is Wrong With Canada’s Conservatives – "Conservatives Without Conscience"
“Conservatives Without Conscience” by John W. Dean should be a ‘must read’ for all progressives who are wondering what is wrong with Canada’s Conservatives. The author, John W. Dean, is…