On Rob Ford on the day he admitted to being a crack head
…If smoking crack isn’t a bad enough habit to have if you are running the city of Toronto, being a homophobic, racist mayor should push you off the public support…
November 2013
On Rob Ford on the day he admitted to being a crack head
...If smoking crack isn't a bad enough habit to have if you are running the city of Toronto, being a homophobic, racist mayor should push you off the public support…
Rob Ford: Addicted to being Mayor
Rob Ford may not be addicted to crack. It’s even possible he isn’t an alcoholic, just an occasional binge drinker. But I think his is addicted to the adulation he…
Will/Should John Chen move BlackBerry to California?
I worked at Sybase for eight years under John Chen, the new CEO of BlackBerry. He was an interesting CEO – refreshingly (almost appallingly) frank. I remember he once came…
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Verdun and water…
The Senate: Where due process went to die today…
Senate votes to suspend Brazeau, Duffy, Wallin This is a dark, dark day for Canadian democracy and justice. The unelected senate took it upon itself to create a new system…
On Rob Ford on the day he admitted to being a crack head
…If smoking crack isn’t a bad enough habit to have if you are running the city of Toronto, being a homophobic, racist mayor should push you off the public support…
Tea Party Holding GOP Back On Climate Change
The Republican Party has always been a little reluctant to side with science and accept things like global climate change, but recently, polls have shown that the Grand Old Party…
Bogus traffic stops amounts to arbitrary detention
R. v. Becker, 2013 BCPC 287: I am satisfied that this explanation was indeed a ruse generated in an effort to provide a reason for a traffic stop, knowing that…
Conservatives and the cult of victimhood
Having read (again) the Prime Minister’s speech to devoted Harperites in Calgary I am struck by two things. First of all is the utter banality of the speech, a view…
Conservatives and the cult of victimhood
Having read (again) the Prime Minister’s speech to devoted Harperites in Calgary I am struck by two things. First of all is the utter banality of the speech, a view…
Conservatives and the cult of victimhood
Having read (again) the Prime Minister’s speech to devoted Harperites in Calgary I am struck by two things. First of all is the utter banality of the speech, a view…
On Senate Reform
The notion of a referendum on Senate abolition has been percolating around more publicly again. This isn’t necessarily a bad idea in itself. As I pointed out back here, it…
See you in court, Big Telecom
We’re happy to report that your OpenMedia.ca team is intervening on the side of Canadians to protect hard-won cell phone customer protection rules that are under legal threat from Big…
Russell Brand admits he “suffers from the ol’ sexism”
I suppose Brand is also reading and listening to the critics too: One thing I’ve learned and was surprised by is that I may suffer from the ol’ sexism. I…
David Suzuki: Fukushima the most terrifying situation imaginable
A video of Dr. David Suzuki’s comments at a recent University Alberta event is going viral, elevating concerns raised by independent media outlets like The Common Sense Canadian surrounding the…
Conservatives and the cult of victimhood
Having read (again) the Prime Minister’s speech to devoted Harperites in Calgary I am struck by two things. First of all is the utter banality of the speech, a view…
Michelle Rempel Cannot Be Bothered To Pay Attention To Stephen Harper’s Answers During Question Period
It struck me as rather odd in the last week when Mike Duffy was unleashing his bombshells regarding the PMO’s involvement into his improper housing expenses that everyone, yes everyone,…
Mayor Rob Ford The Time Traveller
Rob Ford spoke to the media twice today, twice! The first time he admitted that yes, he had in fact smoked crack in the past but he doesn’t really remember…
Poppy Politics
Aside from the big news today (and its less-than-earth-shattering follow-up), there has been another controversy floating around the news media – and no, I don’t mean the Senate scandal, though…