I think we need a new watchdog
Alison at Creekside picked up on this interesting Globe and Mail piece in which the man charged with oversight on CSEC — Canada’s signals intelligence agency — explained his priorities.…
December 2013
Making a sham of fair elections.
The third party advertising in Ontario has already gone too far. Now the Conservatives are proving it is a sham. And it is hardly to their credit. A new group,…
A reversible limerick
Bonus: nobody comes from Nantucket in this one. Alltop makes an annual pilgrimage to Nantucket. Comic by SMBC. Check out his Patreon page.
Future Federal surplus? Use it for health care say Canadians
There is little doubt that the Harper government intends to start the tax cuts rolling again as soon as it reaches a balanced budget, but are Canadians really looking at…
The Good Lord Gets His Comeuppance
Those who, over the years, have grown weary of the pretentious blather of Conrad Black, the lord and baron much put upon by the requirement that he be subject to…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, December 12, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, December 12, 2013: European Human Rights Court Holds Hearing on CIA’s Use of Poland for Rendition –…
Cruel And Unusual Punishment
Jim Flaherty vows that the budget will be balanced by the next election. But at what cost? Daniel Tencer, of The Huffington Post, writes: Job creation in Canada this year…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Walkom points to Ontario’s experience with Kellogg’s as yet another example of the dangers of basing economic policy on blind faith…
Canada Post: Deflection Perfection
The cuts to Canada Post: absolute perfection when it comes to deflection from the real issues facing Canadians.
New column day
Here, on how Michael Chong’s Reform Act privileges members of Parliament over party members and supporters – and how there’s far more reason for concern about a lack of genuine…
Well, it’s plausible, I guess…
Harper’s staff have clipped this story for future use… Date – April 11, 2014. “Mr. Speaker, when I stood in this House last year, denying any knowledge of what transpired…
The End of Canada Post and the Coming War for Your Mailbox
As pretty much everyone in Canada learned yesterday (and no one outside the country cares to know), Canada Post, the country’s national postal service will phase out home mail delivery…
Presentation to UNCTAD’s Advisory Group on "Developing skills, knowledge and capacities through innovation: E-Learning, M-Learning, cloud-Learning"
Stephen Downes December 10, 2013 Access I’d like to begin with the issue of access. This is not where I usually begin a talk, because the main thing, I have…
Shotgun exit wounds
"Unlike exit wounds created by rifled weapons, shotguns do not generally give rise to exit wounds unless there is a contact wound to the head, for example (where the exit…
Ostrander Point Update
Gilead Power Corporation’s Ostrander Point Wind Project was the first one to be rejected on appeal by the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT). This was not due to human health…
The Great Con War on Christmas
Well I see the Cons have finally found a good way to use our Parliament eh?It may be a lousy House of Democracy, but it does make a great Christmas…
Muskrat Falls costs jump by $1.0 billion #nlpoli
Cost estimates for the Muskrat Falls project have apparently jumped by 16% - $1.0 billion – in the past year. That’s based on information released by the provincial government on…
John Baird and the Con’s New Foreign Policy
OK. Let me be clear, as we say in Harperland. I ALWAYS thought it was a bad idea to make John Baird Foreign Minister.I couldn't help but feel that he…