Alt-J: Fitzpleasure
Musically, this song is amazing. Video arresting, too. Put it on Facebook a few days ago. Now doing likewise here.
2013
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Published in 1637, The Art of Worldly Wisdom is a collection of 300 aphorisms about life, behaviour, politics, morality, faith, philosophy and society. One comment, on Amazon.ca called it, somewhat…
It’s been a long winter on PEI for Women’s Rights
My tweet this morning: “Liberal Groundhog surfaces … sees shadow and runs back into hole … women’s rights too scary to deal with! http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2013/01/10/pei-abortion-rights-study-584.html … #peipoli” that was in response…
Jan. 10: Hey – what is in Bill C-45?
The Moncton Times and Transcript had a picture of yesterday’s Idle No More demonstration. But it has still given no clear idea of what it is all about. The reporter…
#skndpldr Candidate Update – Cam Broten
We’re now approaching the home stretch of Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership race – with the membership deadline looming in just over two weeks, and under two months left until the vote…
Canadians paying billions more for drugs without Pharmacare
UBC professor Steve Morgan has been writing a series of excellent BLOGs on Healthy Debate this month about the need for Pharmacare in Canada. As Morgan stated last November, our…
Glen Murray to Drop OLP Bid?
Supposedly. Which is a shame, because Murray had some good ideas. Challenging the status quo is always a plus in my book, so long as said ideas are grounded –…
Glen Murray
His move effectively disenfranchises the hundreds of good Liberals who stood up to support him. Those people have been left in the lurch, and will now likely be forced to…
Stepping In It
Julian Fantino has never had a reputation for winning friends and influencing people. He not only has shocked and offended Haitians. He’s also made enemies in the United States. The…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, January 10, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, January 10, 2013: Enough ‘idling’ – it’s time to talk Two Quebec judges suspended during probe of…
Same old Hypocrisy. . . .
The Sixth Estate does a great job today in exposing the hypocrisy nascent in the ongoing attitude toward Chief Spence in particular and the Native Governments in general. It amazes…
A taste of the world with no Internet
So anyone who uses Rogers for their Internet access got a little taste of the world depicted in my latest novel, The Fridgularity. The Internet services provided by the company…
Rogers, BCE to play spin-the-dial with Maple Leafs radio broadcasts by Steve Ladurantaye
Columnist says negotiations between new owners could set the pace for a TV battle to come.
Fake parts in Hercules aircraft called a genuine risk
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/01/09/f-vp-weston-hercules-counterfeit-chinese-parts.html
New column day
Here, on the Cons’ choice to start charging emergency-stricken communities for disaster relief work by the Canadian Forces. For further reading, see the initial report from Lee Berthiaume, as well…
Why Chris Spence Must Be Fired
It is hardly an insight to observe that ours is a world that bears witness to institutional and organizational failures on a massive scale. Those bodies that should be there…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Karl Flecker discusses how the Cons’ push to encourage employers to use temporary foreign workers will affect wages for everybody: In fact,…
The True Scandal of First Nations’ Funding Being Sidelined!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger The slippery manoeuvre from the Harper squad to leak dated and incomplete so called reports regarding the financial affairs of the Attiwapiskat First Nations under the…
Teachers’ union boss lawbreakers
It’s breaking the law. It’s not a “democratic protest.” That’s bullshit. Let there be no mistake: they are breaking the law. Ontario Liberal leadership candidates who equivocate on this should…
Rule against multiple convictions applies to regulatory matters
R. v. Ralph, 2013 NLCA 1 is a source for the principle that the rule against multiple convictions applies to regulatory matters: The rule against multiple convictions was set out…