2013
Assessment of a lawyer’s account will be allowed customarily
Versailles Convention Centre Inc. (2074874 Ontario Inc.) v. William Ross Gilmour (Gilmour Barristers), 2013 ONCA 674 is another example of when a lawyer’s account will be assessed even after the…
The whole world is laughing at Toronto. The Harper syndrome in action.
Canadian news media has been all over this but mostly in a polite way. Not so the rest of the world. Even American progressive bloggers – hesitant at the worst…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, November 7, 2013
Your news links for today: Pricey Wireless Shuts out Poorer Canadians (The Tyee) Telecom billing complaints on the rise, report says (CBC) Telecom Complaints In Canada More Than Double: Watchdog…
The Perils of Passivity
Almost a year ago, Paul Krugman wrote a blog post entitled “Inaction is the Greatest Risk.” He was addressing American monetary policy, but the same theme applies to Saskatchewan politics.…
Nov. 7: I just can’t keep up….
I have pages of notes on blunders and shabby journalism by the Irving press. But I can’t use them because every day, I am overwhelmed by ths lastest and numerous…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, November 7, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, November 7, 2013: Password-hoarding computer engineer was properly convicted, California appeals court says What Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor…
New column day
Here, on how P3 structures create a divergence of interest between short-sighted governments and the general public – and a few policy fixes to ensure we don’t lose value or…
Former PM Joe Clark’s New Book Accurately Describes Stephen Harper’s ‘Adolescent’ Administration …
“Canada now talks more than we act, and our tone is almost adolescent … full of sound and fury,” Joe ClarkFormer Prime Minister of Canada “In a recent excerpt of…
For $250 A Head, Justin Trudeau Will Spend One Night Insulting Women’s Intelligence
Justin Will Seduce You With Buzzwords Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Diptych is, inadvertently, the perfect template to create an advertisement to manufacture the appeal of Justin Trudeau to women for a…
The toils of Tough Tommy.
There was a very telling news clip on the television news the other day of Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair asking a question of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Both speakers had…
Afraid of losing control — a found message from HealthAchieve
At this year’s Ontario Hospital Association HealthAchieve the organizers hired a graphic artist to illustrate many of the sessions. After each session, participants were invited to look at the graphic…
Deamalgamation Won’t Fix Toronto’s Problems
Rob Ford has ridden to the Mayor's office by stoking a sense of grievance and alientation in many suburban Toronto voters toward those who live "downtown" (usually meaning the entirety…
Deamalgamation Won’t Fix Toronto’s Problems
Rob Ford has ridden to the Mayor’s office by stoking a sense of grievance and alientation in many suburban Toronto voters toward those who live “downtown” (usually meaning the entirety…
Deamalgamation Won’t Fix Toronto’s Problems
Rob Ford has ridden to the Mayor's office by stoking a sense of grievance and alientation in many suburban Toronto voters toward those who live "downtown" (usually meaning the entirety…
Burning The Bridge
Conservatives are congratulating themselves. They believe that — having disposed of Senators Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau — they have achieved a great victory. But, Michael Den Tandt writes, it was…
Heartland Institute Tries To Poison Classrooms With Partisan Climate Pseudoscience
“YOU have an important decision to make,” wrote Diane Bast from the conservative Heartland Institute in a memo posted to science teachers across the US last month. “Will you tell…
Deamalgamation Won’t Fix Toronto’s Problems
Rob Ford has ridden to the Mayor’s office by stoking a sense of grievance and alientation in many suburban Toronto voters toward those who live “downtown” (usually meaning the entirety…
more moyers: democracy and plutocracy don’t mix
I found the preceding rtod post buried in Blogger drafts, something Allan saved there years ago. I never got around to posting it, but I never had the heart to…