Valdimir Putin’s Message to Americans: Caution in Syria
His full message was published in the New York Times. He is stealing the limelight from Obama on the Syria issue. I hope Putin can end the war in Syria…
2013
They’ve Come A Long Way, Baby
Tommy Douglas and David Lewis wouldn’t recognize today’s New Democratic Party. If you want to take the measure of how much the party has changed, start with economic policy. On…
Anthony Weiner and all about Weiner – ad for Mayrol campaign
Anthony Weiner worked hard. His campaign ad reveals it well. What more he could have done? All the modern technology – I-Phone publicity and all. Transparency and openness for the…
Homelessness and patriotism?
Stars and Stripes comfort or maybe homeless man is conveying that so much for the Stars and Stripes. It does not cover poverty – wars yes, Americans-well beings no! Imagine…
Quebec’s ‘values’ charter – nothing but an attempted sovereignty gimmick
If you follow politics, you may have heard about Quebec’s “values” charter, which seeks to ban “religious” symbols or clothing from Quebec government workplaces (with the exception apparently of Quebec…
A trial judge may, but not must, consider a video of a crime to identify an accused
R. v. Rae, 2013 ONCA 556: The appellant also submits that the trial judge, who saw the appellant in court throughout the trial and viewed the convenience store video, erred…
How To Use The New Census Data
It involves holding your nose: The only way Statscan was able to publish the 2011 NHS data was by remarkably dropping its quality standard by doubling the acceptable global non-response…
The facts should speak for themselves #nlpoli
The very best thing that may be said about the idea of a law school at Memorial University is that the proponents of the idea have failed to make their…
Gruending On The Quebec Charter Of Values
Nothing you haven’t heard before, but nicely written as always: And so, we are left with the odd spectacle of the Parti Quebecois, which has always claimed to be progressive…
Stephen Harper and the Wonderland Nightmare
He must think he can get away with anything. He must think he can say anything and Canadians will believe him. One moment he's the Phantom of Parliament, the next…
Advice for those awaiting ‘the Big One’ from the CFIB later today… have grain of salt at hand
A Canadian Federation of Independent Business technician puts the finishing touches on today’s “report” on retirement savings. (Photo grabbed from AstroTurf.com) Actual CFIB operatives may not appear exactly as illustrated.…
Best wishes to Christopher Peloso, George Smitherman and family…
After missing since Monday, 39-year-old Christopher Peloso, the husband of former Toronto Centre Liberal MPP George Smitherman, was located today by police, dirty and disheveled in the Lansdowne Ave. and…
Land needs trump Pickering airport
Pickering area protest sign (Flickr image courtesy of jbcurio) Residents opposing the Pickering airport have come to expect the unexpected. In their 40-plus years of struggle against a development many…
Democracy Now interview with Noam Chomsky on Syria and related matters: U.S. ‘torturing’ Iran for 60 years
In this talk hosted by Democracy Now, Noam Chomsky raises a number of key points with respect to the U.S. government’s approach to Syria and Iran. He also addresses the…
Lots of shock, tons of awe – You can help!
H/T: Susan H
Neoliberalism’s Green Foil, Part 2: The Emergence of the New Left
Change is inevitable. That was one of the first lessons taught to me when I went to Planning School at Ryerson University in the early 1990s. It was a pretty…
Métis fight Manitoba hydro line
WINNIPEG – Manitoba’s Métis federation is appealing an environmental licence granted for the construction of a controversial $3-billion hydro line. President David Chartrand said the federation has formally registered an…
Damian Abraham and Sam Sutherland talk Canadian punk rock: Hot Nasties references at the end!
At the 50-minute mark: “one of the best gems of the era” – Sam calls it a “world-wide anthem of another life”!