Do you ever feel like you are losing your country?
This is one of those days, for me.
2013
You Wouldn’t Knowingly Throw Plastics Into Our Lakes and Rivers, Would You?
Well, if you’re fond of those exfoliant cleansers, you might have been doing it unknowingly. Researchers trying to assess the magnitude of waste plastic debris in the Great Lakes in…
The Hidjab Files: Banned Sign Is Also High Fashion
The current Quebec government just released its plan for a “Charter of Quebc Values.” Chief among them is the “neutrality” of the state when it comes to religion. Sounds pretty…
Senator Pam Cashing In
It might be she’s hoping to stay one step ahead of the law or at least out of jail but Pam Wallin is flogging her Manhattan condo and taking a…
Bashar al-Assad’s perception of democracy
In times of tragedy it is refreshing that cartoonists provide the humorous perspective.
Mental health – is living in the park really an improvement?
KINGSTON – Tracey Newton has worked at the old Kingston Psychiatric Hospital for 25 years. In that time she has seen many changes, including the tightening of access to the…
Syria – What is our interest?
I find myself more than a little conflicted about Syria. On one side, I hold a dislike of tyrannical governments and their actions. I detest the loss of life in…
Apple and the exploitation of Chinese labour
I have been an Apple fan since I got my first computer—Mac all the way. I cringe, therefore, when I encounter articles about the company and its exploitation of Chinese…
Judicial Compensation Commissions
Judges of the Provincial Court (Man.) v. Manitoba et al., 2013 MBCA 74 considers judicial compensation commissions. Judicial officers do not negotiate with the Government regarding compensation; rather compensation commissions…
A Fine Balance: GDP Growth by Sector and the Impact of Austerity
The second-quarter GDP numbers confirm that Canada’s continuing “recovery,” such as it is, is still balancing very precariously on a knife-edge between expansion and contraction. The various sources of growth…
Quebec’s Purity Values Charter
The following is reported in today’s Vancouver Sun about Quebec’s impending purity values charter: The Quebec government has released plans for a “values charter” that would impose unique-in-North America restrictions…
Daily News Links for Tuesday 10 September 2013
And here’s your news… Big 3 Telecoms ‘Stifle Innovation And Economic Development’, Entrepreneurs Tell James Moore (Huffington Post) Despite Verizon not coming to Canada, debate over wireless industry rages on…
Syrian War: Casualities of War
Wars do bring tragedies and we humans will never learn. It is about time that Russia intervenes to end this ongoing carnage of people in Syria. If Russia makes genuine…
If you see this man in Quebec, arrest him
Also lawbreakers like this guy, or this one, or this one. Under Quebec law, they’re effectively criminals, you know.
Nos Valeurs
It’s unclear if Habs jerseys count as religious symbols or not. This is going to be a hot topic for the foreseable future in Quebec, and since hot topics in…
Untangling the Temporary Foreign Worker Knot
Banks as predators? Surely, no! Temporary foreign workers have become a lightning-rod topic in Canadian labour in recent months with the high-profile news of the Royal Bank of Canada replacing…
Colour everywhere
I think of David often, and I find myself missing him at the strangest times. Although he knew he was ill, my uncle took his own life with a shotgun.…