No Strings Attached: Giving Cash to Poor People
GiveDirectly is a charity that just gives money to poor people in Kenya. There isn’t anything complicated about the idea: it’s just straight up handing out cash with no deliverables.…
2013
Poutinesque
With their raison-d’etre of separatism neutralized, one would have hoped the PQ would set to work trying to turn around Quebec’s economy. Instead…this: Quebec is heading into another fierce debate…
New CMA president-elect looks to Scotland as model of improvement
Kingston’s Dr. Chris Simpson has been acclaimed president-elect of the Canadian Medical Association. His term as President begins August 2014. Simpson is professor of medicine and chief of cardiology at…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, August 21, 2013: David Miranda’s lawyers threaten legal action over ‘unlawful’ detention British Newspaper Has Advantages in…
Gutless
Stephen Harper insists that proroguing Parliament is a “completely normal” procedure. But not even The Globe and Mail is buying that line. It editorializes today that: Yes, this will be…
Exclusive: Ousted Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon Launching Ohio Land Grab
Aubrey McClendon’s penchant for “land grab” as a business model made the recently-ousted Chesapeake Energy CEO infamous – and he’s at it again for his new start-up hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”)…
Prorogation Stuff
You’ve heard the Prime Minister intends to prorogue Parliament in September, and then come back in October with a Speech From the Throne. You’ve heard some say this is another…
Thag scared at that time of month!
Thag whistled while he packed for the next trip. He liked to organize short hunting expeditions for a certain week of the month — even if there was little chance…
Pam Geller And Robert Spencer Booted From Another Canadian Venue
The Hilton/Markham Suites Hotel doesn’t want to deal with their bullshit. This is the second time Geller has lost a GTA gig in the past year, As on that last…
Cod, cod everywhere #nlpoli
John Furlong left some big shoes to fill over at CBC’s Fisheries Broadcast. As it turn out, the Mother Corp’s head shed found a replacement who is guaranteed to make…
Stephen Harper’s Con Klown Tour Continues
Uh oh. Talk about bad timing. It looks like Stephen Harper's Great Escape Tour is turning into a real drama. Or a Con klown show. First a Buffalo Airways plane…
Tuesday Night Rock
Knopfler, Clapton, Sting and Phil Collins on the drums. That’s rock’n roll.
Is flood amnesia setting in?
Immediately after the big water in June, two truisms were out and about in Calgary. One stated the flood had been so catastrophic that finally Albertans would take significant measures…
Making prejudice into a Canadian "value"
The PQ “values charter” would enshrine religion as a justifiable reason to discriminate against people in Quebec: it would promote religious segregation by stigmatizing the devoutly religious, explicitly exclude them…
Don Andrews: Nothing If Not Persistent
Summertime and the livin' is easy! We have to admit that the blog has not be a primary focus for our members. Life has gotten in the way in the…
Campaign Diary Volume 6: Still asking for money … in tiny increments
On hand: one cool election lawn sign. Needed: funds to help print additional copies. The pitch is simple: Small donations can help make a big difference! As previously noted in…
Conservative senate would kill PR bill
Just imagine if the dreams of PR reformers come true after the 2015 election. Somehow, we manage to get a government to pass a bill that makes PR law. If…
Why was the charge murder?
The Toronto police officer was charged with murder and not manslaughter because manslaughter (generally) is a wrongful killing where there was no intention to kill or cause grievous bodily harm…
A Tuesday Night Thought
From one of my favourite writers, speakers, thinkers and bloggers, Alex Himelfarb. Recommend this Post