Will Climate Change Drive Britain Back Into Recession?
Britain’s Tory government is hoping desperately to avoid a “triple dip” recession on its watch. The Cameron government eked out a 0.1% growth for the three months ending March 1st,…
2013
Future Work
I had a brief chat with Georges Corriveau this morning that got me to thinking about the future of work. Specifically, I was thinking to myself, if I were just…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brendan Haley explains why the Cons’ let-them-build-pipelines economic approach is doomed to fail from the standpoint of prosperity as well as that of…
5787…Stephen Harper Should Read This
Eli Pariser on Upworthy writes that “The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world — higher than China, Iran, and Russia(!). That wasn’t always…
Portable Planetarium Brings Space to Kids
The Peterborough Planetarium has been started by just two people with the primary goal to bring an excitement of space and our global environment to kids in Ontario. Being a…
Police need a wiretap authorization to seize text messages
R v Telus 2013 SCC 16 was just released. It holds text messages cannot be seized by police without a wiretap authorization. The Court holds that text messaging is, in…
The Hays Files
Matthew Hays is a prolific cultural critic who, aside from publishing many academic journal articles and books, wrote for years in Montreal on everything in cinema, from porn to puppets…
Love, Restos and History: How Dinner Led to the Supreme Court
In a time when most of the young people I know are marrying for immigration, insurance or other very practical reasons, it is a pleasure to read a story of…
Words on Wednesday
Passover is here, which means eating matzah, also chocolate and more eggs than usual. This year during the seder one line struck me from our (radically abridged) reading of the…
5786…Stephen Harper On Child Poverty
From Facebook. True dat. WFDS
5785…Bob Rae Says Dress Like A Panda
To get the attention of our beloved Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Bob Rae, the leader of the Liberals in Ottawa, was responding to a mini revolt by muzzled Tory backbenchers…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 27, 2013: Rob Ford: ‘Intoxicated’ Toronto mayor asked to leave military ball Property Managers Not Welcome…
Tory MPs rebel against PM’s Office control
Inspired by these headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/03/26/pol-backbench-mps-rebel-against-pmo-control.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/03/26/toronto-roll-up-the-rim.html
Oakley Show: wherein the Fords and I get to express what we think of each other
It’ll show up here, I think. I started by pointing out that many other politicians who battled with the bottle – George W. Bush, Brian Mulroney and (to a lesser…
No More Steubenvilles: How To Raise Boys to be Kind Men
What can we do to help young men respect women, recognize consent, and have healthy sexual relationships? Teach them kindness to others—and the courage to go against the crowd. By:…
Another Judge Agrees: Atmosphere Should Be Protected As a Public Trust
Should the atmosphere be considered part of the public trust, a resource essential for our collective survival? An Iowa judge, for one, thinks that there is good reason and precedent.…
CBC’s Cracked sold to U.S., France
White Pine Pictures has sold CBC police procedural Cracked to the U.S. and France, in one of several recent overseas deals that highlight the improved fortunes of Canadian television production.
Ford fiasco follow-up
I’m about to go on the Oakley show – the show that created Rob Ford, in effect – to talk about his ongoing problems. Tune in if you can!
TV Tax Credit System Gets Go-Ahead From Euro Authorities by Stuart Kemp
The proposed tax credit system for high end TV, animation and video games has leapt through the final hoops standing its way and will be in place from April 1,…
Well Done Mr. Rae
Today marks Bob Rae's last caucus, Question Period as interim Liberal leader. I think it objective fact that Rae has acquitted himself quite well in this transition role. Also fair,…