You Don’t Get Credit For Choices Forced Upon You
And therefore Peter Kent gets no credit for announcing, for about the third time now, that Canada will follow U.S. emissions standards for heavy duty vehicles made in this country.…
2013
The Trouble With Austerity: Economics as Ideology
A somewhat abridged version of this post first appeared in The Toronto Star here Governments here and elsewhere are increasingly preoccupied with cutting even as evidence piles up of its…
The Trouble With Austerity: Economics as Ideology
A somewhat abridged version of this post first appeared in The Toronto Star here Governments here and elsewhere are increasingly preoccupied with cutting even as evidence piles up of its…
Fiduciaries do not always act qua fiduciary
Simkeslak Investments Limited v. Kolter Yonge LP Limited, 2013 ONCA 116 holds: Not all actions taken by a person in a per se fiduciary relationship – that is, in a…
The Hard Truth About Unconventional Fossil Fuel
When it comes to unconventional fossil fuels, the majority of Canadian politicians, federal and provincial, fall into two categories – idiots or featherbedders. The Tyee has this eye-opener from geologist…
Behind the invasion of Mali
Roger Annis at the Feb. 24, 2013 annual meeting of Peace Alliance Winnipeg. Photo: Paul S. Graham Is the military intervention in Mali by France, with the assistance of the…
Great line of the day
POGGE describes why basing our real Canadian ‘economic action plan’ on part-time, temporary, contract, non-union precarious jobs is just ducky with big business and big government: People who feel their…
Sand Land: Minnesota Mayor and Fracking Industry Lobbyist Resigns
Usually “revolving door” connotes a transition from a stint as a public official into one as a corporate lobbyist or vice versa. In the case of Red Wing, MN –…
The Day After I Signed Up as a Supporter…
… Marc Garneau came out with this. I remember Michael Ignatieff saying the same thing back during the 2011 campaign, and… yeah, it was silly then, and its silly now.…
A theory of politics playing out in #lpcldr
This blogger has a lot of smart things to say. A candidate with policy convictions proposing them and finding they connect with highly motivated citizens…by Jove, I think she’s on…
Nobody is Safe Anymore. No One, Nowhere.
It’s the latest, greatest thing in the Pentagon’s toybox – MAVs. Micro Air Vehicles like those shown in the following video already exist and they could take your last shreds…
Why a completely unremarkable film called Argo won the Oscar
How ironically fitting that Michelle Obama announced the Oscar for the winning picture. Argo is a putative “true” story from the not too distant U.S. past – a past to…
Why a completely unremarkable film called Argo won the Oscar
How ironically fitting that Michelle Obama announced the Oscar for the winning picture. Argo is a putative "true" story from the not too distant U.S. past - a past to…
Why a completely unremarkable film called Argo won the Oscar
How ironically fitting that Michelle Obama announced the Oscar for the winning picture. Argo is a putative “true” story from the not too distant U.S. past – a past to…
How Christy Could Have Won
{This was submitted as a column to the Anahim-Nimpo Messenger last month.–MC} Christy Clark could have won the May 2013 B.C. provincial election. I know that sounds strange—both because it…
A Warming World Equals Work Loss
Most of us realize that it’s a lot harder to work on those really hot, humid days. Climate change is bringing us more hot, humid days and there are more…
5672…Andrew Cash Takes Care Of Andrew Cash
If you double dip, like Senator Duffy did, you are a bad guy. But if you are an NDP MP who double dips, well, that is okay. No double standard…
Nanos Ontario Poll: 33.7% PC, 33.6% OLP, 26.5% NDP
Nanos Research has released a new poll for Ontario’s provincial scene, though technically its a poll that is a bit old, done in early February versus the most recent Forum…
Liberal leadership race: Garneau challenges Trudeau to one-on-one duel
By Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 25, 2013: The race for the Liberal Party of Canada gets even more interesting as former astronaut, Marc Garneau, challenges perceived front-runner,…