Looks like we won
We did it! The Conservative government has killed online spying legislation Bill C-30! If passed, the bill would have provided access to your private online information without a warrant, and…
2013
George Takach
Running for leadership
Canada Can Easily Have a Low Carbon Economy
Even though Canada has the tar sands it is still possible for the Canadian economy to lower it’s carbon output. According to some recent research into the matter by The…
The Face of Corporate Feudalism
Democracy is reeling. Corporatist authoritarianism is quietly ascendant. Rights and freedoms are now being issued with price tags and, if you can’t afford them, you don’t get them. Zoe Williams,…
Golly
I wonder where all these Pupatello-Duncan stories in the Star and Globe are coming from? Who do you think would have a motive to do that kind of smear campaign?…
Enbridge "Integrity Dig" Reveals Two Potential Pipeline Leaks in NWT
A scheduled ‘integrity dig’ on Enbridge’s Line 21 or Norman Wells Pipeline has alerted the company to contaminated soil in two locations along the line, according to an Enbridge news…
What is social assistance really about anyway?
A few days ago I had a conversation with a woman on Ontario Works (welfare). She described what she goes through in order to get emergency dental care. She has…
Think Climate Change Denialism Has Run Out of Steam – or Bucks? Think Again
The Guardian has discovered a secret funding vehicle used by Conservative billionaires like the Koch boys to funnel approximately $120-billion to climate change denialists over the past decade. It looks…
Liberals on cooperation
From a letter distributed to the leadership campaigns last week, some content of interest on the issue of cooperation that you may not be hearing in other channels. Ron Hartling…
On poll dances
Shortly after I posted yesterday’s roundup featuring some discussing of Praxis Analytics’ Saskatchewan NDP leadership polling, Jordon Cooper chimed in with the results of an internal poll distributed by Cam…
Extreme Weather Is the New Normal – Harvard Says So
How can something be both “extreme” and “normal”? That’s a question not addressed in a report from Harvard researchers into the short-term impacts of climate change on America’s national security…
The Final Frontier
The bottom of Lake Whillans, a two meter deep body of water underneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, sandwiched between ice and rock. And, yes, it harbors life.
5631…How Ikea Became Iconic
Forget the monkey, although that did not hurt, it is moves like this that keep them on top. WFDS
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, February 14, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, February 14, 2013: Hamilton pastor must stop providing legal services, court rules – CBC.ca Go to ABA…
The Scourge of the Undead
While there was much talk in the House of Commons yesterday about how to prevent a ‘zombie apocalypse,’ in Canada, Bob Hepburn has his own solution on how to deal…
Cat with valentine face
Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: Cat, valentine
Strip search includes removal of bra
R. v Lee, 2013 ONSC 1000 was released yesterday (I have a copy if anyone wishes). The decision dealt with the definition of “strip search”. Following a detention for impaired…
The Stupidity Of Child Poverty
The Conference Board recently took the nation’s pulse and discovered that child poverty is on the rise in Canada. Diane Swinemar, the executive director of Feed Nova Scotia, writes: Most…