Information to Obtain need not be commissioned by Justice of the Peace
R. v. D.G., 2014 ONCA 75: In this case, the ITO of P.C. Feizal Rhab was commissioned by Shirley Atkinson, a Commissioner of Oaths for the Waterloo Regional Police Service.…
January 2014
Future posting
I haven’t gone away, I’m still very much here. Sometime in the next few days, I’ll be making a very personal diary entry. But it’s something I’ve wanted to say…
VeterAnts say JuliAnt fAntino treated them with disrespect
Inspired by this headline: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/veterans-say-fantino-treated-them-with-disrespect-in-meeting-over-va-office-closures-1.1658981
He Was Supposed to Live Forever – And He Will
You can read more about Pete Seeger on the Pete Seeger Appreciation Page website.
He Was Supposed to Live Forever – And He Will
You can read more about Pete Seeger on the Pete Seeger Appreciation Page website.
Wynne, Northumberland governments place hundreds of kids at risk
More here. The local government is out to get them – and the provincial government doesn’t give a sweet damn. Meanwhile, the entire process has been rigged to give a…
He Was Supposed to Live Forever – And He Will
You can read more about Pete Seeger on the Pete Seeger Appreciation Page website.
Tinfoil hat alert!
Kirby Ferguson, who made the highly enjoyable “Everything is a remix” web documentary, has a new project out, which may be of interest to all you paranoid groovy people. You…
Why It’s Not Enough To Be Right About Climate Change
A couple weeks back, I found myself enmeshed briefly in a local debate here in Calgary regarding the validity of the argument that a continent-wide spell of frigid weather raised…
No gays in Sochi, and apparently no one on minimum wage in Thornhill
The statement yesterday by Sochi’s mayor that there were no gay people in Sochi was idiotic. The statement today by Thornhill Progressive Conservative candidate, Gila Martow, is nearly as idiotic:…
EPA Throws In The Towel In Florida
Halfway between Orlando and Tampa lies Lakeland, Florida, site of a radioactive dump left over from a local phosphate mine. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has wanted to get it…
America’s Private Sector Achilles’ Heel
What if there are dozens of Edward Snowdens inside today’s American security apparatus only they’re working for America’s enemies? It’s been said that the easiest way to get a mole…
How I will lead
I am a full time volunteer for the party. I have been for the past five years. As President, I will continue to be a full time volunteer. While the…
Alberta families abandon homes over bitumen fumes
Fumes from these bitumen storage tanks are allegedly driving Alberta families from their homes. Read this Jan. 26th Vancouver Observer story by Mychaylo Prystupa on the extreme effects of bitumen…
My Dad Never Told Me That
According to the new head of Japan’s state broadcaster, during WWII, every country had “comfort women” – a nice Japanese term for kidnapped foreign women forced into sexual slavery to…
How we can win the next election, at the door
We just sent this email blast out to all of the delegates going to Montreal! I want to thank you for standing as a delegate to our Party’s convention in…
Ending The Stigma
This op-ed appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on January 28, 2014. On Dec. 29, Christopher Peloso, the 40-year-old husband of former Ontario deputy premier George Smitherman, was reported missing.…
Rough Waters Ahead for Harper’s Supertanker Armada?
There’s a glimmer of hope that, finally, somebody may torpedo Stephen Harper’s fetish to run an armada of supertankers through British Columbia’s coastal waters. That “somebody” would be the Americans…
Eroding the public trust one act at a time
The government is allowed to operate because of an unspoken social license. A default “benefit of the doubt” should exist in which crimes and conspiracies must be proved before they…
Harper Ignoring Warning Signs, About Dangers of Transportating Tarsands Oil
Lac Megantic explosion. We have been hearing more about the dangers of transporting tar sands, pipeline explosion in Manitoba – TransCanada pipeline’s “apology” is hardly enough – train derailments and,…