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March 2014
Enbridge Employees Go Door-To-Door In Kitimat Before Vote On Northern Gateway
Kitimat residents are fighting back as Enbridge scales up its campaign to sway the town’s plebiscite vote on the company’s Northern Gateway oil pipeline, which would see oil loaded onto…
Like a drop of ink in a glass of milk
March is Women’s History Month I’m making a series of posts about women who’ve made a difference in my life. I remember going to a friend’s stagette party (it was…
March 26: Learning to hate….f
Most of the people in this world grow up surrounded by hatred. Where I grew up, English hated French, and Italians, and Jews, and African-Canadians, and Poles, and Japanese, and…
Minor touching to de escalate a situation not assault
In Reid, O.J. No. 1641 (C.J.), the accused was acquitted on the charge of assault causing bodily harm where she took hold of the complainant’s arm in the course of…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Joe Fiorito discusses the spread of income inequality in Canada. And Doug Henwood reviews Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century, while wondering…
Has The Revolt Begun?
It’s beginning to look, Lawrence Martin writes, like the revolt has begun: Last week, the Supreme Court offered a declaration of its independence, reminding the Prime Minister that its power…
Eat Less Meat and Save More Wildlife
Just reducing the amount of meat one has in their diet can have a positive impact on our food system, the planet, and wildlife. Take Extinction Off Your Plate is…
The Wisdom of Caregivers – Part 1
What exactly is the wisdom of caregivers? The Oxford Dictionary defines wisdom as the quality of having knowledge, experience and good judgement. Let’s start with knowledge. What do caregivers know?…
Defending The Indefensible – A Tory Tactic
Giving a break to Pierre Poilivre, the most public, glib, oleaginous and wholly unconvincing face of the misnamed ‘Fair’ Elections Act, the Harper cabal tapped good Tory-soldier Paul Calandra to…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 26, 2014: Egyptian lawyers boycott new mass trial of almost 700 suspected Islamists – Toronto Star…
The late March breads
A couple more loaves were made this month and a third will be started later this week. Both were made in the oven, not the machine, at 425F for roughly 35…
The Péquistes are in panic mode.
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois seems to be losing her overconfident grip on things political in her province. She picked the timing. She picked the star candidate. She set the agenda.…
Reflections on Chartres Cathedral, the death of civilization and the deification of the banal
Thinking of Chartres Cathedral, I ask myself, what, if anything, have we built in the past eight centuries, that compares to this? The iPad, computers, cell phones, the internet? Are…
Follow the Money: Three Energy Export Congressional Hearings, No Climate Change Discussion
In light of ongoing geopolitical tensions in Russia, Ukraine and hotly contested Crimea, three (yes, three!) U.S. Congressional Committees held hearings this week on the U.S. using its newfangled oil…
Stephen Harper’s Scandalous Challenger Problem
Once upon a time Stephen Harper used to take a perverse pleasure in going after the Liberals for using taxpayer's money to fly around in Challenger jets.But once he came…
Principle, Parliament, and Money #nlpoli
The House of Assembly unanimously voted in favour of a bill on Tuesday that gives the government permission to spend $2.8 billion as part of next years budget. Officially, it…
Purple Day – Increasing Public Awareness About Epilepsy
Today is officialy Purple Day in Canada. Founded by Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, it is a day to wear purple to increase epilepsy awareness in Canada, around the world,…
Laughing at the 1%, Occupy-Style
Roll up your sleeves, and don’t forget your kazoos! They say that laughter is good for the soul. But that’s hard when the 1% are crippling people’s hopes and dreams…