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March 2014
REPEAT AFTER ME!
REPEAT AFTER ME: The composition of the Supreme Court of Canada is constitutionally protected, and the Harper government™ attempt to change the Supreme Court of Canada Act through an omnibus…
Published elsewhere: Ontario is no California when it comes to debt
The Toronto Star just published an article I wrote in response to claims made by the Fraser Institute and the Toronto Sun that Ontario has a runaway debt problem worse…
Cat face. Are you looking at me again?
Oh, are you looking at me again? As spontaneous as this drawing seems, it took four days. I have wanted to draw the cats more from life, but they generally…
Nova Scotia approves LNG plant
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia granted conditional approval Friday to a proposed liquefied natural gas plant in Goldboro, clearing another hurdle for the terminal that’s slated to be operational in six…
Another rebuke against PMS
0 and 4 so far for Stephen Harper. First, he lost the InSite decision, which now allows safe injection sites. Then he lost the prostitution decision, which all but legalizes…
Ben Klass on wireless carriers’ high prices
As cell phone customers reel from yet another Big Telecom price hike, it seems like our wireless market is moving backwards not forwards. Telecom expert and OpenMedia community member Ben…
Quebec: Premier Marois’ Walk into Darkness
Premier Marois The first debate in this unexpectedly interesting provincial election has yet again proved that the best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry. The Premier and…
Not wearing seatbelt strict liability offence
R. v. Wilson, 2014 ONCA 212 holds not wearing a seatbelt is a strict liability offence: Holding s. 106(2) to be an offence of strict liability comports with the wisdom…
How to calculate un(der)employment
For my day job, I wrote a thing about underemployment in Canada. I thought that it might be useful to post my method here so that other interested parties could…
Renewable Energy Doesn’t Cost Ontario That Much, Report Reveals
Investing in wind, and solar power is not the main cause of rising costs of electrical bills in Ontario, as many in the province tend to believe. According to a…
Air Canada : the Suckage Continues…..
Air Canada passenger sues after seat-bumping dispute Waverley man says he was denied a seat during a business trip to Whitehorse CBC News Posted: Mar 20, 2014 7:51 PM AT…
March 21; Remember Dr. Lapierre and shale gas….?
Remember how the Irving press avoided the story at first? And then it wrote a story about it so misleading that some might call it lying. And notice the government…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, March 21, 2014
Your news links for today: Twitter website ‘blocked’ in Turkey – BBC News Turkey’s Twitter ban backfires: Tweets up 138%, VPN usage up, topic trends – VentureBeat A plea to…
Harper Loses 2 Gambits In 2 Days
Harper has lost two gambits to undermine Canada’s legal system in two days. First, an attempt to make prison sentences harsher by retroactively killing an early parole program was knocked…
Like Reading a Newspaper
I’ve stated this in many times in talks and interviews, but I can’t find it anywhere in my actual text-based materials, so let’s get it on the record so people…
United Church Observer: Through the Cracks, For Adults With Developmental Disabilities Gaps Remain
The United Church Observer article, Through the cracks, by Kevin Spurgaitis, tackles issues relating to the lack of available care for adults with severe developmental disabilities including autism disorders. Simply…
ConCalls: The Important Question of #RoboCon #elxnfraud
Ask why no by-elections were triggered by Elections Canada following the finding of a coordinated nation-wide election fraud scheme detected in 247 ridings. What could possibly more serious during an…
On foreseeable dangers
The NDP is in the midst of its cross-country consultations on the Unfair Elections Act – with Charlie Angus’ visit to Regina today just one of the many stops along…
Nadon decision and reasons
Reference re Supreme Court Act, ss. 5 and 6 2014 SCC 21 is carefully reasoned. Some might prefer the decision of the minority. That said there is no question but…