A Timely Reminder About Taxation
Responding to a column the other day by the Star’s Thomas Walkom, letter-writer Bruna Nota of Toronto offers us some timely reminders: Re: Tax a dirty word in these Thatcherite…
March 2014
Thomas Mulcair’s Problem
Best known for his role as “Screamin’ Tom” on the Parliamentary Channel hit “Question Period”. From here.
Halifax and Beyond
Earlier this month I had the pleasure and privilege of participating in NSCAD’s Cineflux Symposium, an academic gathering that explores the “old new” forms, modes, practices and theories of cinema.…
May could be the first time atmospheric carbon dioxide levels peak
The Keeling Curve shows monthly carbon dioxide concentrations at Mauna Loa Observatory (Photo: NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory/Scripps Institute of Oceanography). Read this March 18th article from the Huffington Post…
A Short History of Joe Oliver, Canada’s New Finance Minister
Joe Oliver, Canada’s new federal Minister of Finance, made quite a name for himself during his tenure as Minister of Natural Resources. In his former position Oliver proved himself a…
A Short History of Joe Oliver, Canada’s New Finance Minister
Joe Oliver, Canada’s new federal Minister of Finance, made quite a name for himself during his tenure as former Minister of Natural Resources. In his former position Oliver proved himself…
Rogers hits senior with an $800 bill for Internet she never used
Rogers hit this B.C. senior with a whopping $800 bill for Internet she never even used. It seems not a week goes by without another story of Big Telecom price-gouging.…
March 20: Yesterday, on March 19, on the op ed page—–
….there appeared a very special op ed column concerning the future health and well-being of the people of New Brunswick. It said that the recent gift of additional crown lands…
American Association for the Advancement of Science Says It’s Time To “Brake 4 Climate”
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest non-government general science membership organization and the executive publisher of Science, a leading scientific journal. Its mission…
"… care must be taken in assessing intent, careful not to jump too quickly to an inference of intent simply because of the consequences of one’s actions."
R v Karakeeva, 2013 MBPC 70
Repeal of early parole violates rights, Supreme Court rules
Canada (Attorney General) v. Whaling, 2014 SCC 20: W, S and M were all serving federal penitentiary sentences. As first‑time, non‑violent offenders, all three were eligible for accelerated parole review…
Mulcair smart enough to fight fire with fire
Thomas Mulcair unloaded both barrels on newly minted finance minister Joe Oliver with sound bites that grabbed the media spotlight. After watching a parade of political leaders go down in…
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that retroactive changes to parole eligibility brought in by the Harper government are unconstitutional
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that retroactive changes to parole eligibility brought in by the Harper government are unconstitutional. The top court was the third successive court to…
Redford has no one to blame but herself
. No one, least of all politicians, likes to admit just how big a role outside forces play in one’s political success – and failure. Strong MPs are defeated when…
Fighting the good fight against the Beer Store.
Martin Regg Cohn of the Toronto Star knows how it feels. He has been on the front lines for the Toronto Star long enough that he is showing the tedium…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, March 20, 2014
Your news links for today: Canada’s Digital Divide Persists, CIRA Report Shows – Huffington Post Why internet upload speed in Canada lags world average – CBC News Canadians’ heavy internet…
Price too high for Scarborough-Rouge hospitals to sustain merger plan
In the end the price was too much. The merger between the Scarborough and Rouge Valley hospitals appears to be sidelined after months of intense activity including unprecedented community consultation.…
Flaherty’s Legacy: Ideological, reckless and just plain lucky
This piece was originally published at the Globe and Mail’s online Report on Business feature, EconomyLab. There are two reasons why it is difficult to comment on the legacy of…
New column day
Here, on how the cult of “lean” is just part of the most damaging Saskatchewan Party belief which is undermining our health care system and other public services. For further…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Bruce Livesey discusses Tony Blair’s role in corporatizing social democracy. And Stephen Elliott-Buckley writes that there’s little reason to listen to the…