The current debate over paid plasma donation has brought out a number of patient groups – including those funded by big-pharma – that are suggesting Canada has no choice but…
Under new rules announced by Canada’s public broadcaster on April 24, freelance hosts like Rex Murphy will have to disclose their speaking fees to CBC, which will in turn post…
Your news links for today: Government reportedly ready to shun TELUS from 2500Mhz spectrum auction if they continue to pursue Mobilicity – Mobile Syrup New net neutrality rules coming from…
If Canada’s “SIGINT” (Signals Intelligence) agency doesn’t have records to share with Elections Canada of malicious #robocalls made outside of Canada aimed at disrupting our federal election, then what good…
Another fine Weston analysis, save and except his reliance on a Justin Trudeau advisor (without identifying him as such). Bottom line: a referendum is seemingly the only way to circumvent…
The Supreme Court issued their ruling on the Senate Reform Consultation questions that Harper put before them last year. In a unanimous decision released Friday, eight judges of the top…
The Charbonneau Commission into corruption and illegal political party funding has started work again after the Quebec provincial election. Just what it will come up with when it’s finished its…
From Bloomberg: Still, the prime minister was unhappy that depictions of Canada as a “dirty oil” nation were not being adequately confronted by the industry or his ministers. He had…
If the C. D. Howe Institute study released yesterday isn’t a clue as to what is so fundamentally flawed with the TFWP, I don’t know what is. In its report,…
Senate decision 2013 SCC 32: Pursuant to s. 53 of the Supreme Court Act, the Governor in Council referred the following questions to this Court: 1. In relation to each…
Assorted content to end your week. – Larry Bartels highlights how class plays a particularly large role in U.S. politics, as opinions about the role of government are particularly polarized…
The Temporary Foreign Workers Program has been increasingly in the spotlight the last few weeks. Many allegations have surfaced about the appalling living and working conditions faced by migrant workers.…
Congratulations to Elaine Hayden Booker! She won the LOCKDOWN LOLITA writing challenge with her postcard story, Unretired. I love how quirky it is. Follow Elaine at her blog or on…
Listening to a political speech the other day was a disappointing experience. The speech was by someone who already had our vote. You just wished he cared enough about the…
Mark Twain wrote that there are “lies, damned lies and statistics.” The truth of that aphorism was proved once again this week after the New York Times reported that the…
Read this Bloomberg News article for an interesting analysis of the events behind the Obama stalling of the Keystone Pipeline approvals. Harper, a micro-manager at home, appears oblivious to how…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 25, 2014: Law firms embracing tech startups FDA regulates e-cigarettes, cigars and pipes Guilty plea judged…
People like things in life to fit together. When things don;t fit together, people get upset. They get fidgety. They try to make things fit together. It’s an idea regular…
The interesting thing about political ambition and public outrage is that sometimes they work synergistically to produce positive results. Jason Kenney, whose ambition to become the Conservative Party’s next leader…
