Zorg Report 2014-04-11 09:54:00
(CP) – In a statement released today, Canadian Minister of Democracy Pierre Poilievre said that, while he supports North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s efforts to standardize haircuts, he had already…
April 2014
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, April 11, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines fromWise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 11, 2014: Indiana must recognize a terminally ill woman’s same-sex marriage: judge Must benefits coverage extend to…
On public priorities
I’m not sure whether last week’s column played a role, but there have been an awful lot of attacks on Saskatchewan’s Crowns since then at a time when the parties…
The only anti-Rob Ford video you should watch today
There’s another YouTube Rob Ford thing out this morning and I hate it: it evinces too much sympathy, or likeability, for Mayor Crackhead. It misses the mark. This video, meanwhile,…
Shoring up the declining empire.
If you are destined to become a saviour of the British royalty, you start young. It was eight-month old Prince George who flew in to wow the colonials in New…
New Federal Poll
With the Liberals at around 36 points, the Conservatives at roughly 27 and the NDP with 22, voters are in a profoundly different place than they were when the Conservatives…
Oil Industry Cherry-Picks Drilling Data to Mislead Public on Federal Lease Programs
The oil industry and its well-compensated apologists in Congress like to complain that the Obama administration is stalling oil production on public lands. The problem with that argument: it’s demonstrably…
On Harper’s Destructive Government
I am feeling somewhat uninspired this morning, so for now I simply offer two reasonably good missives from Globe and Mail readers on Mr. Harper’s demonstrably destructive impact on our…
They’re Getting Worried
This week, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives put out a media release in which they insisted that their taxes were not too low. Linda McQuaig writes: This defensive posture…
Trudeau by the numbers
The good news: The Liberals surpassed the Conservatives a year and a half ago. This is not a honeymoon period, not a blip of the sort Michael Ignatieff enjoyed after…
Premier Peek-a-boo #nlpoli
Pretty well every Conservative who is anyone in the province turned up on Wednesday night at Danny Breen’s by-election headquarters. Every Conservative, that is, except the fellow who is the…
Jim Flaherty is not dead, only in Ireland (or Michigan)
One ought not to speak ill of the dead, nor inflict more grief on the aggrieved. Still, the instant hagiography surrounding Jim Flaherty will attach some burrs. Through his actions…
Jim Flaherty is not dead, only in Ireland (or Michigan)
One ought not to speak ill of the dead, nor inflict more grief on the aggrieved. Still, the instant hagiography surrounding Jim Flaherty will attach some burrs. Through his actions…
Jim Flaherty is not dead, only in Ireland (or Michigan)
One ought not to speak ill of the dead, nor inflict more grief on the aggrieved. Still, the instant hagiography surrounding Jim Flaherty will attach some burrs.Through his actions to…
Jim Flaherty is not dead, only in Ireland (or Michigan)
One ought not to speak ill of the dead, nor inflict more grief on the aggrieved. Still, the instant hagiography surrounding Jim Flaherty will attach some burrs. Through his actions…
Are We Losing the Battle to Kill the Unfair Elections Act?
I thought we were making good progress in our struggle to try to force the Cons to change or kill their foul so-called Fair Elections Act.But it turns out I…
Poor Kids, Poor Families and Shame
“When Centennial’s students found out Seymour couldn’t hold a pyjama day because many students didn’t have pyjamas, they fundraised to buy every Seymour student a pair last Christmas.” – When…
What happens now that we know there really is a cancer cluster in Fort Chip? Nothing?
Greenpeace Canada info-graphic showing connections among the far-right Conservative Party of Canada activists behind the so-called Ethical Oil Institute. Below: Dr. James Talbot; Dr. John O’Connor; Ezra Levant. Alberta’s chief…
The United States—democracy or oligarchy?
Last year, Iran held an election to choose its president. Many in the West mocked the election because the candidates were vetted by the Guardian Council (a group appointed largely…
Jim Flaherty: The Man and the Legacy
I think it's fair to say that he was a better person at the end of his political career than he was at the beginning.He did reinvent himself from a…