Developing a sustainable, democratic economy
The purpose of economics is to find a system that allocates resources in the most effective way possible for the greatest benefit of society. Even right-wing, free-market ideologues like Ronald…
April 2014
Harper’s (Un)Fair Elections Act could be a useful crisis of democracy
The Harper government seems intent on proving to its detractors and critics that things can always get worse. No matter how many anti-democratic outrages and subsequent unapologetic stonewalling they deliver…
Oooh, shiny….
Religious texts are full of admonitions about avoiding temptation. The Lord’s Prayer tells God to “lead us not into temptation.” Fat lot of good that does. Not only do we…
Your Morning Smile (for most of us)
And under the “methinks he doth protest too much” file, enjoy this. Recommend this Post
The Demise Of The Parti Quebecois – ‘A Bad Campaign’ by John Conway
Regina’s alternative newspaper, The Prairie Dog, has an excellent article by retired Politcal Science professor, Dr. John Conway: A Bad Campaign The party invented by René Lévesque in 1968 is…
Gord, gone
Gord Tulk, who resembles a computer virus, has defamed a person in comments by calling them a member of a terrorist group. I don’t want to get sued for his…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Dayen discusses how prepaid debit cards are turning into the latest means for the financial sector to extract artificial fees from consumers.…
San Francisco Fluctuates Parking Prices, Reduces Wasteful Driving
Car culture in North America has led to massive subsidies for car drivers that go pretty much unnoticed. One of these subsidies is in the way of “free parking,” which…
With the new Québec government, the provinces should push back
Monday’s landslide win by Phillipe Couillard and his Québec Liberal Party is a great sign that the idea of sovereignty may have been set aside for a long time. But…
Is this John Tory fan Sattva Namaste?
My gal – and many other women, gays and lesbians, and minorities – have been attacked and stalked by a monster calling himself “Sattva Namaste” for weeks. This creep is…
Winning
Despite the sneaky efforts of a lunatic in Ottawa, my amazing lawyers, Brian Shiller and Angela Chaisson, won me another case yesterday. The defendants learned, the hard way, not to…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, April 9, 2014: Here’s everything you need to know about the Heartbleed web security flaw Auditors won’t…
Will advanced IT be the saviour of Ontario hospitals?
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has a simple vision: better data, better decisions, healthier Canadians. It does appear at times that we are drowning in data, raising the…
Democracy Itself
Pierre Polivevre has met all criticism of the “Fair” Elections Act with a mantra of talking points and — in the case of Marc Mayrand and Sheila Fraser — ad…
Rob Ford Nature Special by Jimmy Kimmel
It is really funny. The great white Ford.
Why hasn’t Charles Sousa returned this family’s call? Why hasn’t John Baird helped them?
Imagine having four young kids, a professional wife who helps you run a school, and that you do a lot of charity work – raising money for orphanages and whatnot.…
More musing on TO’s mayoralty marathon.
Obviously the Olivia Chow campaign team must know something we do not. It is hard to believe that John Tory’s mayoralty campaign is that far ahead? It is the only…
OMG it’s SFH for CUP, FWIW
Canadian University Press, for which I used to supply copy as a Charlatan guy, is holding a fundraiser next Wednesday night. SFH and the Snipes will be there, with punk…
Le PQ de Pauline a-t-il perdu à cause du vote ethnique?
Le ectoplasme du «prochain» référendum s'éloigne maintenant que le Parti québécois (PQ) a été défait dans scrutin provincial québécois. Après un cycle électoral acrimonieux et débordant d'allégations de corruption, d'insinuations…