Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, April 3, 2014
Your news links for today: 700 MHZ spectrum licences paid in full, James Moore says – CBC News Ontario enacts protection for wireless customers – Toronto Star Conservatives agree to…
April 2014
In Harper’s Canada … A Budget Bill Isn’t Just A Budget
Pay close attention to Harper's "omnibus" bills. Those contain the bulk of his agenda. They're so big that he's hoping you don't even look. These bills are so multi-dimensional that…
How hard would a ‘soft landing’ be in Canada’s housing market?
Some Canadian economists are saying we don’t have to worry about a housing bubble. For example, Stephen Gordon from Maclean’s blogs, “Odds are on a soft landing for the Canadian…
Pierre Poilievre -Minister for "democratic’ Reform
How to dodge a question? Pierre Poilievre will teach you how. I felt sorry for Evan Solomon. He did try but Poiliever proved that he is the champion of fudging.
A working class disarmed | LBO News from Doug Henwood
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Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Macdonald studies Canada’s massive (and growing) wealth gap, and proposes some thoughtful solutions to ensure that growth in wealth results in…
$$$ Why Is High Spender June Draude Still Sitting At Brad Wall’s Cabinet Table? $$$
REGINA — Saskatchewan Social Services Minister June Draude came under fire Wednesday after it was revealed her expenses for an overseas trip last summer included more than $3,600 for a…
New column day
Here, looking at a $396 million annual benefit in the form of lower wireless rates for Saskatchewan residents serves as a prime example of the value of public enterprise –…
NATHAN, WHERE ARE YOU?
In January, I was contacted by Ex Libris, a vanity press that uses extremely aggressive marketing techniques to bilk writers out of their hard-earned income. I have asked repeatedly to…
Quebec in the closing days
This is my current prediction, with projection elements. By that I mean I’ve added real hard math while keeping the ability to adjust for local factors and “gut” feelings. The…
CVRD Bylaw Puts Engineering Manager In Charge-Sidelines Elected Politicians
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The continuing disputes between the CVRD and Fisher Road Recycling were on display at Mondays Public Meeting at the Cobble Hill Hall. The first indication that something…
XXXXX: the identity of John Tory’s top supporter is revealed!
Spotted by Robyn Doolittle in John Tory’s release from his “ethics” announcement this morning. Among other things, it helps to explain why John Tory’s campaign started badly, and has gotten…
What in the world is Eve Adams?
When I was a kid, I was known for throwing hissy fits on just about anything that didn’t go my way. Now a lot of us adults probably were like…
Ask General Kang: If my foreign policy is a failure, do I have to admit it?
Hell no! If you can’t blame the failures of your policy on some flunky (or opposition party, if you’re unlucky enough to be ruling in a “democracy”) then what kind…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, April 03, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 03, 2014: Unpaid interns dropped from Rogers-owned magazines Brazen 2 probe of Rob Ford and others…
Alexandra Hospital: Of truckers and outpatient labs
The Alexandra Hospital has a rather unique demographic. Located in Ingersoll, just off the 401 nestled between Kitchener and London, we’re told the hospital’s outpatient services are used frequently by…
…Gone?
The tale of Eve Adams gets increasingly melodramatic, and increasingly reminiscent of Helena Guergis. That she will suffer Helena’s political fate is looking more likely with each passing day. Readers…
But can we get President’s Choice Scotch?
Can you not just admire these Ontario politicians? They are so brave and forward looking that they are going to try some liquor kiosks in a few of the bigger…
The Purpose Economy
Triple-bottom line companies and other terms that describe companies that focus on more than just profit keep coming. The most recent is what is no referred to as the purpose…
John Tory’s New Policy Initiative: As Mayor, I Will Not Smoke Crack
…and he’ll force union/civic action lobbyists to register with the city. But that’s it. That’s today’s big policy roll-out. Oh how low has the bar been set!