National Post: “I’m not sure what distinguishes Tory as a front-running candidate for mayor. He has business experience, certainly, but so do many people, and it actually doesn’t apply to…
Looking more closely at what is happening to the Ontario New Democrats you realize that the signs have been there all along. This is a party without the will to…
I was browsing around this morning and caught this from the Hill Times about how our next election campaign may be (unofficially) 4 months long if Harper waits until October…
Um. The Quebec Liberals did “retake the province,” folks. Was in all the papers – including, perhaps, yours. .
…is here. A small cruelty they must think they get away with, either because their supporters don’t care at all or think one is too many.
Frank Coleman recorded CBC’s On Point with Peter Cowan on Thursday or Friday afternoon. During the show, Coleman acknowledged that he had a personal financial interest in a decision by…
On a day when the country is mourning the CBC icon and distinguished Canadian Knowlton Nash. At a time when the CBC is bleeding to death from the savage cuts…
Trinity Western University has been in the news recently, as law societies in Ontario and Nova Scotia voted to not recognize lawyers trained at the religious university’s soon-to-open law school.…
Alberta Politics, The Movie: Woody Allen and actual Hollywood movie stars may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Harry Strom, the last Social Credit premier of Alberta. Let’s imagine for…
The Four Walls of My Freedom: Lessons I’ve Learned From a Life of Caregiving (House of Anansi Press, 2014) is available everywhere in Canada and for pre-order in the USA.…
The Ontario election continues to confound observers. Long-serving governments should typically find it harder each time they go to the polls to get re-elected. Scandal-plagued Liberal governments led for the…
Boucher v. Wal-Mart Canada Corp., 2014 ONCA 419d The tort of intentional infliction of mental suffering has three elements. The plaintiff must prove: · The defendant’s conduct was flagrant and…
Canadian National Railway Co. v.Canada (Attorney General), 2014 SCC 40: This Court has observed that, while Hansard evidence is admitted as relevant to the background and purpose of the legislation,…
BC Minister of Natural Gas Rich Coleman open his government’s LNG conference (BC govt flickr photo) Last week week, the BC Government held its second annual LNG In BC Conference,…
Solar panels are draining the sun. Crap. Double crap. This week, a scientific research facility in Wyoming made a startling discovery that is certain to change the way millions of…
“Sometimes telling the truth hurts…and it will hurt here.”—Rob Anderson, Wildrose MLA at the Alberta Federation of Labour Conference in response to a question about the legal right to strike*…
In one of our previous posts, we briefly introduced our readers to the Southern Ontario "Skinheads'" most recent member: Meet Brodie Walsh, aka "Bee Walsh" aka "Bee Fresh" aka "Straightt…
Feel free to compare this to my predictions from earlier. The EU is having it’s elections today. As mentioned in the post linked to above, this is all very complex,…
