Hudak Adviser Ben Zycher Is Crazier Than I Thought. Tim Hudak Should Fire Him
I just picked up on the “in the tank for tabacco companies” stuff, and the GAW denialism. I missed the really crazy stuff: Hudak needs to fire his economic adviser…
May 2014
“Soldiers in the streets” and “we are not making this up” will commence in five, four, three, two…
And, coming soon: the Ontario Liberal leader will advocate a constitutional amendment during the middle of the leaders’ debate. ,
Support The Experimental Lakes Area
The Experimental Lakes Area has suffered greatly from the Canadian government’s anti-science funding policies and has luckily been saved by the International Institute for Sustainable Development. To ensure that further…
We’re waiting for the slowpokes in Babel.
Members of the provincial Liberal Party in Babel are watching their e-mail in-boxes. We are waiting for news of our Liberal candidate for the June 12 election. You would think…
Hudak falsehood: 300,000 jobs killed by rising hydro rates
Tim Hudak’s “Million Jobs” revolution is founded on a lot of flaky ideology and misinformation. Part is his claim that rising electricity rates in Ontario killed 300,000 manufacturing jobs. He…
Hudak’s Hallucinations
Tim Hudak has been traveling around Ontario, pledging to create a million jobs by cutting taxes. Linda McQuaig writes that the problem is that Hudak’s plan is an hallucination: But…
A clear mediation agreement can displace common law settlement privilege
Union Carbide Canada Inc. v. Bombardier Inc., 2014 SCC 35: The common law settlement privilege and confidentiality in the mediation context are often conflated. They do have a common purpose:…
Pressure Grows on EPA to Regulate Toxic Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Industry
On Tuesday, 64 environmental groups, representing over 1 million members and supporters, submitted a legal petition to the Environmental Protection Agency, calling on the federal government to more closely regulate…
The Ontario NDP: The Party of No Damn Principles?
That is the conclusion Rick Salutin recently came to in a column entitled Andrea Horwath’s right-wing populism. Describing her as a right-wing populist, full out, Salutin explored the framework within…
The Bicycle Roads to Nowhere #nlpoli
Frecker Drive is a well-designed residential street in the west end of St. John’s. The street is wide: you can park cars on either side and still have space left…
The Day Stephen Harper Was Forced to Change His Story
He has apparently retreated to his bunker, surrounded by his shrinking inner circle, in the one place where he feels he's still in TOTAL CONTROL.And his many enemies real or…
With Ian Jessop CFAX1070, May 14
We discuss the province’s natural gas revenue, BC Ferries and log exports. Gadget Google – Lecteur multimédia de Google – http://www.liens-du-vin.ch/google-audio_player-script.htm
Students instruct teachers to bring economics into the real world
Following the Second World War, Western nations embarked on securing the welfare state as a balance to the capitalist market economy, the result of which was the most prosperous and…
Cone of Silence descends over deeds of Tory leadership candidate Jim Prentice’s secret agents, real or imagined
An unidentified person, left, said to be close to undeclared Tory leadership candidate Jim Prentice, waits for the Cone of Silence to descend over his discussions with a member of…
Is the Jim Prentice Juggernaut unstoppable?
TweetHe is a leadership candidate backed by long-governing party establishment. He has chased away his potential rivals. He has experience in both the federal cabinet and the corporate sector. He…
Hero Cat Video Is Probably Fake
Can’t say why quite yet. But I am betting it is. Cats are heartless, godless, flesh eating little shits. Although this is not a bad theory. Were all these shots…