Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, May 12, 2014
Your news links for today: No, wireless bills aren’t actually going down – WordsByNowak Canada ISP Speed Index Results – Netflix Pressure mounts on FCC over net-neutrality changes – BBC…
May 2014
Bad Math From Hudak? Press Release Over-Estimates Savings From Cancelling Fit Program By Factor Of 20?
Their news release can be found here. But here’s a screen shot just in case they try to alter it: Because Tom Adams, no friend of wind energy, says point…
Harper’s Attempt To Politicize The Judiciary
More so than any Prime Minister in Canada’s history, Harper is hell-bent on imposing his political agenda on Canada’s courts. But there’s another way to look at it, based on…
Alex Usher is Wrong on Tuition Fees
Earlier today, over at the Academic Matters web site, I addressed the issue of whether Canada’s current system of high tuition fees and means-tested student aid is in fact “progressive.”…
giverny, plus tablet and ptsd updates
Keyboard I love my Nexus 7. I hate the Minisuit keyboard, although the problem might be Bluetooth. To blog, I need a keyboard, and I need to use Blogger via…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, May 12, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, May 12, 2014: NSA, Metadata, and Congress – TalkLeft Government snooping on social media may breach Privacy…
Go England!!!!
(1) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Is Kathleen Wynne for real?
According to a new attack ad from Kathleen Wynne, Andrea Horwath is “not for real” and opposed to: Increased child benefit Expanded pension plan Investment in new roads, bridges and…
ConCalls: Insufficient Investigation for #RoboCon
A lawyer central to the Federal Court challenge of election fraud in 2011, has made a list of deficiencies in the Elections Canada Commish’s report. #cdnpoli #MUSTread Dancing with Mr.…
The Hudak Campaign: The Liberal and NDP Secret Weapon
I can think of only five possible reasons for the way Tim Hudak and the PC team conducted the early part of their Ontario election campaign: Highly trained operatives from…
We’re Not Paying You To Tell Us Something We Don’t Want To Know
That would seem to be the mentality behind the Harper regime’s chopping of $1.2 million from the federal Justice Department’s research budget. As reported by the CBC, the cut, which…
Things To Come
The Ontario election is a preview of coming attractions. Tim Harper writes: It may appear Stephen Harper is being dragged into the Ontario election campaign by responding to goading by…
Hudak’s odds are now 100,000:1.
There must be a rule for Conservative Party leaders in Ontario that, during an election campaign, they have to commit some form of political suicide. Ontario Conservative Leader Timmy Hudak…
The Gaffe-man
I’m almost starting to wonder whether Tim Hudak isn’t doing all of these “gaffes” on purpose; he and his campaign strategists surely can’t be THIS inept (can they?): The latest…
Robocall Scandal: Did the Harper PMO Lie to Elections Canada?
He has been lucky so far. The robocall scandal hasn't yet penetrated the darkness of his foul PMO.But now the robocall trial of Michael Sona is about to begin. Who…
Vapourtax
A few tech companies are noted for vapourware, which are products announced with much fanfare that never materialise. In my view, BC Liberal assurances of more than $70 billion new…
The market is closed, Ken. #nlpoli
Part of the problem the folks at Nalcor have had in trying to build support for on Muskrat Falls is that they never explain things completely, in plain English. The…
NDP Sectarianism Returns with a Vengeance
You have to wonder what Andrea Horwath was thinking. By bringing down the Ontario government a week ago and launching an election as a result, the NDP risks opening the…