John Tory’s empty "plan" for Toronto
Toronto mayoral candidate John Tory has penned an op-ed in the National Post claiming to explain what his plan is for Toronto. Usually politicians spend most of their campaigning time…
May 2014
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, May 8, 2014
Your news links for today: The cyberbullying bill at committee – National Magazine A Chat with Canada’s Foremost Cybersecurity Expert – VICE Motherboard Federal government is ‘creeping’ your Facebook page…
The Vile creatures of the New Right. . .
I haven’t post here much lately because I have, as a matter of emotional survival, turned more toward the aesthetic, with my new website and new blog about art. But…
Why focus criticism on Vision Vancouver?
1 ICYMI: Why focus criticism on @VisionVancouver, as non-partisan? I ≠ reporter. I'm an academic. I interrogate power. VV has it. #vanpoli— Melissa Fong (@internationalmf) May 08, 2014 2
Election 2014: Economist says “jobs candidate” would begin by cutting 165,000 of them
PC leader Tim Hudak has wrapped himself in the persona of being the jobs candidate. He claims that his government would create a million jobs in Ontario – a 15…
New Report Names Alberta Oilsands as Highest Cost, Highest Risk Investment in Oil Sector
A total of $1.1 trillion USD earmarked for risky carbon-intensive oil sector investments need to be challenged by investors, according to a new report released today by the Carbon Tracker…
New Report Names Alberta Oilsands as Highest Cost, Highest Risk Investment in Oil Sector
A total of $1.1 trillion USD earmarked for risky carbon-intensive oil sector investments need to be challenged by investors, according to a new report released today by the Carbon Tracker…
New column day
Here, on the conflict between Canadian values including a reasonable quality of life and freedom from an employer’s total control, and the explicitly anti-Canadian message of employers seeking to expand…
May 8: Big news, today. I mean b – i – g
On page 1 of section A, summer is coming. Who would have guessed? On A3, preparations are in place for a Moncton byelection. I’m SO relieved to hear that. I…
How many chords?
How many chords does a musician need to know? How many does an amateur musician who plays mostly popular, folk and blues music, need to know? My first answer has…
And no birds sang #nlpoli
Farley Mowat passed away on May 7, 2014, aged 92. The prolific Canadian writer and environmentalist was just shy of his 93rd birthday on May 12. Mowat was also a…
If you could only pick your enemies.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne must be annoyed. Can you believe the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has pre-empted Kathleen’s fight with the Prime Minister? That leaves Kathleen in the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 8, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 8, 2014: John Alan Lee pushes limits of Canada’s assisted suicide debate – Health – CBC…
Digital Peeping Toms: They Don’t Even Bother To Hide Anymore
That is certainly the conclusion I drew after reading this morning’s latest Star revelation about our overlords in Ottawa. Entitled Ottawa is ‘creeping’ your Facebook, the article by Alex Boutilier…
Ontario public sector employment shrinks
Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives like to say that there is “a bloated public sector” in Ontario. “We will need to make do with fewer government employees” they proclaim.In fact, we…
Seriousness of Charter breach
R. v. Cunsolo, 2014 ONCA 364: In considering the seriousness of the Charter-infringing state conduct, the trial judge assessed the police conduct. He did not find bad faith on the…
Canada PetroState vs. United States of America
Americans hear this on their news last night. “Feds Issue Tighter Regulations For Trains Hauling Highly-Flammable Crude” Canadians are told this of their explosive oil in unsafe train cars. “B.C.…