More on Forum Research
Since I published my previous post, 308 has written about the Forum poll and made the same critique better than I did. Here is part of what he said: When…
May 2014
GFL Update
Apparently: Clr. Perks will move motion on GFL vehicles receiving safety standard downgrade pic.twitter.com/nny3iUXDb8— Ann Hui (@annhui) May 6, 2014 More info here. Maybe this will get real reporters on…
NDP Leader Horgan opposes BC’s proposed Site C Dam
Read this from the Commonsense Canadian VANCOUVER – B.C. New Democratic Party Leader John Horgan is raising concerns about the proposed Site C hydroelectric dam, just days before an environmental…
Election 2014: Shocked… shocked to find there’s been privatization going on here
There is a scene in the movie Casablanca where café owner Rick is surprised to see his friend Captain Renault has sent the police to close down his backroom casino.…
Certiorari is only available if the error appears on the face of the record. What, then, is the record?
Endicott v. Ontario (Independent Police Review Office), 2014 ONCA 363: I view the extent of the material ordered by the Divisional Court and the list proposed by the respondent to…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Your news links for today: The Docket – Episode 1: Michael Geist and Internet Privacy – Michael Spratt Five Measures to Help Counter the Tidal Wave of Secret Telecom Disclosures…
Ads vs organizing: it’s the wrong debate at the CLC convention
There’s a debate raging at the CLC now about whether the Congress should levy more money from its members (to the tune of $22 million) to fund a paid publicity…
The Frenzy Over Rob Ford’s Whereabouts
As I write these words, the Toronto Twitterati are going berserk over reports that Rob Ford, who was supposedly going to the States to enter a rehab program there, withdrew…
Margaret Wente’s "Takedown" of Thomas Piketty
Marget Wente’s purported “takedown” of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twentieth Century (Globe and Mail, May 3, p. F2), while anti-intellectual in tone, reminds me of the philosophical arguments made…
May 6: Let me go back a few days……
The big news for today is the banner headline on page 1 of the Times and Transcript. “Roads are a priority for Dieppe: Mayor” That’s right up there with keeping…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Polly Toynbee writes about the continued spread of privatization based solely on corporatist dogma even in the face of obvious examples of…
Watch Sustainability Illustrated
Alex Magnin is an illustrator who likes making the world a better place and over the last six months he’s been illustrating sustainability. The video above is about explaining sustainability…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 6, 2014: Do You Have a Great Canadian Law Firm Brand? A growing trend: Restaurants protect…
American Minimum Wage Earners Held Hostage Over Keystone XL
One of the biggest political issues facing the United States right now is economic inequality and the fight for a fairer minimum wage. Unfortunately for American workers, that fight is…
Both Martin and Wynne governments fell because of lies and corruption
Partisan Liberals believe they are entitled to their entitlements. They think the purpose of the NDP is to prop up their minority governments no matter how corrupt they become or…
NDP Leader Horgan opposes BC’s proposed Site C Dam
Newly-minted BC NDP Leader John Horgan has come out against the proposed Site C Dam VANCOUVER – B.C. New Democratic Party Leader John Horgan is raising concerns about the proposed…
I am Canadianized!
In other parts of the continent, its called “uppity”. But I like calling it “Canadianized” — asking for an employer to treat you like a fellow human being instead of…
Out Of Control
Yesterday, Peter MacKay renewed his attack on Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. Andrew Coyne writes: Watching the Harper government stumble from one needless controversy to another — picking fights, settling scores,…
Can I Get Back To You On That?
Maybe I am just angry because a progressive budget was dismissed by an allegedly progressive party. Maybe I am fearful that an NDP-induced Ontario election could see the ascension to…
There are no ‘Butts’ about it.
If Gerald Butts is the key apparatchik behind the rise of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, when he is going to butt in? As the former head of World Wildlife Fund…