Old Joe’s Advice
Old Joe Kennedy reportedly told his son, the president, “It’s not who you are that matters. It’s who people think you are.” Old Joe was a master of self promotion.…
June 2014
Injunctive relief
Renfrew Insurance Ltd. v Cortese, 2014 ABCA 203: The test for an interlocutory injunction is well established and not in dispute. It has three components (RJR McDonald Inc v Canada…
Calling Stephen Harper
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Rafe Mair: Why I’m for Massive Civil Disobedience
We are indeed in for the struggle of our lives.The Enbridge pipeline proposal is just one arm of the current energy frenzy that has gripped Alberta and British Columbia, but…
Toronto mayoralty: that’s not cricket!
Here’s Olivia’s cricket photo (she knows the sport rather well, as I’ve learned): Aaaand, here is a super-creepy cricket photo of John Tory and his long-time pal, Doug Ford: I…
John Tory’s transit flip-flop source of much merriment at Pride
Snapped by an Olivia Chow supporter at Pride festivities over the weekend. Oh – and by the by, Team Olivia had a gathering for volunteers Sunday – at 9 a.m.…
House Spending Bill Contains Huge Giveaways To Dirty Energy
The House Appropriations Committee is currently debating a spending bill that would set America back decades when it comes to energy policy and environmental protection. The 2015 Energy and Water…
Jason Kenney and the Latest Foreign Worker’s Scam
Uh oh. It looks as if the Cons have been forced to retreat to their wartime bunker.For not only are they trying to dodge the flak over their decision to…
Federal Libs On Northern Gateway, Keystone XL
Den Tandt’s pro-Keystone sentiments are standard issue, but his bit on Liberal strategy seems sound: All of which leads us back to the Liberals: They oppose the Northern Gateway project,…
Grassroots #nlpoli
You’ll likely hear a lot of talk from Conservatives over the next few weeks about their “grassroots.” Trevor Taylor, for one mentioned them twice last week when talking about the…
A Balanced Life: Reality or Illusion?
By George McLaren You must have heard the clichés repeated many times over. “There’s no rest for the wicked, (or the righteous, for that matter),” depending on the degree of…
At least Liberal inconsistency is consistent
BC’s recent Budget and Fiscal Plan states total provincial debt is $63 billion. This amount, 62% higher than in 2009, is 27.3% of gross domestic product. Five years ago, the…
WorldPride 2014 and the Shadow of the Deathly Con Regime
Well it wasn't the yellow brick road, it was just the rainbow crosswalk in Toronto's gay village.But it did lead to an amazing place. A celebration so big that two…
How to Help Raise Hope, On A Monday Morning!
Beverly Bell just posted an amazing, inspiring interview with Gerardo Cerdas at Raising Hope Across the Borders: Transnational Social Movements and Power Gerardo Cerdas is coordinator of the Latin American-…
A conversation with Heather Dubreuil… stitching art together with needle and thread
Heather Dubreuil’s solo show, ‘Cityscapes: Collages in Cloth & Stitch’, opened at the Arbor Gallery on Sunday, and she was kind enough to sit down for an interview. Heather, who…
“To Be, Or Not To Be”: Work-Life Balance
By: Iaroslavna Serenko Working at a large law firm in Toronto, I sadly observed tens of files on every desk each day. With such enormous amount of work, feelings of…
Balancing Act: Career or Personal Life
by Kate Lucoff Creating the perfect balance between career and personal life has always been a challenge in any profession, but particularly when it comes to such high demanding professions…
Arthur Topham: Not Pretending Anymore
There was a time, not long ago, when Arthur Topham claimed that he wasn’t an anti-Semite. No, he was merely opposed to Zionism and Zionists. Besides, he couldn’t be an…
Having a successful law career and a personal life is possible!!!
By Carlos Vera Balancing the professional and personal life could be a difficult goal in the modern life. In some professions this could result almost impossible. One of the most…