Thursday Morning Links – #VoteOn Edition
This and that for your Thursday (and Ontario election day) reading… – Joseph Heath makes the case against Tim Hudak’s PCs in particular, and the shift from public to private…
June 2014
Harsh justice: comparing prisons around the world
Source: CriminalJusticeDegreeHub.com
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Thursday, June 12, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 12, 2014: Jail video that Toronto police swore ‘did not exist’ released in brutality complaint Toronto…
How many more elections until we stop paying attention to polls
I have to wonder why phone polls are still news and still given so much credence both by the media, media consumers and the political class generally. Almost the most…
Bank: Toronto’s Trees Worth $7 Billion
One of Canada’s largest banks has announced that their economic research has concluded that in Toronto alone the tree canopy is worth $7 Billion (CAD). The non-monetary value of trees…
Liberal education critic Chris Collins Calls for an Immediate Halt to the Alward Government Autism Intervention Service Changes
Collins calls for halt to changes to autism intervention services June 11, 2014 FREDERICTON – Liberal education critic Chris Collins is calling for an immediate halt to the Alward government’s…
Hudak And Zycher
One of the “bright lights” behind Tim Hudak’s one million jobs plan is Benjamin Zycher. Linda McQuaig writes: His sensibilities are closer to the Old South than Ontario; he once…
Political observations
Here are a few political observations I have made over the years: Politics and sports Politics and sports are colossal wastes of time. But people seem to enjoy the latter.…
Democracy never a waste of time
An article form the CP suggests that the Ontario election was pointless because it might not lead to any major change. They are wrong. Democracy is never a waste of…
Ontario Votes 2014 – Final Projection, Liberal Government
I’ll try not to make this post a long one, but there are a few things to go over before we get into the meat of the projection. First off,…
Sometimes a cigar … #nlpoli
“Fundamentally, the process works,” former Conservative cabinet minister Shawn Skinner said on CBC’s On Point last weekend. “It’s been proven in the past. The party would have been better served…
US CDC Autism Prevalence Estimates Challenged
I didn’t see this autism “controversy” brewing. The authors of an article published in the Sage Autism journal have challenged the credibility of the US CDC autism prevalence figures. The…
Are the Hudak Cons Trying to Steal the Ontario Election?
I guess it makes sense. Tim Hudak is incapable of coming up with an original idea, for obvious reasons.So he is always borrowing them from others.He borrowed his economic platform…
What Does Soft Fascism Look Like These Days?
We don’t see brown shirts and jackboots, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t seeing the de-democratization of our society. In Vancouver this month, armed police with guns drawn, raided a…
Happy dogs
There’s nothing like a happy dog. If you’re ever feeling a little down, just watch these videos: And of course the story of little Fiona:
$80M annual power subsidy, one LNG proposal
Regular readers know that I focus attention on natural resource revenues earned – more often, not earned – by the citizens of British Columbia. Click here to read many articles…
Opposition attack on Tory leadership frontrunner Jim Prentice a measure of how deeply Alison Redford wounded her party
“Diamond Jim” Prentice, at right, in a strategy session with Alberta Premier Dave Hancock, as described by the provincial NDP and seen by the Wildrose Party. Below: the real Mr.…
Opposition hoping for a sequel to Air Redford… Air Prentice
TweetThe long-summer of 2014 has begun in Alberta politics. With little substantial policy ideas to dispute or debate, Alberta’s opposition parties have set their sights on Progressive Conservative leadership front-runner…
Ontario Election: Final Assessment
Ontario’s 2014 provincial election is tomorrow and has been characterized by an unusually high degree of negativity. After 11 years and various scandals there are considerable negatives attached to the…
‘Alberta Tories won’t push ‘panic button’ after Total shelves $11 billion project’ – Because they have already pressed it
Alberta Tories won’t push ‘panic button’ after Total shelves $11 billion project Finance Minister Doug Horner said Tuesday the government “isn’t pushing any panic buttons” after Total E & P…