Ontario’s liquor sales conundrum
The C.D. Howe Institute released its report on beer and wine sales in Ontario, today, advocating for a more liberal approach and allowing beer and wine to be sold in…
August 2014
All Fired Up in the Big Smoke: read this
Sent to me this morn, and now I send it to you. Apologies for the length, but the erroneous Globe report has me wanting to ensure some of you read…
Explaining Justin Trudeau
No matter what the Liberal leader says or does, his popularity ranks at a consistently high level. While part of the explanation for his standings in the polls surely lies…
C.D. Howe tells Ontario how.
Clarence Decatur Howe, minister of everything important in the Mackenzie King government, was never one our favourite Liberal role models but we always gave him the credit for creating Trans-Canada…
Scottish Independence and the Struggle for a Con Free Country
It's now less than a month before the people of Scotland will vote YES or NO to independence.And some Canadian newspapers have been running stories, mostly comparing the campaign to…
Guess who these two are
Can’t sleep, looking at old photos. Anyone care to guess who these two young people are?
Who would you believe—Stephen Harper or Willie Nelson?
Apparently the $24-million of our tax money the federal government spent on an ad campaign to promote Canadian oil and the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington has gone down the…
Max and the SOS Don’t Seem Happy
While we will provide a much more detailed article regarding the Southern Ontario “Skinhead” backlash to our previous post on Brodie Walsh’s…. uhm…. indiscretion, we thought that for now this…
Musical interlude
Serge Devant feat. Second Sun – Shadow
Civil Summary Judgment
Density Group Limited v. HK Hotels LLC, 2014 ONCA 605: (1) SUMMARY JUDGMENT UNDER HRYNIAK As noted above, the Supreme Court’s decision in Hryniak greatly expands the use of the…
In recognition of 12-day The Simpsons marathon we are now watching in the States
The best-ever segment. Ever.
Three things
1. On holiday. 2. Still support her. 3. Site maintenance. Keeping positive, kids.
Nearly 100% of US car sales could be electric in 15 yrs – the challenge is powering them with clean electricity
An electric smart car in Amsterdam – from the popular car sharing service, Car2go (Wikimedia Commons) There are those who suggest that a migration to a green economy is too…
Friday Afternoon Links
This and that to start your weekend. – Robert Reich discusses how the increasing concentration of corporate wealth and power is undermining the U.S.’ democracy, while noting that there’s only…
Mobilesyrup: Mobile Net Neutrality just got a big boost in Canada
In a home-grown Internet slow lane battle, Rogers has backed down from charging customers different data rates for the TV app and content they own than they do for other…
Toronto Star: Pick-and-pay could be coming to Canada
The way that Canadians pay for TV content may change dramatically if CRTC proposals go through. What do you think of these proposed new options? Article by Colin McConnell for…
The Beginning of the End
Sixty years ago, the end began. It would take almost a full year for the Allies to batter the Third Reich into submission, but in the summer of 1944, the…
I believe your thesis is finished
The twitter account @PeopleofLdnont posted a photo of her cat. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, thesis