Stephen Harper and the Stench of Scandal
Well as you know Stephen Harper is at the NATO summit in Wales and posing as a Great Statesman Leader.Although you'd never know it from his position in this group…
September 2014
The Ottawa Citizen’s massive apology to Dalton McGuinty
It’s a shit-eater, too. Wow. Some of us had been saying the Citizen had been reckless and wrong about the former Premier. Very, very happy to see this.
Scottish Independence, Canada, and the Power of a Movement
I have always believed that while a political party can change a government, only a movement can truly change a country. Or the world.I got a glimpse of the power…
They’ve got a little list #nlpoli
Justice minister Terry French announced on Thursday that he’d be resigning in a couple of weeks time to take up a job in the private sector. French’s announcement looked like…
As lacklustre PC leadership race winds down, by-elections are on the horizon
TweetWith one day left before the vote, Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Ric McIver’s campaign took to the radio airwaves, attacking frontrunner Jim Prentice for being “an insider.” It was an…
People’s Alliance New Brunswick
The People’s Alliance New Brunswick, or PANB, is the 5th party in New Brunswick. PANB was founded, partly, in response to proposals to sell NB Power, the local power system.…
The climate movement returns to the international stage
With three major international climate change-focused meetings on the horizon, the climate movement returns to the international stage, argues Jim Shultz, the founder and executive director of The Democracy Center…
Tech Crunch: Practically no-one wants Internet slow lanes
Internet users are overwhelmingly against allowing Big Telecom to create slow lanes online. Get ready for a huge battle to save net neutrality, and stay tuned to this page to…
Aargh! What do you want already?
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Post-graduate paper
This morning, #TheTeen and I got into a bit of a tiff. Mornings are chaotic, and as much as I have really enjoyed #TheTeen’s company this summer, when school starts…
Democracy Now: A preview of the Internet slow lane is coming soon
Have you wondered what the Internet might be like if Big Cable is allowed to force traffic into slow lanes? Amy Goodman spells it out, and it ain’t pretty. Speak…
Endorsement: Lynne Steele for OWLC President
There will be a new Ontario Women’s Liberal Commission President picked at the LPCO AGM on Sept 12-14. I’ll be brief and I’ll be frank. I’m endorsing Lynne not because…
Joan Rivers
I was never a fan of Joan Rivers, though I take no pleasure in the fact that she has died. However, you can call me churlish and insensitve, but I…
Sept. 4: hysteria?
Section A has a few pages of N.B. party platforms worth reading. Alward’s platform is already dead in the water because we know what he’ll do —-whatever Mr. Irving tells…
Autism and the NDP 2014 Election Platform: A Centre for Adult Autism Care
NDP Leader Dominic Cardy at the NDP 2014 Election Platform launch today at their campaign HQ’s on Regent St. As with each political party platform I immediately search out autism…
Bears
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Loss of deference to sentencing judge because of a failure to advert to relevant sentencing principles
Normally a sentencing judge`s decision is entitled to considerable deference however, if the sentencing judge does not expressly reference a relevant sentencing principle at deference may be lost – see…
Gas industry contributes just 0.01% of BC’s revenues, few jobs
Two of the province’s surprisingly few gas workers – in BC’s Horn River Basin (Photo: Damien Gillis) By Norman Farrell Regular readers are aware that British Columbia’s natural gas industry…
Indigenous Workers in Canada
Labour market data in Canada is easily available by sex, age, and region. We spend a great deal of time talking about these factors. More recently Statistics Canada made labour…
Islamic Terrorists: NOW Even Evilererer
Isis. Goddess of peace and love or vehicle of American global political destabilization?