John Tory doesn’t think white people have an easier time of it
And the Torontoist is on to him, in a blistering (but belated) editorial: Let us now turn to John Tory, whose campaign has been a massive disappointment. John Tory’s candidacy…
October 2014
Jumbo Glacier, Site of Proposed Ski Resort, Likely to Be Mostly Melted by 2100: Climate Scientists
The rough track at the foot of West Farnham Glacier, carved by a Glacier Resorts bulldozer in 2008, comes to an abrupt end as the already rough terrain becomes impassable.…
John Weeks: The EU Recovery That Never Was
John Weeks: The EU Recovery That Never Was. Economic recovery in the Eurozone is not delayed. It is non-existent. The Financial Times for the first day of October carried several…
Motherboard: Many rural Canadians still living with dial-up
Our own Chris Malmo explains why rural Canadians have little to look forward to in the government’s recent Digital 150 broadband announcement. Article by Chris Malmo for Motherboard The Canadian…
This Should Give You Something to Chew On
Remember that global warming target of keeping temperature increases within 2 degrees Celsius by 2100? 2C, you may recall, is supposed to be the point within which we might –…
Blog interview with LPC contestant Mary Pynenburg – Vancouver Kingsway
I’ve had a brief sojourn from the blog as I’ve been dealing with personal matters, as well as the fact I’ve not had some of my folks who agreed to…
The Madness of King Stephen
As excuses for war go, claiming a conflict to be “noble” is really scraping the bottom of the barrel. It’s something you resort to when there’s simply nothing left to…
Criminal wiretap evidence can be produceable in civil matters
Imperial Oilv. Jacques, 2014 SCC 66: A party to a civil proceeding can request the disclosure of recordings of private communications intercepted by the state in the course of a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Paul Kershaw examines political parties’ child care plans past and present, and finds the NDP’s new proposal to achieve better results at a…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, October 17, 2014
Your news links for today: The Tories and the TV networks: Who is censoring whom? – Macleans Who Do Copyright Laws Really Protect? – The Tyee Latest TPP Leak Shows…
Composite clouds
Painted in Paper, assembled in Procreate. Filed under: art, digital, drawing, iPad Tagged: clouds, rain
Irresponsible Government
http://thechronicleherald.ca/ Brent Rathgeber’s book, The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy in Canada is seminal. Frances Russell writes: Canada’s parliament is now a damp squib, a meek handmaid to power. Parliament is…
The Troubled Economics, and the Curious Politics, of the Canada-Korea Trade Deal
There are many motivations to explain the Harper government’s rush to sign free trade deals. Since coming to power, the Conservatives have implemented 6 FTAs, have “concluded” 2 more (with…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, October 17, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, October 17, 2014: Why lawyers will love the iPad Air 2 105-year-old Belgian woman becomes oldest person…
Forties
Great writing, here, and some actual wisdom delivered in staccato bursts, too. Lala and all you in your forties, read.
Shift, Chris Turner, SFH, all in one place at one time
If you are sensible, you could be there, too. Meet Evan Solomon. Meet Andy Heintzman. Meet Clive Thompson. Most importantly, meet Davey Snot and Royal Niblet.
Iraq Debate: The Center Of Gravitas Shifts
…to Jean Chretien. Mind you, I’m not particularly set in my opinions re Canada’s contribution to the fight against ISIS. These thoughts still apply, more so, perhaps, now that the…
Big Brother Harper and the Gentle Birdwatchers
First he came for the environmentalists and the activists. Then he came for the scientists. Then he came for those who fight poverty, and help the poor. Now he's come…
The Hair harvests his hopes.
Canada’s prime minister must be quite happy these days. There is actually a world-wide glut of oil driving down the price of crude oil. The Hair has taken us to…
Globe columnist on Magnotta’s victim
Reading some of the horrible accounts of the evidence yesterday, this was brought to mind. She (and others) have never apologized for it.