No More Paikining, Please!
New rule everyone, if you want to take a giant dump on a political party by way of a Breakup Note – I’m looking at you, Warren Kinsella – you…
December 2014
Chris Alexander’s Faustian Pact
By all accounts, before he entered politics, Immigration Minister Chris Alexander was a competent and respected member of Canada’s foreign service; his resume includes the fact that he was Canada’s…
Transformation or austerity? Hospitals lose further capacity in new round of cuts
In October a Whitby nursing home experienced a major fire displacing more than 250 residents. About 80 of those residents found temporary accommodation in area hospitals. Many are still there…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, December 12, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Multibillion-dollar Quebec lawsuit against Big Tobacco now in the hands of judge Bank of America ordered to pay Florida…
Time to retire Mr. Chiarelli.
Some people age faster than others. There are people in their 80s who you would swear were 20 years younger. And then there are people such as Ontario Energy Minister…
bobby keys, 1943-2014
Terrible news for the music world this week, and for the world of unabashed, unrepentant, hard partying rock-and-roll. I have loved Bobby Keys for as long as I’ve known of…
A Foremost Fabulator
http://www.webchercheurs.com/ Stephen Harper came to Ottawa claiming that he was a righteous man. He stood, he said, for the truth. But, Michael Harris writes, with Harper it’s never been about…
Waking The Frog
Tom Rand talks about “Waking the Frog” at Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada’s Carbon Fee Prosperity conference in Ottawa on Nov. 23rd, 2014. Mr. Rand is a Cleantech Investor, Advisor, Speaker,…
Opportunity knocks #nlpoli
CBC’s David Cochrane took a break from his parental leave Thursday evening to let the world know that On Point is dead as of next June. Predictably, a bunch of…
Bill 28: missing in action #nlpoli
It’s an unknown amendment to the Hydro Corporation Act. Natural resources minister Derrick Dalley gave official notice he’d be introducing the bill at the start of the current sitting of…
Government communications staff learn only this week of huge shakeup set for Monday at Public Affairs Bureau
Worried Public Affairs Bureau staffers wait for more information on the shakeup affecting their jobs, which takes place Monday. Actual government of Alberta communications specialists may not appear exactly as…
It’s like there’s a different word for everything
What’s that word for “I think I touched your boob completely inadvertently; I meant to give you a good ol’ chuck on the shoulder”? I’m sure there is one. There…
Stephen Harper and the Torture Cons
We have all read the horrifying stories about the CIA's torture campaign. The systematic brutality, the mechanical cruelty, the monstrous depravity.And a lot of Americans are finally understanding how they…
Did you hear the one about the health minister’s Twitter followers? Neither did they!
Alberta Health Minister and bowtie enthusiast Stephen Mandel. A lot of his Twitter followers aren’t real people. Below: NDP Leader Rachel Notley. She doesn’t have as many Twitter followers, but…
When Steve Carell Channeled Marvin Gaye
In these times we need more of this, a lot more. Enjoy. From the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
America and the torture chronicles
So the U.S. has finally and formally confessed its sins. Good for the Americans. All nations sin, the better ones own up. That the CIA ran a torture regime isn’t…
Bank of America predicts $50 oil, cheap LNG as OPEC’s influence wanes
Read this Dec. 9 story from the UK’s Telegraph on predictions that global oil prices will continue tumbling. The Opec oil cartel no longer exists in any meaningful sense and…
OpenMedia joins calls by businesses and tech community to #StepUp4Net and support Internet freedom
wewinwithyou.png Fundraising drive challenges tech community to step up and defend the free and open Internet with matching donations up to $50,000 December 11, 2014: At the request of key…
The Guardian: Net neutrality is worth standing up for
When the inventor of the World Wide Web tells you to take to the streets to defend the Internet, you better listen up! Video from The Guardian read more