In Tuesday’s Sun: they’re disgusting, but they’re working
Political truths aren’t obscure. Most of the time, they’re right out in the open, for all to see. Turn on your TV – or your radio, or your PC –…
December 2014
First Nations react to LNG approvals with highway blockade
Highway 16 blockade on Saturday (Photo submitted) A group of 65 Gitxsan First Nations and supporters, led by several hereditary chiefs, showed up on an icy December Saturday to block…
Drugs: “Medicare’s unfinished chapter”
Prepare for a wave of misinformation about the costs of providing universal pharmaceutical coverage in Canada, especially now that momentum appears to be building towards the idea. The most recent…
Talk about Kinder Morgan
The Facts About Kinder Morgan, Sightline Daily, Last week, a financial research firm, Hedgeye, released a scathing report on Kinder Morgan that supports many of Sightline’s conclusions. Aptly titled Is…
Contractual interpretation and headings
Neely v. MacDonald, 2014 ONCA 874: The headings contained in a contract are part of the language chosen by the parties and can properly be considered in interpreting the provisions…
New Obama State Dept Top Energy Diplomat Amos Hochstein A Former Marathon Oil Lobbyist
The U.S. State Department recently announced that Amos Hochstein, currently the special envoy and coordinator for international energy affairs, will take over as the State Department’s top international energy diplomat.…
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Canada needs UN monitoring for the forthcoming election, Sign the petition now.Thank you to the Dammit Janet ladies and guy.
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, December 8, 2014
Your news links for today: When data gets creepy: the secrets we don’t realise we’re giving away – The Guardian Julian Assange on Living in a Surveillance Society – New…
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Will Hutton compares the alternative goals of either shrinking government to the point where it does nothing or harnessing it to meet everybody’s…
10 Ways Charities Have Improved Canadians’ Daily Lives
Few Canadians think about public policy, though it touches our lives in innumerable ways every day. Our collective safety and security, well-being and prosperity do not appear out of thin…
Climate-Concerned Canadians Travel to Ottawa To Talk Solutions
Keep calm and price carbon. Is it possible to solve the climate crisis without hurting the economy? That is the question that five members of Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) Red…
Austrialian Team Gets Solar Efficiency Over 40%
It’s been said that once solar power efficiency gets to 40% it’ll be a tipping point for the mass use of solar panels. Now we can see if that is…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, December 8, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Ontario Government Makes Major Changes To Workplace Laws – Employment and HR -Canada Kathleen Wynne has ‘grave concern’ about…
Saskatchewan’s Biggest Net Loss
How did Postmedia manage to let this Hanley column sneak into its pages? Mandryk got his shots in at Cenovus and Wall already too. SaskWind has provided a breath of…
Politically correct sex?
What is this sham we are presenting to younger generations of Canadians? Our federal politicians seem to have their heads in their pants as they “tut-tut” about human sexuality. With…
Firing Up The Base
http://www.hilltimes.com/ It’s interesting to consider the titles of bills that the Harper government steamrolls through parliament. Consider a few: The “Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act.” Or the ““Protection
Doubling of native women in prison is a blight: Editorial
Justice department study shows 97 per cent increase in jailed aboriginal women over the past decade Correctional Investigator of Canada Howard Sapers has repeatedly highlighted the stark overerepresentation of native…
Breakfast
Of the Law Societies of Upper Canada and Nunavut