Relationship building with the LHINs
Health care providers have found religion when it comes to involving patients in the planning and decision-making process. At this year’s OHA HealthAchieve every administrator was quick to extol the…
December 2014
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Monica Pohlmann interviews Armine Yalnizyan about the undue influence of our corporate overlords in setting public policy: What’s your sense of the…
New column day
Here, taking a quick look at Canada’s options for electoral reform while arguing that an MMP system would create far better incentives for our political leaders than the alternatives. For…
Make No Mistake. It’s Madness
http://www.oddbloke.ca/ Some commentators have suggested that, after the Michael Sona trial, no political party would be stupid enough to try any robocall shenanigans. Linda McQuaig has her doubts: If you’re
The Tory-Wynne Two-Step.
They might not be Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire (if you are old enough to remember the era) but Toronto Mayor John Tory and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne have more…
First Texas City to Ban Fracking Cites "Public Nuisance" in Lawsuit Response
Attorneys representing Denton, Texas, the first city to ban hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in state history, have issued rebuttals to the two lawsuits filed against Denton the day after the fracking…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, December 4, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Today @SlawTips: Delegate, Don’t Abdicate via me, Rachel Spence B.C. teens sentenced for sexting case Illinois lawyer, accused of…
#strikefastfood: low-wage workers in 150 cities will strike today
Two years ago, fast-food workers in New York City held a one-day strike. In that historic action, the result of months and even years of organizing, about 200 workers walked…
The Day Stephen Harper Tried to Defend Julian Fantino
I didn't think it was possible for anyone to defend Julian Fantino, after all he has done to our veterans.And after even the PMO thought he was so out of…
#OEB14 Rheingold, Lewin, Stevenson
These are summary notes of the presentations at Online Educa Berlin, 2014. If the text uses the first person, it is the presenter speaking, not me. Aida Opoku-MensahE-Learning AfricaI’ve seen…
Stephen Harper’s Depraved Plan to Destroy the CBC
He has always hated the CBC. He hates what it represents, the Canada he despises. Our Canada.You can see it when he takes questions from CBC reporters. The insane hatred…
Muskrat Falls more than $8.3 billion: Nalcor #nlpoli
Prompted by Wednesday’s post on Muskrat Falls costs, a couple of readers drew your humble e-scribbler’s attention to a tidy little briefing note posted on the Nalcor website. It’s not…
John Tory’s ascension and the Metro’s ridiculous narrative
As John Tory is now officially the mayor of Toronto, everyone - particularly the media - is in search of an appropriate narrative to go with it. Some of those…
John Tory’s ascension and the Metro’s ridiculous narrative
As John Tory is now officially the mayor of Toronto, everyone – particularly the media – is in search of an appropriate narrative to go with it. Some of those…
John Tory’s ascension and the Metro’s ridiculous narrative
As John Tory is now officially the mayor of Toronto, everyone - particularly the media - is in search of an appropriate narrative to go with it. Some of those…
John Tory’s ascension and the Metro’s ridiculous narrative
As John Tory is now officially the mayor of Toronto, everyone – particularly the media – is in search of an appropriate narrative to go with it. Some of those…
Six things we all need to think about when Canadians volunteer to fight for the Kurds
The Kurds: They should have had a country of their own, but since they don’t, and since Canada is allied by treaty to one of their principal enemies, letting Canadians…
Legislatively “Balancing” Human Rights
There is a simple, time-honoured rule about attempting to “balance” human rights classes in legislation so that it works out a particular way every time, and it goes like this:…
Atlanta billboard features Banksy’s mural of West Bank wall: ‘Christ at the Checkpoint’ conference
This is a two-part post dealing with resistance to the Israeli occupation. The common thread is Christian-related... in one case billboard art with a controversial slant on the the nativity…