"We heard you had a baby…"
BY NITIN PARDAL, LAWYER, WISE LAW OFFICE A warning to mothers who gave birth at Rouge Valley Centenary Hospital – Big Brother may be watching you. Or just trying to…
December 2014
CCPA Monitor: The CRTC and the future of high-speed Internet access
This piece originally appeared in the December 2014 edition of the CCPA Monitor Last December, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) began a year-long public consultation on the future…
Green energy sector jobs surpass total oil sands employment
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Richard Blackwell-Globe & Mail reporter filed this story but I have yet to see either the BC Liberals or the BC NDP embracing this growing industry in…
Media Democracy Project: Bridging the Digital Divide in Canada
How is the digital divide affecting Canadians? Find out in this awesome video by SFU students for the Media Democracy Project. read more
Is It Time to Nationalize Fossil Fuels?
There are times when governments must intercede to protect their citizens against significant threats and dangers. Fossil fuels present a significant threat and danger to life of all forms around…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Your news links for today: Craving attention – and profits: Bell enters streaming battle – Globe and Mail Bell Canada tells CRTC to not force it to share last mile…
Delegate, Don’t Abdicate
If you’re reading this as a legal professional, the truth is that we require effective delegation like we require oxygen to breathe and there’s no need to be shy about…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Martin O’Neill and Rick Pearce interview Thomas Piketty about possible policy responses to growing inequality: …(D)o you think that the response to…
More People are Employed in Green Energy Than in the Tar Sands
Despite the fact that the tar sands get more subsidies than green energy solutions in Canada, the green energy providers employ more people. Clean Energy Canada released a report today…
F’Antino’s cabinet resignation demanded by opposition
Satire inspired by these headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/julian-fantino-s-cabinet-resignation-demanded-by-ndp-liberals-1.2856641 http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/ID/2623083585/ (Leona Aglukkaq reads newspaper in Question Period)
F’Antino’s cabinet resignation demanded by opposition
Satire inspired by these headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/julian-fantino-s-cabinet-resignation-demanded-by-ndp-liberals-1.2856641http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/ID/2623083585/ (Leona Aglukkaq reads newspaper in Question...
Why is this Jewish man taking aim at one of Canada’s biggest tax-deductible charities?
Photo by Meraj Chhaya Tyler Levitan is the National Coordinator of Independent Jewish Voices, a small group of progressive Canadian Jews. IJV has been spearheading a campaign to get the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: White Cleveland cops who killed unarmed black suspect claim racial discrimination over suspensions Ontario Justice David Brown: Achieving the…
A Pig In A Poke
http://dailyenglish.cz/ Stephen Harper hopes to be re-elected on his boast that he knows — better than anyone else — how to manage the Canadian economy. But the evidence keeps
Tory takes over in Toronto.
The problem is that we sometimes get what we ask for. On February 10 this year Babel-on-the-Bay was pleased to note that John Tory would be running for mayor of…
F’Antino’s cabinet resignation demanded by opposition
Satire inspired by these headlines: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/julian-fantino-s-cabinet-resignation-demanded-by-ndp-liberals-1.2856641 http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/ID/2623083585/ (Leona Aglukkaq reads newspaper in Question Period)
Trying to put lipstick on a pig
The Harper Cons are trying to put lipstick on a pig: An aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken over as chief of staff to embattled Veterans Affairs Minister…
The Shape of Conservative Attack Ads To Come?
A new This Hour Has 22 Minutes song parody of Meghan Trainor’s hit “All About That Bass” reveals possible Conservative pre-election attack strategies aimed squarely at the Liberal party leader.…
This morning on The Current
I am currently at The Current, to talk about what is current.
Hard Times in a Boom Town: Pennsylvanians Describe Costs of Fracking
If you’re looking for the shale gas boom, northeastern Pennsylvania is the place to start. The Marcellus is the largest and fastest growing shale gas play in the U.S. and…