Congratulations to Susan Delacourt
Susan Delacourt Susan Delacourt neatly sums up the state of play in Canadian politics in her article in the Toronto Star: In that same vein, we have been told repeatedly…
2014
World Bank: Battling climate change would grow global economy
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim Read this June 24 story from The Guardian on the World Bank’s view that tackling climate change would be good for the global economy,…
New Poll: Canadians Overestimate Oilsands Contribution to Economy, Yet Still Want Clean Shift
A new poll released Friday shows the majority of Canadians assume development in the Alberta oilsands has a much larger impact on nation’s economy than it actually does. According to…
Blair makes nice with Sisi—following in Margaret’s steps?
Former British PM Margaret Thatcher’s fondness for Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet was infamous. Pinochet was a mass torturer and murderer, but the iron lady was quite fond of him…
Rail expert: One year after Lac-Megantic, not much has changed
Emergency responders were unequipped to deal with Lac-Mégantic disaster, says a Quebec rail expert By Peter Rakobowchuk, The Canadian Press MONTREAL – An expert who examined the devastating train derailment…
Todd Bentley on History Channel Canada
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission (My main post on Todd Bentley’s appearance on History TV Canada June 1, 2 and 4.) Todd Bentley, the noted faith-healing…
Alberta tar sands a “war on the earth”: Brigette DePape
For Canadian activist Brigette DePape, participating in last weekend’s final tar sands Healing Walk in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was akin to “witnessing a war on the earth, and being part…
This year’s water lilies
There have been about a half dozen blooms this summer, all hiding discreetly beneath the lush leaf cover. I think the secret is no longer having raccoons or skunks as…
Lead lawyer explains Tsilhqot’in case, aboriginal title and rights
In early 2008, on the heels of BC Supreme Court Justice David Vickers’ initial ruling in favour of the Tsilhqot’in First Nation’s Williams case, I interviewed the plaintiff’s lead lawyer,…
Laurie Blakeman was right. (Again.)
Last year I wrote a blog post about the immense privacy breach by Education Minister Jeff Johnson — a concerned first broken to the province by Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman.…
This picture makes me happy (and relieved)
It’s been a somewhat frustrating 17 months. So I was very, very happy to see this photo, taken at the Throne Speech. Never run away from anything, Churchill liked to…
CVRD and Cowichan Tribes Politicians Discuss Plans For an Incinerator to be Built in Glenora-Residents Kept in the Dark!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The CVRD and the Cowichan Tribes and the Khowutzun Development Corporation (KDC) have been dealing with this matter in secret sessions rather than being out front and…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, July 4, 2014
Your news links for today: NSA targets the privacy-conscious – Das Erste Dear NSA, Privacy is a Fundamental Right, Not Reasonable Suspicion – EFF Is there Another NSA Leaker? –…
Habeas Corpus
Boone v. Ontario (Community Safety andCorrectional Services), 2014 ONCA 515: To be successful, an applicant for habeas corpus must show (a) a deprivation of liberty and (b) that the deprivation…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Robert Reich discusses how a reasonable balance of economic and political power is necessary to any protection of meaningful personal freedom: In reality,…
Rob Ford was just on the radio lying his face off about his record
Courtesy of Newstalk 1010, natch. Here’s the truth. .
Headbanging is bad for your health
…as any punk rocker could have told you. Watching this video, I think it is time for a Headbanger Intervention Strategy.
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 4, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 4, 2014: ‘So sue me’: Obama draws strength from gridlock in Congress Right to be forgotten:…