2014
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, May 22, 2014
Your news links for today: Who’s Watching Whom: An Examination of Canadian Privacy and Surveillance – Michael Geist Federal privacy law faces constitutional challenge – CBC News Privacy law focus…
Mass Collaboration Workshop, Day Two
(My presentation will appear separately) Collective Knowledge in Social Tagging EnvironmentsJoachim Kimmerle, KMRC Even though it is hard to find good definitions of knowledge, most psychologists would agree that knowledge…
May 22 "Events generate $7M in Metro"
My, it gets tedious to read a paper every day when it has nothing in it. Today, alas, is no exception.The title of this blog is, in fact, today’s banner…
Shilling For Oil
Big Oil has always been behind Stephen Harper’s agenda. That was made clear once again this week when the RCMP revealed details into accusations against Bruce Carson, the disbarred lawyer…
The Next Step In Harper’s Police State
So, Harper wants to connect the CRA with the RCMP. Chantal Bernier, Canada’s interim privacy commissioner, says she is concerned by the government’s proposal to allow Canada Revenue Agency officials…
Dangerous buffoon
In short, the remaining weeks of this campaign are going to be fought in large part around the character of Tim Hudak. Is he a bold visionary? Or is he…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 22, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 22, 2014: Farmers Insurance sues City of Chicago for allegedly failing to adequately prepare for the…
New Speed Limit in Paris: 30 km/hr
This week Wired published an article about the 20 deadliest US cities for pedestrians and they write: There, low-density neighborhoods “rely on wider streets with higher speeds to connect homes,…
NDP health platform review: What do you get if home care isn’t delivered within five days?
We have to self-declare here. Whenever we have wanted to raise an issue in the Ontario legislature, the NDP has been more than willing to go to bat for us…
Huge Jump in Ontario EI Claims
Statistics Canada reported today that the number of Canadians filing Employment Insurance (EI) claims rose by 10,350 or 4.5 per cent in March, the largest monthly increase since the start…
A New Enemy Of The State
When it comes to the media, it is common knowledge that the right-wing sees the CBC as a repository of leftists bent on perverting all that is sacred in Harperland.…
Pope Francis: If We Destroy Creation, It Will Destroy Us
Pope Francis made the biblical case for tackling climate change on Wednesday, calling on Christians to become “Custodians of Creation” and issuing a dire warning about the potentially catastrophic effects…
No position yet: John Tory’s campaign for mayor, in six easy snapshots
The Toronto Star has unveiled a helpful “Promise Tracker” feature for the Toronto mayor’s race. Here’s what they’ve got for John Tory on some of the major issues of the…
Is Canada supporting racism in India?
It can happen. In our eagerness to support democracy, we sometimes get put in a position where we appear to be supporting causes that we would never support back in…
New column day
Here, following up on the Robert Buckingham saga at the University of Saskatchewan by asking whether tenured university professors should be the only workers who have any hope of being…
New Forum Poll Shows OLP Moving Ahead
Sure its only Forum (from here, but behind irritating pay-wall.). But it does show what common-sense dictates…that running on a platform of “leaner times for all” won’t fire up no…
Stephen Harper and the Great Warrior Leader Delusion
It's scary enough that the wonky nerd Stephen Harper should see himself as a Great Warrior Leader, a strategic genius on a par with Napoleon. Or that he is both…
Pointing fingers at Vancouver’s unaffordability problem: Answers & more questions…
Ever since my last post I have received a lot of questions as to why I found it so entertaining- the debate. I was also contacted by dozens- yes, dozens-
Nalcor and Conflict of Interest #nlpoli
Is anyone else having trouble trying to figure out what all the fuss is about Cathy Bennett, Nalcor, and conflict of interest? Seriously. Here’s the story in a nutshell. (Read…