Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Michael Hiltzik points out new research showing that business-focused policies do nothing at all to encourage any positive economic outcomes: in fact,…
2014
How many chords?
How many chords does a musician need to know? How many does an amateur musician who plays mostly popular, folk and blues music, need to know? My first answer has…
And no birds sang #nlpoli
Farley Mowat passed away on May 7, 2014, aged 92. The prolific Canadian writer and environmentalist was just shy of his 93rd birthday on May 12. Mowat was also a…
If you could only pick your enemies.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne must be annoyed. Can you believe the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has pre-empted Kathleen’s fight with the Prime Minister? That leaves Kathleen in the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 8, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 8, 2014: John Alan Lee pushes limits of Canada’s assisted suicide debate – Health – CBC…
Digital Peeping Toms: They Don’t Even Bother To Hide Anymore
That is certainly the conclusion I drew after reading this morning’s latest Star revelation about our overlords in Ottawa. Entitled Ottawa is ‘creeping’ your Facebook, the article by Alex Boutilier…
Ontario public sector employment shrinks
Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives like to say that there is “a bloated public sector” in Ontario. “We will need to make do with fewer government employees” they proclaim.In fact, we…
Seriousness of Charter breach
R. v. Cunsolo, 2014 ONCA 364: In considering the seriousness of the Charter-infringing state conduct, the trial judge assessed the police conduct. He did not find bad faith on the…
Canada PetroState vs. United States of America
Americans hear this on their news last night. “Feds Issue Tighter Regulations For Trains Hauling Highly-Flammable Crude” Canadians are told this of their explosive oil in unsafe train cars. “B.C.…
John Robson, Your Pain Sustains Me
Tim Hudak is a boob. And if that means Kathleen Wynne gets re-elected, don’t blame me. It wasn’t my idea. That’s the spirit! Despair, self-loathing! Ontario’s political right as they…
Supervised Injection In Toronto: Why The Discussion Has Screeched To A Halt
By Joe Fantauzzi @jjfantauzzi Drug use is a multifaceted issue in urban life. Addiction can take an enormous toll on individuals and can leave the municipalities in which those people…
Bell / BellAliant: Get your act together
Long story short: I tried to access CTV online. It wouldn’t accept my login and sent me to a password recovery page. But this page rejected by email address because…
Climate Change Impacts Hit Florida
* Record floods and extreme weather: Florida’s floods are linked to climate change
Nalcor promising Boston cheap electricity courtesy of NL taxpayers #nlpoli
Muskrat Falls is over budget, big time. The latest estimate is $7.4 billion and climbing on a project stat was forecast at $5.0 billion just four years ago. The project…
The Supreme Court Smear and the Incredible Shrinking Peter MacKay
I have never had much respect for Peter MacKay since the day he sold out his Progressive Conservative party to Stephen Harper's Reform Alliance.For as the moderate Con Lowell Murray…
The Scary Self Destruction of the Monster Stephen Harper
Well I have to admit that I'm not in the best shape myself. And that I will be hobbling around on crutches for about a week.But I want to thank…
Ferries’ future foretold
In a month or three, BC Ferries will publish statements of its financial position and information about remuneration earned by the top executives. I had someone look into a crystal…
Gas royalties in decine
A royalty is the price paid by a non-owner to use or consume the owner’s asset. In Canada, at least in theory, provincial governments own and manage resources for the…