Economics, by and for lay people
George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Second Lord of the Treasury of the United Kingdom, boasted recently about his nation’s modest economic growth. If expansion continues, Britain will soon…
2014
Lost boys
Stephen Harper has lost Andrew Coyne: It is one thing to savage a political opponent or beat up on a distinguished civil servant. But to accuse the nation’s highest judge…
Pension bill delayed as Hancock softens ground for next PC Party leader
TweetIn another move suggesting the spring sitting of Alberta’s Legislative Assembly could end within days, it appears that the passage of the Progressive Conservative Government’s controversial public sector pension law…
Pondering a palatable pipeline…
I guest-hosted TWiE podcast episode 137 a few days ago, an episode devoted to the Alberta oil sands / tar sands. If you ask me (and I realize none of…
Greek statistics are back: Primary deficit presented as surplus, with Eurostat’s seal of approval
Originally posted on Yanis Varoufakis: Have you heard the one about Greece’s Eurostat-approved 2013 primary surplus? Well, you should not believe it. Here is why: View original 760 more words…
Pension ‘reform’ bills likely dead as PC government and all opposition parties refer Bills 9 and 10 to committee
With the car in the ditch, wheels spinning and headlights pointed skyward, the Progressive Conservative government of Premier pro tempore Dave Hancock agreed this afternoon to send its two controversial…
Della and the Dealer-Hoyt Axton
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Saw a post on Facebook from Katie Stewart reminiscing about Hoyt Axton and a concert we went to in Victoria. Captain Ralph Hull, aka Captain Rosta and…
In Tuesday’s Sun: elections are good, not bad
The great thing about living in a democracy is, well, living in a democracy. Characteristics of a democracy include things like power exercised by citizens, or officials elected by citizens.…
Global Fossil Fuel Companies Running Multiple PR Campaigns Targeting Australians
Both online and on television, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers is telling Australians that it cares more about the environment than energy. How this message might…
On this day – May 5, 1877 – Chief Sitting Bull’s Sioux Cross Into Saskatchewan To Escape Genocide By American Troops
On This Day (May 5, 1877) Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux Sitting Bull refused to surrender to genocidal American troops and led his band across the border into what is now Saskatchewan,…
Temporary Foreign Workers: What Canada Must Do To Protect A Vulnerable Labour Class
At Illuminated By Streets Lamps, I’ve posted a paper about the vulnerability of temporary foreign workers in Canada. Migrant workers are an exploding source of labour in Canada but economic…
Temporary Foreign Workers: What Canada Must Do To Protect A Vulnerable Labour Class
At Illuminated By Streets Lamps, I’ve posted a paper about the vulnerability of temporary foreign workers in Canada. Migrant workers are an exploding source of labour in Canada but economic…
Sentencing judge bound by finding from jury
R. v. Boughan, 2014 ONCA 360: A sentencing judge is bound by the express and implied factual findings in a jury verdict. Where the factual basis is ambiguous, however, the…
WOW! Major Study Equating Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors Also Included Subjects with Classic Autistic Disorder!!!
The Familial Risk of Autism is the large study making waves for demonstrating that environmental considerations are roughly equivalent to genetic factors in autism causation. Hopefully funding dollars will begin…
Tell Prime Minister Harper to Defend Online Privacy
It has just been revealed that the government spies on Canadians’ private information once every 27 seconds.1 That means that 1 in 34 Canadians have had their sensitive information spied…
Why Liberals Should Vote NDP in Ontario’s 2014 Election
After a harsh and lonely break from blogging for a few months, I have decided to jump back on the horse and continue on. I mean, with an Ontario election…
Why Liberals Should Vote NDP in Ontario’s 2014 Election
After a harsh and lonely break from blogging for a few months, I have decided to jump back on the horse and continue on.I mean, with an Ontario election called…
Why Liberals Should Vote NDP in Ontario’s 2014 Election
After a harsh and lonely break from blogging for a few months, I have decided to jump back on the horse and continue on. I mean, with an Ontario election…
John Horgan Is The BC NDP Leader-Finally!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger John Horgan is a very intelligent man. He is sincere, diligent and dedicated to working to making BC a better place. Let’s pay attention and make damn…