” At heart, the real Rob Ford is a racist, sexist, homophobic pig.”
That’s from the Toronto Sun, people. THE SUN. Penned by my Carleton J school friend, Michele Mandel. Here it is, for you to save and show your kids. .
2014
Thomas Piketty and Inequality: The Video
French economist Thomas Piketty’s best selling Capital in the Twenty-first Century is sold out–not bad for a 1000 page treatise on what’s wrong with current economic thinking. But if you…
The End of Mirabel, Or Another Mistake That Shouldn’t Have Happened
While I’ve been revelling in postive health things (new eyes!) and negative ones (shingles!) I have been somewhat insulated from reacting to the increasing number of things that are going…
Top U.S. Senator: TPP’s secrecy must end and the agreement must “reflect the need for a free and open Internet”
This is an amazing development! On April 30th, 2014, over 3.1 million citizens and over 50 organizations united in a historic campaign to Stop The Secrecy around the Trans-Pacific Partnership…
Swimming against the odds
Few of the hundreds of thousands of Chinook salmon introduced into Lake Ontario each year survive to maturity, but the Ministry of Natural Resources is still betting on them to…
Self representation by non-lawyer for a one person corporation a norm
Darrell Waisberg v. J. Kirby Inwood, 2014 ONSC 2282: As noted by J.W. Quinn J in Lamond v. Smith (2004), 11 C.P.C. (6th) 104 (ON SC), the historical reluctance of…
Prince Harry might "experiment with gay men" if his relationship doesn’t work out (which apparently it has not!)
What a lovely headline!: Prince Harry might experiment with gay men if my relationship doesn’t work out It certainly caught my eye, although Harry never has to try too hard…
Please Share: The tide is turning on secrecy at the TPP
Our Stop the Secrecy projections in Washington, D.C. are already having a huge impact. Today, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden argued before a Senate Finance Committee that “too often, there is…
While Horwath is silent, labour and progressive speak: The Ontario Budget deserves support
While Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath was silent on Ontario's Budget today, continuing her approach that saw her take no position on the minimum wage and pensions, labour and other…
While Horwath is silent, labour and progressive speak: The Ontario Budget deserves support
While Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath was silent on Ontario’s Budget today, continuing her approach that saw her take no position on the minimum wage and pensions, labour and other…
While Horwath is silent, labour and progressive speak: The Ontario Budget deserves support
While Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath was silent on Ontario's Budget today, continuing her approach that saw her take no position on the minimum wage and pensions, labour and other…
While Horwath is silent, labour and progressive speak: The Ontario Budget deserves support
While Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath was silent on Ontario’s Budget today, continuing her approach that saw her take no position on the minimum wage and pensions, labour and other…
Slow down in home care increases a surprise in 2014-15 budget
Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews has had a fairly consistent narrative of late – health services should be delivered closer to home, or more specifically, in the home. It’s been…
A memory card in a camera cannot be searched without a separate warrant
R v Brown 2014 BCSC 112
Kinder Morgan On The Upside To An Oilspill
It’s unquestionably true that, for some people, disasters can be “good for business”. So can wars. From here, incidentally.
Will Jim Prentice, latest favourite of Alberta’s chattering classes, turn out to be another big disappointment?
Jim Prentice: the choice of Alberta’s chattering classes. But does anyone else care, or even know who he is? Below: Mr. Prentice in his political youth; New Democrat Bob Hawkesworth,…
Harper Conservatives REFUSE Inquiry Into Report Of 1000 Murdered And Missing Aboriginal Women In Canada
Call it what you like. I call it what it is ….. racism.“OTTAWA – The Conservative government is resisting renewed calls for an inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women…
Scrappy and strong-willed, Brian Mason punches above his weight
TweetBack in the mid-2000s, when I worked for the Alberta Liberals, Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason was a constant source of frustration for my colleagues and I. Each week, I…
Please Share: Message Delivered
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Ontario Budget
Would raise the income eligibility threshold for legal aid services to allow an additional one million low-income Ontarians to be able to find a lawyer