Sing a Song for Jim
The Alberta PCs may very well be beyond saving, but if anyone can give new life to the 43-year old dynasty, it’s Jim Prentice.
2014
In defence of Alison Redford. Seriously.
Much has been made in some sectors of the media about former premier Alison Redford’s absence from the legislature since her resignation. It seems the Princess Premier has not attended…
BC Ombudsperson slams province on environmental protection
Premier Clark’s chickens coming home to roost! The chickens are coming home to roost as Premier Christy Clark winds down the first year of her 4 year mandate to govern,…
Canada’s Climate Incoherence is Killing Keystone XL
This is a guest post by Andrew Leach, Enbridge Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Alberta. It originally appeared in Maclean’s magazine and is republished here with permission.…
Why the CN tower will be yellow tonight
Each year more Ontarians lose their lives through their job than by criminal homicide. It’s a sobering thought. In 2012 the WSIB reported 254 workplace-related fatalities and more than 140,000…
Surpluses, Taxes And Services: A Look At The Conservative Fiscal Record
The recent news that Canada posted a $5 billion surplus in February has been taken by some as an indication that we’re well on our way to getting the budget…
Please Share: Another prominent Washington, D.C. building shows off our hard-hitting message
Yet another prominent Washington, D.C. building shows off our hard-hitting message. Go to http://StopTheSecrecy.net to keep the momentum building! read more
What is leadership?
It isn’t lying – and lying and lying again. It isn’t making sexist remarks and hoping they’ll blow over. It isn’t flip-flopping all the time. It’s taking responsibility if you…
Seeing evolution in action
The pop-science notion is that evolution takes a long time. Millennia, many millennia; even millions of years. But is that always true? Can one actually see and measure evolution in…
The Tyee: How this citizen-backed group is creating change on the digital frontier of democracy.
Our own Steve Anderson says it best: “the Internet can be a hugely powerful tool in empowering citizens to shape policies that work for all of us”. Check out this…
Lump sum spousal support
Racco v. Racco, 2014 ONCA 330: This was an appropriate case for a lump sum payment. The appellant has an ability to pay. There was a high level of animosity…
An apparently lawful action – calling the police – may constitute extortion
R. v. Karimi, 2014 ONCA 320: The appellant submits that, as a matter of law, a threat to call the police, standing alone, can never constitute extortion. Again we disagree.…
The Incredible Shrinking Middle Class Jobs
Here’s what really happened in the USA (and Canada?) over the past five or so years: good jobs disappeared and low-paying service jobs replaced them: Nearly half of the new…
From pulp and paper to magazines to progessive politics
Harold Innis wrote the history of Canada around its succession of staple exports, first to Europe and then to the US. He then wrote the history of empires and civilizations…
ConCalls: Who Did The Domestic Calls? #RoboCon #elxnfraud
Some behind the scenes numbers about Elections Canada’s impotent investigation into illegal robocalls… 81. At the national level, the Conservative Party, using data from its Constituent Information Management System (CIMS)…
Similar fact and collusion
R. v. Matthew O’Quinn, 2012 CanLII 67731 (NL PC) Laura Mennie Prov. J. http://www.canlii.org/en/nl/nlpc/doc/2012/2012canlii67731/2012canlii67731.pdfThe accused was charged with a number of offences in relation to his girlfriend, including unlawful confinement,…
What to do if you are attacked by a banana
Throwing a banana a Barcelona soccer player has a familiar ring, doesn’t it.He ate the banana, thus disarming his attacker!
Leading party means nothing in a democracy
Canadians tend to view elections like horse races. The leading horse wins the race and has the right to power. Of course, what this impression leaves out is the fact…