Endorsement of Court of Appeal of limited precedential value
R. v. Singh, 2014 ONCA 293: While all decisions of this court are binding, care must be taken to avoid reading unwarranted jurisprudential principles into a decision of the court…
2014
Air travel woes
Air Canada apologizes for luggage toss caught on video – Toronto – CBC News: In spite of Air Canada saying that tossing bags down the stairs isn’t their policy, its…
Ontario’s Electricity Is Officially Coal Free
Last Tuesday the government of Ontario announced the Thunder Bay Generating Station – Ontario’s last coal-fired power plant – had burnt off its last supply of coal. The electricity of…
Guest Post: The Mound Of Sound On Oligarchy
I am pleased to present to you this second guest post by the Mound of Sound, a.k.a. The Disaffected Lib: When the “Greatest Democracy on Earth” closes up shop and…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Paul Krugman explains how one’s political values figure to affect one’s view of evidence as to the success or failure of a policy:…
Review: Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power
It’s not a new question: How can we talk about the working of the social world such that we don’t reinforce the dominant rupturing of what is actually
A Brief Programming Note
Since spring finally seems to be arriving in my place on the planet, it seems like a propitious time to take a day or two off from this blog and…
Nancy Greene Raine: Fish Farms? What About Wild BC Salmon?
Senator Nancy Greene at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics (Photo: Wikipedia) I almost fell off my chair when I read that former Olypmic ski champion and Canadian Senator Nancy Greene Raine…
Smelling A Skunk
Eric Grenier writes that, the more Canadians learn about the Fair Elections Act, the less they like it: Opposition to the Conservative government’s proposed Fair Elections Act (Bill C-23) is…
“If they just want to play politics.”
In an ill-conceived television commercial introduced Friday, Ontario’s Premier Wynne accuses her political detractors of playing politics. The commercial makes it look as though she is striding after a moving…
Target Excels…
…at their profferance of electric scooters for disabled customers. My wife, she of the broken ankle, who I call Gimpy, has been testing these scooters at various department/grocery stores. The…
Stephen Harper’s Not So Good Good Friday
Lordy. I see that Stephen Harper didn't have a very good Good Friday.His Easter Message was no doubt well received by his dwindling flock, the 28% of Canadians who still…
Saturday At The Movies
Something to consider on Earth Day weekend – maybe before negotiating any kind of international deals, world leaders should greet each other the way these strangers do; the world would…
Legitimacy and Credibility #nlpoli
In the crude, modern way of putting things, shit got real for Premier-in-waiting Frank Coleman on Friday. The Telegram’s James McLeod tweeted Coleman’s response to a question about whether Coleman…
Frazier Glenn Miller: Two Coinicidences
Well, one coincidence and one, perhaps, not so coincidence. Boneheads are big on numerical symbolism and dates. The number "88" stands for "Heil Hitler." If you see a bonehead post…
French socialist revolt continues
Originally posted on Revolting Europe: The revolt in France’s socialist party continued this week as details of a fresh austerity plan were unveiled by new Prime Minister Manuel Valls. Valls…
The Steyn Is Back … and He Still Doesn’t Get It
Mark Steyn has returned to the pages of the National Post, and he is continuing his crusade to never be held accountable for his “free speech”. (No surprise there, Steyn…
Musical interlude
Mossy – Euphoria
North Cowichan Council Faceoff Against Echo Heights Preservationists
By Don Maroc With the public seating area of the North Cowichan Municipal council chambers filled with Chemainus residents wanting to leave the fifty- plus acres of Echo Heights forest…
Lost Shakespeare play found?
Cardenio. Written by William Shakespeare. Based on an episode in Miguel Cervantes’ novel, Don Quixote. The novel was translated from Spanish into English in 1612. The play was known once,…