Going, Going ….
And soon gone, would be my guess. Read this CBC report and watch the following video, both of which suggest to this observer that Eve Adams is not long for…
2014
UnFair Elections Act
Sent by email to pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca Dear Mr. Poilievre: I’m very disappointed with the proposed Fair Elections Act. I agree with experts like the CEO who says Canadians will be disenfranchised…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines for Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, April 2, 2014: Ontario court gives another overtime class action the green light Changes to the Canada…
April 2: Watch your schools…
….the Irving press is on the warpath – and that means the Irvings have something in mind.but first…..__________________________________________________________________________Page A1 has another winner of the Who Would Have Guessed? trophy. “Plow…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Your news links for today: Illegal Spying: BCCLA files class action lawsuit against Canada’s electronic spy agency – BC Civil Liberties Association Class-action lawsuit would let Canadians with cellphones sue…
#CancelColbert and ‘Radical Choices’ Re: Rhetoric
This: The #CancelColbert supporters have a very valid point in arguing that radical action and racial outrage should not require that people of colour temper our actions and reactions to…
#CancelColbert and ‘Radical Choices’ Re: Rhetoric
This: The #CancelColbert supporters have a very valid point in arguing that radical action and racial outrage should not require that people of colour temper our actions and reactions to…
Death by gluten
Alltop is chewy with humor.
Harper to blame for Canada’s housing bubble
Jim Flaherty tried pawning himself off as a prudent manager of Canadian banks and diligent tamer of the housing bubble. But in reality, he was trying to undo damage the…
GM: It is the profits which matter
If some lives are lost then that is not so important to big corporations like GM. That is the world we live in. It is a very sad state of…
Red Light District
Recently the media in our province did, if you will pardon the pun, an “expose” on the colloquial massage parlours. These are not the offices and suites of Registered Massage…
Rob Ford’s words, from the mouth of a child
Brilliant. Dunno who did this, but I want to meet them.
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Trish Hennessy’s latest numbers focus on the skills gap myth in Canada. And PressProgress documents a few of the Cons’ damaging public service…
Restorative Justice and Neuroscience
In this TED talk, Daniel Reisel examines how neuroscience backs up the (already obvious) reasons that restorative justice works better than punitive justice.
Austerity, the Hard Right and the French Election: Two Views | The Bullet No. 963
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The Tsipras List: A European Perspective to Overcome Divisions in the Italian Left | The Bullet No. 962
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Slip Slidin’ Away
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away You know the nearer your destination, the more you’re slip sliding away – Paul Simon I know, by his public efforts to appear reasonably…
Was Monday really a tipping point?
On Monday I saw Ontario Health Coalition Director Natalie Mehra at a noon-hour rally on University Avenue. As far as rallies go it wasn’t a big one. About 50 people…
Love And Ambition
Taken separately, both are worthy pursuits. But, when combined with the catalyst of romance, they are an explosive compound. Consider the case of Dimitri Soudas and Eve Adams. Tim Harper…