Here, on the Reformatories adopting Justin’s position on pot and MP expenses – after previously mocking him on both. Holy flip-flop, Batman: And here, about seven minutes in:
March is Women’s History Month (in the US). I am doing a series of posts about women who have inspired me. I remember exactly where and when I first encountered…
Portland, Oregon is already known for its amazing support of bicycle riders and pedestrians. Now they have taken their commitment to making their city even better by building the largest…
Sigh. Well, you guys know I – like Messrs. Chretien, Romanow and Broadbent, among others – favour progressives finally coming together. So that we stop splitting the vote, and so…
Here, featuring my take on the IMF’s recent report (PDF) on the relationship between equality, redistribution and growth. I’ve already linked to other responses to the report from the Guardian…
To wit: “Detectives are investigating allegations of drug use and drug trafficking and trying to determine if there was an organized, aggressive attempt to retrieve the video of Mayor Ford…
by: BC Civil Liberties Association | Press Release Public inquiry recommended oversight in 2006 – no action since that time The BC Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Council for Refugees…
I write this blog for a number of reasons, the most important one being the hope that I might contribute a little something to the general body of knowledge on…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, March 6, 2014: Whitehall and Microsoft negotiate NHS Windows XP hacker survival plan Anti-virus software ‘totally useless’…
Things are quiet at Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG). Too bad! The people there are fun to write about. For a government agency that contributes almost $2 billion to government…
Yesterday, Pauline Marois announced that Quebecers will be going to the polls on April 7th. She is prepared to defend her Charter of Values. But she has said nothing about…
They’re also my current favourite band of all time: choreographed bubblegum pop fused with hardcore? Nobody has ever done that before! The old metalhead at the start, horrified by what…
The Junkman has a new job, and yet again it involves defending fossil fuels and attacking science. Steve Milloy, who long ago dubbed himself “The Junkman,” is listed as Director…
Well it seems like I've been waiting forever, but Olivia Chow is finally ready to begin her campaign to become the next Mayor of Toronto.After a year of careful preparation,…
… Now, I know a lot of people are going to interpret this data wrongly. You are going to be tempted to think, “Well, more reason to act like a…
Yesterday, the outgoing Premier of Quebec, Pauline Marios, requested that the provincial legislature be dissolved, thereby sending Quebecers to the urns for a general election on April 7. Hey wait…
I would rather fight any right winger than a pseudo-leftie any day. I’m of a clan that has defended this country in arms back to 1812. Yet it’s one of…
The Premier’s Office is a tough place to work. The demands on everyone in the place are constant. The implications of what you are dealing with in the office can…
Golly. Can you believe it? It seems Stephen Harper and the Con regime have changed their minds about marijuana.Forget everything they said before, or the disgusting way they tried to…
I couldn’t really fault you if you felt that only about 22% of humanity were women. If we based it all on how frequently they are represented in politics and…
