Change Is In The Air
http://www.threehundredeight.com/ The Harperites won both by-elections yesterday. But it’s instructive to focus on the number of eligible voters who tramped to the polls. In Oshawa-Whity, only 30% of those who…
2014
Key factoids about Whitby-Oshawa, plus a handy chart
Conservative folks are sounding pretty cocky, this morning, but they shouldn’t be. They are, after all, the folks who: Saw a two-term Whitby mayor in a tough fight with a…
Le Dauphin, with two speeches ready.
It is a tough job. When you have to have two speeches ready, you are likely to have to use the losing one. Writers hate them and politicians hate them.…
“I glanced seaward – and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away”
From Gatsby, natch. Less figuratively, I have been told it will be “very, very vigorous” in my case. Literally, I welcome that.
Will Stephen Harper Really Take a Walk in the Snow?
When I first heard the rumours that Stephen Harper was about to go for a walk in the snow. Or whatever. And announce that he planned to step down in…
Government Spending and the Economy – Again #nlpoli
A post last week offered a quick confirmation that, as finance minister Ross Wiseman said, provincial government spending accounts for about 30% of the gross domestic product measured as spending.…
Video of Syrian boy ‘hero’ under sniper fire exposed as fake: other Syria-related propaganda
In its coverage of a video that purported to show a Syrian boy braving sniper fire in the course of rescuing a young girl, the Daily Mail lauded the spectacle…
The least interesting part of Legislative Session: The Throne Speech
TweetEvery year, political watchers gather at the Alberta Legislature for the pomp and circumstance of the Speech from the Throne, hoping to get a glimpse of a political agenda. And…
An Open Letter to Janet Fraser
Dear Janet Fraser, First of all, let me start by congratulating you on your school board election victory this past Saturday. I voted for you enthusiastically, as I did your…
Edelman’s TransCanada Astroturf Documents Expose Oil Industry’s Broad Attack on Public Interest
Documents obtained by Greenpeace detail a desperate astroturf PR strategy designed by Edelman for TransCanada to win public support for its Energy East tar sands export pipeline. TransCanada has failed…
Edelman’s TransCanada Astroturf Documents Expose Oil Industry’s Broad Attack on Public Interest
Documents obtained by Greenpeace detail a desperate astroturf PR strategy designed by Edelman for TransCanada to win public support for its Energy East tar sands export pipeline. TransCanada has failed…
Edelman’s TransCanada Astroturf Documents Expose Oil Industry’s Broad Attack on Public Interest
Documents obtained by Greenpeace detail a desperate astroturf PR strategy designed by Edelman for TransCanada to win public support for its Energy East tar sands export pipeline. TransCanada has failed…
Boring conservatism trumps bold conservatism in Premier Jim Prentice’s dull but confident Throne Speech
Are you bored yet? Alberta’s PC’s aren’t going to be happy till you feel like this fellow. Below: Alberta Lieutenant-Governor Donald Ethell (Government of Alberta); Premier Jim Prentice (CBC). Welcome…
Remoteness of damages in contract
1298417Ontario Ltd. v. Lakeshore (Town), 2014 ONCA 802: In RBC Dominion Securities Inc. v. Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., 2008 SCC 54, 3 S.C.R. 79, at paras. 63-64, Abella J. (dissenting…
Canada Failing to Protect Habitat of Imperilled Species: New Report
Official recognition that a Canadian species is in trouble is no guarantee that the slide towards extinction can be slowed or halted, a new study has found. A paper by…
Canada Failing to Protect Habitat of Imperilled Species: New Report
Official recognition that a Canadian species is in trouble is no guarantee that the slide towards extinction can be slowed or halted, a new study has found. A paper by…
LNG export policy will damage BC businesses and consumers
A large employer organization in Australia wants government to subsidize businesses crippled by large price increases for natural gas. Ai Group says governments have to moderate the consequences of decisions…
CASL Sucks – My Solution to Spam & Mass Marketing Calls
I have an elegant solution to mass marketing calls from outside Canada: block them using known technology.
Daily Dot: What Canada can teach the U.S. about the Internet
I mean we don't like to brag, but… Article by Peter Nowak for the Daily Dot There’s something very Canadian about Barack Obama’s firm stance on net neutrality. read more