‘Dear Leader’ Decries Attacks On Democracy
This is indeed rich. Said Prime Minister Harper, in response to the French massacre: “When a trio of hooded men struck at some of our most cherished democratic principles —…
January 2015
Squamish Council faces lawsuits from both sides in LNG pipeline dispute
Citizens line the Sea to Sky Highway to protest Woodfibre LNG (My Sea to Sky) Former District of Squamish Councillor Meg Fellowes addresses current mayor and council over Fortis BC’s…
In Friday’s Sun: values, foreign affairs and elections
The morning of the Paris massacre, this surfaced on the Internet: “Stephen Harper’s willingness to be tough with terrorists and dictators – in effect, punching above Canada’s foreign policy weight…
2015: Beyond “Anything But Conservative”
Photo by Makaristos At the end of 2014, RankandFile.ca, an online labour news publication, ran a competition for Scumbag of the Year. While we received many nominations of bad bosses…
If We Want To Save The Planet…
We have to be prepared to leave most of the world’s fossil fuels in the ground. So says a new published report. Expect none of us, neither our political ‘leaders’…
New copyright law is already being abused to threaten Canadian Internet users with ridiculous penalties for downloading
1503426_10153037610974759_5970440243513203976_n.png Government needs to take action to prevent foreign Big Media companies from sending misleading notices that threaten $150,000 lawsuits and disconnection from the Internet January 8, 2015 – Less…
Don’t Get the Idea that Capping Warming at 2C Still Won’t Hurt
Another study confirms that the survival of mankind, indeed most life forms on Earth, demands that we leave at least two thirds of our known fossil fuel reserves in the…
Quote: Vonnegut on reviewers
Originally appears in “The War Between Writers and Reviewers,” by Thomas Flemming in the NYT, 1985. Alltop loves a good bad review.
No, Canadian downloaders cannot be sued for $150,000
It didn’t take long for Big Media conglomerates to seize the first opportunity to extort Canadians under the new notice-and-notice provisions. In a blog posted by Michael Geist this morning,…
Harper’s Delusional Hubris to Blame for Obama’s Keystone XL Veto
If revenge is indeed a dish that’s best served cold, the President of Cool just served up a four-star pièce de résistance for Stephen Harper. Tuesday’s announcement of Obama’s planned…
Principles Governing the Admissibility of Expert Evidence
Meady v. Greyhound Canada Transportation Corp., 2015 ONCA 6: In considering the admissibility of the expert evidence, the trial judge correctly identified the test in R. v. Mohan, 2 S.C.R.…
Ontario Politics Chatter: The Beer Store Monopoly, eyes on Sudbury.
I haven’t talked a lot about Ontario Politics much of late, but for my first post of the New Year, a few things have caught my eye I wished to…
Book review: I Must Say, by Martin Short.
Have you ever read a biography and wished that the author was your friend, a guy you could call up and shoot the breeze with, or hang out with at…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, January 8, 2014
Your news links for today: Apple hiking Canadian App Store prices– Metro News Shaw raises prices to third party ISP’s – Almost double the price for slower speed– DSL Reports…
Do we value women or don’t we?
I haven’t had much to say since the shootings on Parliament Hill back in October, but today’s news that Jian Ghomeshi is facing three new charges, all from three new…
Dear Prime Minister
It is very nice that you are helping out Mr. Vickers. He is a real hero. However, the person who should really be ambassador to Ireland is me. I may…
The International Game Of Chicken
The current low oil prices have been characterized as a high stakes game of “chicken” between OPEC countries and “non-conventional” producing countries like Canada and more recently the US. I…