Stragedy and Polls: Chop House version #nlpoli
Public opinion polls are a really useful thing in politics. The Liberals did a poll the weekend before the Liberals and Conservatives voted to slash public representation in the legislature. …
February 2015
Looking for Heroes?
I’ve been watching The Book of Negroes this week. I have no words. I only recognize justice, integrity, brutality, acknowledgement, witnessing, story telling and a myriad of other foggy responses.…
And the winners will be ….
When I was a kid, on Academy Awards night I’d always have to go to bed before the winner was announced. This was a very long time ago; movies had…
Ralph Nader: What’s Happening to Canada? Open letter to Stephen Harper
Ralph Nader tells Stephen Harper, “You talk like George W. Bush,” warns that the Conservatives’ anti-terror Bill C-51 would harm Canadian democracy. The post Ralph Nader: What’s Happening to Canada?…
Throwback Thursday: the Hot Nasties
Ras Pierre Schenk and Nuclear Age Winkie Smith, onstage at Bishop Carroll High School, Calgary, Alberta, June 1979.
Syriza Holds Its Ground | Jacobin
Syriza Holds Its Ground | Jacobin. As the media and the Athens stock market (down 4 percent yesterday) had widely expected, yesterday’s finance ministers’ meeting ended in failure, perhaps even…
Death Of Sun News Addendum: Management Severance Pay Demands Sank Deals, Pt II?
Mr. Asper is said to have thought SunTV operated “very expensively for what it was” and was unwilling to take on the employment contracts and severance costs of its staff,…
Freeze Development Around Ramsey Lake Until Priority Ramsey Lake Watershed Study is Completed
The following is an open letter to the City of Greater Sudbury’s Finance and Administration Committee – a Council committee of the whole – regarding the 2015 capital budget for…
Canadian Sniper (American Sniper Parody)
Just in time for the Oscars! The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Canadian Sniper (American Sniper Parody)
Just in time for the Oscars!The Rev. Paperboy Feed
The Totally Wonderful Downfall of Dean Del Mastro
Well it was a brave attempt, some might say an outrageous attempt, to put a fork in the wheels of justice.But sadly for Dean Del Mastro it just didn't work,…
Canadian Sniper (American Sniper Parody)
Just in time for the Oscars! The Rev. Paperboy Feed
“Anti-Petroleum” RCMP Explodes Gasoline In Their Cars’ Engines
RCMP called ‘anti-petroleum’ critics (aka anyone concerned about climate change) a potential security threat http://t.co/sollGvyhdB #cdnpoli — Keith Stewart (@climatekeith) February 18, 2015 The RCMP have displayed Climate Change Denial…
The Running of the Hounds. Westminster KC 2015
I’m a dog fancier. I love dogs, most types anyway. Not so much the fru-fru dogs, those little furballs that some people tote around but ‘real’ dogs – terriers, setters,…
Feb. 18: paddling in the shallows…
The Feb . 17 page one story in the TandT is “Are we tough enough to outlast winter?” What a juvenile choice for a front page story! For pete’s sake,…
Volenti of Voluntary Assumption of Risk
Volenti is a legal doctrine which states that if someone willingly places themselves in a position where harm might result, knowing that some degree of harm might result, they are…
Cry Me A River
The frequently lachrymose Dean Del Mastro has yet another reason for tears: An Ontario judge has dismissed former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro’s attempt to have a mistrial declared in…
Mulcair: Anti-Terrorism Bill’s Wording Makes It Easier For Government To Spy On Foes
Recent story in Huffington Post–CP | By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Information-sharing measures in proposed anti-terrorism legislation are so broadly worded they would allow the government to…
Adding to the pile: Another legal challenge regarding Enbridge’s Northern Gateway proposal argues BC is required to make its own decision
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 The pile of lawsuits sitting on top of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines and Tankers Project keeps getting bigger, and this time the Province of…