The Niqab Hijab etc.. real issue.
By now, you know that a Federal Court has ruled against the Government of Canada that wanted veils/face coverings removed for the “ceremonial” part of the citizenship ceremony to become…
March 2015
The Guardian Launches "Keep It In The Ground" Campaign
The Guardian, in conjunction with 350.org, has set up a petition calling for the world’s two biggest charities, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust to divest…
A Secular Choice…..and the Right to Choose
Niqab controversy: Judge struck down ban without referring to charter Zunera Ishaq, a Pakistani woman and devout Muslim, seeks to wear niqab during citizenship oath By Mark Gollom, CBC News…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jon Talton discusses how the increased automation of our economy stands to disempower workers and exacerbate inequality if it’s not combined with some…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, March 16, 2015
Your news links for today: Thousands gather across Canada to protest Bill C-51 – Globe and Mail Canadians Protest Proposed Anti-Terror Law – VICE News Bill C-51 ‘Day of Action’…
Manufactured Terror: Bill C51
Stephen Harper wants you to be afraid. VERY afraid. If you’re frightened, you likely won’t question his and his party’s destruction of the country, the decaying economy, job losses, homelessness,…
Resisting The Fashion Fascists
If his shrill demagoguery is any indication, I suppose Herr Harper and his regime can be considered to be at war with Islam; the latter’s offences range from embracing jihadism…
Bike Lanes Improve Cities Aesthetically and Economically
There is a strong and powerful myth in North America that car drivers spend more and will always require parking. That is a myth. It turns out that nearly every…
Stephen Harper, Mike Duffy, and the PMO Nightmare
Stephen Harper's PMO is one of the most sinister organizations in Canada, and one of the most secretive.No decent Canadian has ever been able to penetrate its murky darkness, or…
Questions And Answers
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ Stephen Harper doesn’t like questions. He doesn’t take them. In Question Period, he dodges them. On tough days, he doesn’t show up. When things really get uncomfortable, he prorogues…
Back on two feet
I made my way back to the bike hire place today, wending my way down from Hackney through Shoreditch, Liverpool Street and Bishopsgate to London Bridge. I don’t know quite…
The word is “convenience” stupid!
Ontario beer drinkers are foiled again. Now the Ontario government wants to sell beer and wine in large grocery stores. It should have been easy to predict an outcome such…
140 Law: Legal Headlines for the Week of March 8, 2015
Here are the leading legal headlies from Wise Law on Twitter: Niqab controversy: Judge struck down ban without referring to charter – Politics – CBC News How the “Blurred Lines”…
IEA Reports Economy Decoupling from Dirty Energy
This is very big news! The International Energy Agency indicated in a preliminary statement that emissions of carbon dioxide from the world’s power sector accelerated less in 2014 than the…
Felix the Half A-G #nlpoli
If politicians are good at one thing, they are usually good at telling a story that serves their purpose even if it isn’t, strictly speaking, actually what happened. Last week’s…
Is Stephen Harper Fighting Terrorism or Promoting It?
As we know Stephen Harper would have us believe that the "international jihadist movement" has declared war on Canada.That there is no greater threat to our lives and our values.…
My Take On Things?
As a feral cub (a Protestant educated by Jesuits) about all I can say is that, if at least some police agency doesn’t have your prints on file, you really…
The Juncker Plan for Economic Recovery in Europe
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“It’s like we’ve become House of Cards,” PC activist says of party nomination interference
“It’s like we’ve become House of Cards,” is how one Progressive Conservative Party member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, described their party’s candidate nomination process. With a rush…