Humbling ride through the wilds of Essex
At a certain point I just fell off the back. I’d been keeping up with the three Cycling Club Hackney riders in the group that chose the longer route, albeit…
March 2015
Eyewitness Greece: The SYRIZA factor in European politics
Image from Public Domain The following talk, “The Greek elections – what next? SYRIZA and the fight against austerity,” was presented to the Department of Political Economy and the Australia-Greece…
Obama’s War in our Hemisphere
Photo by María Alejandra Mora Introduction Why did Obama declare a ‘national emergency’, claim that Venezuela represents a threat to US national security and foreign policy, assume executive prerogatives and…
Laurie Blakeman Takes a Symbolic Step…in the Wrong Direction
Crikey! On Friday Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman announced that she’ll be running as a candidate for the Liberals, the Alberta Party and the Greens in the upcoming election… …and on…
Constructive dismissal
Potter v. New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission, 2015 SCC 10: The test for constructive dismissal has two branches. The court must first identify an express or implied contract term…
Third Party Suspect Rule
R. v. Grant, 2015 SCC 9: Defence‑led evidence is admissible where (1) the evidence is relevant to a fact in issue, and (2) the probative value of the evidence is…
It’s all been done
The current UK election cycle seems like much of the past 20 years of Canadian politics is just being played over again. In no particular order, here’s the similarities I…
Tuxedo settles in for a nap
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C-51. Yes, it really is that important.
Here at ACR and many other blogs, we discuss the news of the day and tend to make our opinions known. (Yes. I know. Real life has interfered way too…
The National Post Should Fire That Anti-Vaxxer Prick
National Post columnist Lawrence Solomen is now running an anti-vaxxer website. You can see it here. This is from the “About us” section: VaccineFactCheck, headed by Lawrence Solomon, is a…
The Real Threat
The Toronto Star reported that CSIS documents it obtained through an access to information request said that, at least when it comes to “lone wolf” attacks (e.g.: the shootings on…
A PR Flack’s Guide to LNG: Dream Team tries to repair industry’s image
Clockwise from top left: Teck’s Doug Horswill, Stewart Muir, former A-G Geoff Plant, and Lyn Anglin It’s an axiom of debate that if you don’t like the argument you’re in,…
The Gamble – High Stakes for Harper, Trudeau and Mulcair
The collapse of world oil prices is reverberating through Canada’s petro-provinces; Alberta, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador; and the fallout should yet might not be a major issue when Canadians go…
Has Mr. Harper’s Niqab’s Misdirection Worked?
You decide. H/t Michael Nabert Meanwhile, Bruce Anderson wonders about the implications for our democracy in Mr. Harper’s pontifications on what women should and should not wear. Stephen Harper says…
What a shock, anti-Islamic rhetoric causes radicalization…
It would seem that CSIS thinks that ramping up the anti-islamic rhetoric plays into the hands of the terrorists. CSIS also suggests that there's a larger domestic terror threat from…
What a shock, anti-Islamic rhetoric causes radicalization…
It would seem that CSIS thinks that ramping up the anti-islamic rhetoric plays into the hands of the terrorists. CSIS also suggests that there’s a larger domestic terror threat from…
What a shock, anti-Islamic rhetoric causes radicalization…
It would seem that CSIS thinks that ramping up the anti-islamic rhetoric plays into the hands of the terrorists. CSIS also suggests that there's a larger domestic terror threat from…
What a shock, anti-Islamic rhetoric causes radicalization…
It would seem that CSIS thinks that ramping up the anti-islamic rhetoric plays into the hands of the terrorists. CSIS also suggests that there’s a larger domestic terror threat from…
CVRD-Board Ducks and Transfers Additional Power To CAO
Don Maroc Getting toward the end of a three-hour meeting of the Cowichan Valley Regional District Board last Wednesday (11 Mar. 2015), Corporate Secretary Joe Barry tiptoed through the bylaws…
News flash—Western nation stands up to Saudis
Western nations may proclaim their virtue but when it comes to Saudi Arabia, they behave like whores. They posture their belief in democracy and human rights but genuflect before a…