140 Law – Legal Headlines for the week of April 6, 2015
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Animal activists try a new gambit to help chickens, coyotes: Walkom Kathleen Wynne still has concerns about prostitution law…
April 2015
Wynne works with the Arc of Political Change.
Political change is never a straight line. No politico ever wants to admit that they were not doing things properly nor do they ever want to make a 90 or,…
Top 3 Myths About Greening Canada’s Economy
This is a guest post by Sustainable Prosperity, a national green economy think tank. This is a big week for Canadian energy and climate policy, with Monday’s Canadian Round Table…
Top 3 Myths About Greening Canada’s Economy
This is a guest post by Sustainable Prosperity, a national green economy think tank. This is a big week for Canadian energy and climate policy, with Monday’s Canadian Round Table…
Incompetence Writ Large
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ There was an oil spill in English Bay last week. And we finally got a chance to see what Harperian austerity has accomplished. Michael Harris writes: It should be…
Stephen Harper’s Con Clown Circus Strikes Again
They were already the worst government Canada has ever known, a freakish horror show and a fascist circus. But as the economy heads south, and their desperation grows, Stephen Harper's…
Disaster Tourism at the English Bay Oil Spill
By Emily Griffiths In the wake of the oil spill a few days ago, I set out this morning with my partner to see the aftermath first hand. I really…
Political Boundary Issues #nlpoli
Some people thought that the electoral boundaries commission wouldn’t get its job done within 120 days. On Friday, those people found out that was a pretty silly hope on their…
Berlin Wall in Waterloo Park
Back in 2011, the Record asked me to write an op-ed about the LRT (link). I outlined my major problems with the LRT proposal, including: "Waterloo Park will be sliced…
Berlin Wall in Waterloo Park
Back in 2011, the Record asked me to write an op-ed about the LRT (link). I outlined my major problems with the LRT proposal, including: “Waterloo Park will be sliced…
Berlin Wall in Waterloo Park
Back in 2011, the Record asked me to write an op-ed about the LRT (link). I outlined my major problems with the LRT proposal, including: "Waterloo Park will be sliced…
Berlin Wall in Waterloo Park
Back in 2011, the Record asked me to write an op-ed about the LRT (link). I outlined my major problems with the LRT proposal, including: “Waterloo Park will be sliced…
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On projection
Shorter Leona Aglukkaq to Canada’s provinces: I’m very disappointed in all of you for my government’s longstanding failings, and demand that you take responsibility immediately.
My Thoughts on Hillary Clinton
I’m obviously not American, as I assume most of you aren’t, but regardless of that fact, the electoral races in the United States have a huge impact on our country…
Lovecraft’s Tales of Terror
No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace. Ex Oblivione, 1921. Along with Edgar Rice Burroughs, my teenage reading covered a lot of genres,…
Prentice Drops the “E” Word on Day One
Extremist: /ɛkˈstriːmɪst/ noun, chiefly derogatory: A person who holds extreme political or religious views, especially one who advocates illegal, violent or other extreme action—Oxford dictionary Hysterical rhetoric Of all the…
50,000 mexican farmworkers are on strike, and almost no one in north america knows about it
Did you know that 50,000 Mexican farmworkers are on strike? If your answer is no, you have plenty of company. The Los Angeles Times is the only English-language mainstream media…