Stephen Harper and the Hidden Story of the Anti-Gay Judge
For weeks I've been trying to warn everyone I know that Stephen Harper is now so desperate that he is planning to make bigotry his secret weapon in his election…
June 2015
Pope Francis Captures the Moral High Ground Much to the Dismay of His Detractors
Way to go Frank! You really knocked that one out of the park. I never thought that I’d be writing about an encyclical from you, but what you had to…
She’s a class act all the way #nlpoli
The House of Assembly closed on Tuesday, likely for the last time before the next election. Sure, Premier Paul Davis said he may call the House back in the fall…
The Desperate Struggle to Block Stephen Harper’s Monument to Himself
Today is the day the National Capital Commission will vote to decide whether to break ground for the building of Stephen Harper's monument to himself, the so-called Memorial to the…
The Liberals Fire Back at the Anti-Trudeau Con Ad
I'm sure that by now you've seen this Con attack ad at least a hundred times, because it's receiving massive air play on every TV channel.And I have to admit…
The HarperPAC, Big Money, and the Americanization of Canada
As you may have heard, a group of Harper supporters have created a political action committee to attack the progressive parties. Supporters of Stephen Harper have formed a political-advertising unit…
I’m moving soon
Teddy here with a few personal notes. First; remember to check the bottom of the post for who the author is. I’ve had a few posts I’ve made be confused…
Does the Superior Court of Justice have inherent jurisdiction to order a party to undergo an assessment by someone who is not a “health practitioner”, as defined in s. 105 of the Courts of Justice Act?
Yes. Ziebenhaus v. Bahlieda, 2015 ONCA 471: The Divisional Court concluded that s. 105 does not “occupy the field”. It noted that the health sciences and patient care have evolved…
Energy and climate in the Harper decade
The costs of climate change are piling up, and can no longer be ignored. 2015 is poised to be a landmark year, with a new global treaty on climate to…
In Defence of Justin
Justin Trudeau got sideswiped today, predictably so, by a self-identified Liberal (who, curiously, can’t seem to get the time of day from Team Justin) for saying he would stop Canada’s…
Harper Surrounds Himself with CoCCs
Stephen Harper and his cronies have unleashed yet another disgusting set of ads that skirt any ‘rules’ when it comes to Canadian elections. For the love of all things holy,…
June 24: It’s been a hectic day….
…..of computer crisis as I spent hours trying to make my computer work. So this is a late one. I’ve been using computers for over thirty years. But one learns…
Globe and Mail: More power to the Big Three, less choice to Canadians
The new Rogers/Mobilicity deal will mean less choice and therefore higher prices. Article by Christine Dobby for The Globe and Mail While Mobilicity has finally found a buyer – selling…
Exxon disses paltry clean tech subsidies while oil industry takes Trillions from taxpayers
Digital composite by AZRainman (Flickr CC licence) A recent article quoting executives from Exxon is an incredible example of the misinformation, half-truths and contempt for solutions to climate change that…
Can Alberta’s Oilsands Monitoring Agency Be Saved?
“Transparent,” “credible, “world-class” — those are just a few of the words that have been deployed to detail the aspirations of the one-year-old organization tasked with monitoring the air, water,…
CVRD CAO Brian Carruthers Reveals The Details Of Court Action To Stop SIA Cold.
Richard Hughes The CVRD has spent over 3 years and well in excess of 600,000 dollars of our money flip flopping about over the South Island Aggregates (SIA) plan to…
Europe ready to kill Greece to keep TINA alive
My latest piece on Greece was published yesterday at Ricochet. In short, Europe and the IMF’s message that ‘there still is no alternative’ proves that objective of punitive austerity is…
Europe ready to kill Greece to keep TINA alive
My latest piece on Greece was published yesterday at Ricochet. In short, Europe and the IMF’s message that ‘there still is no alternative’ proves that objective of punitive austerity is…
Titus Andronicus Is Back
This one should be a mega hit:And this one, combined with one above, makes me think there might be a bit of drug-type influence on the album. Still pretty good,…