Geist: Another bill that will reshape Canada’s privacy law
More bad news for Canadians. Article by Michael Geist for the Toronto Star A budget implementation bill is an unlikely — and many would say inappropriate — place to make…
June 2015
Right-wing Circles Angry but Pope’s Climate Intervention Makes Complete Sense
This is a guest post by Charles J. Reid Jr., professor of law at the University of St. Thomas. It is a line repeated with tiresome regularity in right-wing circles:…
Pillage and Class Polarization: The Rise of “Criminal Capitalism”
The Tribune of the Uffizi (1772–78), by Johann Zoffany, depicts the commodity-fetishism metamorphosis of oil paintings into culture-industry products. Introduction About 75% of US employees work 40 hours or longer,…
David Suzuki: The values of hope and happiness
David Suzuki on how our tendency to seek solace in material things as a reaction to threats such as terrorism and climate change causes more insecurity. The post David Suzuki:…
‘Harper in the Hot Seat’: Michael Harris on The Agenda
In “Party of One,” journalist Michael Harris argues that Stephen Harper has given Canada a radical makeover – one that fundamentally threatens Canadian democracy. He lays out his arguments and…
Auto-Immune to Progress: Car Manufacturing Going South
Carmakers say adios to Canada as Mexico shifts into higher gear Mexico now makes more cars than Canada, a trend that’s not expected to change By Pete Evans, CBC News…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, June 15, 2015
Your news links for today: How Bill C-59 Reshapes Canadian Privacy Law – Michael Geist Bill C-51 Passed in Canada But Repeal Plans are Already in the Works – The…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David Cay Johnston looks into new research showing just how much distance the U.S.’ highest-income .001% has put between itself and the rest…
The Wealthy Really Are Different From The Rest Of Us
Despite the over-generalization of my title, it is clear to me that many of rich really are different from the rest of us, not just in terms of their material…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for the week of June 15, 2015
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Via @bsookman: The year in review: developments in computer, internet and e-commerce Law (2014-2015) Brazil’s top court strikes down…
what i’m reading: fallingwater rising, biography of a building
In the prologue to Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E. J. Kaufmann, and America’s Most Extraordinary House, author Franklin Toker writes, “Put this book down now if you can’t live…
A mistake Trudeau can ill-afford.
Okay Justin, you wanted him. You got him. Now what the hell are you going to do with him? The guy is no liberal. He is your Liberal candidate in…
So Far They Have Gotten Away Scot Free
http://www.blueprintofwe.com/ The RCMP have charged Mike Duffy with thirty-one offences. But, Michael Harris writes, the PMO should be on trial, not Duffy: It is the nagging doubt that Duffy’s day…
Stephen Harper and the Deathly March of the Zombie Bills
With every passing day Stephen Harper and his rotting Con regime look more desperate, and more deathly.For not only do they look like escapees from the Night of the Living…
OITNB
I read some review somewhere of the first episode of Orange is the New Black on the weekend before I dove into a marathon session of the entire season. It…
Pope Francis: The Encyclical
Some fun the week before Pope Francis releases his much-anticipated encyclical on the environment. * Why the climate is such a hot topic for Pope Francis Angry US Republicans tell…
Some business is very private
The eastern media had much to say recently about conflicted journalists. On the west coast, even CKNW’s Sean Leslie, a newsman who knows the subject, weighed in on Even Solomon’s…
Brad Wall’s case for abolishing Premiers #cdnpoli #nlpoli
Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall thinks that making the senate an elected institution that better reflects Canadians is too hard. Rather than reform the senate, Wall wants to get rid of…
Why Rona Ambrose Needs to Chill Out Her Reefer Madness
As you know, I am totally disgusted by the way Rona Ambrose is failing to act as a Health Minister should.Failing to put the pain and suffering of Canadians before…