June 15, 2004
Dr. T. Douglas KINSELLA, CM, BA, MD, FACP, FRCPC. Like some men, and as was the practice in some families, my brothers and I did not hug my father a…
June 2015
Something new, and probably something old too: Reflections on the meaning of Alberta throne speeches, NDP and Tory
PHOTOS: Now that’s a throne speech! The Queen addresses Parliament in the Senate Chamber in Ottawa in 1957 as prime minister John Diefenbaker, on her right, listens to his government’s…
June 15 marks the end of the NDP’s trek through Alberta’s political wilderness
On June 15, 2015, Alberta’s new government will present its first Speech from the Throne. Read by new Lieutenant Governor Lois Mitchell, the speech will represent the first official major…
@wiselaw on "Top 20 Ontario Law Twitter Accounts" Listing
BY GARRY J. WISEThanks to the good folks at Lawsome for including us in their list of Top 20 Ontario Law Twitter Accounts, reproduced below: Law Times: @LawTimes (Ontario legal…
More on ‘Mobilegeddon’
BY GARRY J. WISELaw Times picked up on our April 30 post about Google’s new mobile compliance requirements with an excellent article last week by writer Michael McKiernan, Focus: Law…
From this guy, this is a big deal
Apart from Bob Hepburn – who has taken to writing fiction – Den Tandt was the only commentator they had left. “Either way, Liberals cannot gild this lily, and their…
Greece has nothing to lose by saying no to creditors – FT.com
Greece has nothing to lose by saying no to creditors – FT.com. By Wolfgang Münchau So here we are. Alexis Tsipras has been told to take it or leave it.…
NewYork claims to be Pennsylvania, CNN reports
New York’s parents issues statement denying claim.
holden caulfield, ponyboy curtis, and my teen book club
“Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody.” Recognize it? For me it’s one of the most memorable final sentences ever written. I just finished re-reading…
You Are Not Above The Law, Tom Mulcair
The NDP should pay its bills just like anyone else. Until they form government, and then we all ride free until the banks kill the party. But seriously. Complying with…
June 14: self-indulgence, odds and ends, and other stuff
Am I capitalist, socialist or communist? None of the above. Politics doesn’t start with labels or with political ideologies of any sort. It starts with moral principles, with a sense…
The Climate Change War Heats Up this Week. You Can’t Sit This Out Much Longer.
If you follow the unfolding climate change wars, you’ll know that things are sure heating up. Pope Francis is about to issue a papal encyclical urging the world’s Catholics to…
Update: expanding my pasta making
I’ve just ordered a pasta extruder – the Marcato “Regina” pasta machine, which I expect to arrive in another week. This will allow me to make hollow pasta types like…
Incarceration following successful Crown sentencing appeal
Historically Courts have hesitated to incarcerate offenders following a successful Crown sentence appeal. For example the recent decision in R. v. Schertzer, 2015 ONCA 259, where the Court declined to…
Pardons for Criminal Convictions
Millions of Canadians (perhaps three million) have a criminal record. Such records have an impact; being branded a “criminal” even for very minor offences can be a big problem. Since…
The Real Reason Pope Francis Humiliated Stephen Harper
Well now we know why Pope Francis ruined Stephen Harper's little photo-op at the Vatican the other day.By giving Harper only ten minutes of his time, compared to the fifty…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Guy Standing discusses the political and social importance of Canada’s growing precariat, as well as the broader definition of inequality needed to…
For Your Sunday Reading Pleasure
While progressives in general, and bloggers in particular, are largely aware of the grave threat that the Harper regime poses to traditional democracy, I am always pleased when that message…