August 2015
140Law – Current Leading Legal Headlines
Here are the current leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Strengthening Your Team (via @Sandra_Bekhor) An Old Songbook Could Put ‘Happy Birthday’ in the Public Domain Health Canada’s…
KCCCC Day 9: scandals don’t matter anymore
Yes, yes, yes: we all know. Former Harper Chief of Staff Nigel Wright is back in Canada, getting ready to testify in the interminable Mike Duffy trial. So what. In…
What Have They Got That He Ain’t Got?
Michael Harris writes that the Harper campaign has begun with some strange twists: I’m not sure what democracy is anymore in Canada, but I’m pretty certain it’s got nothing to…
Tar Sands: Yours to Exploit.
It must be that on the eighth day that God created tar sands. They seem to be an afterthought. Tar sands are also causing a great deal of hypocrisy in…
Stephen Harper and the Crumbling Con Castle
I started writing this post in the ruins of an old Scottish castle not far from my family home.And as usual I couldn't help but think of those who thought…
The name they fear #nlpoli
Cast your mind back to April 2007 In his ongoing penchant for fighting with everyone and for small-mindedness, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams decides he will only refer to…
Linda McCuaig does us all a big favour
Last week the NDP candidate for Toronto Centre, Linda McQuaig, stirred the tar sands pot, telling a CBC panel discussion that for Canada to meet its climate change targets, “a…
What is at stake for who in the Calgary-Foothills by-election
The Calgary-Foothills by-election to replace former Progressive Conservative leader Jim Prentice, who resigned on the evening he was re-elected as MLA on May 5, will take place on September 3,…
Born to (be able to) Run
Today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper made news by pledging to outlaw travel to areas of the world that are “ground zero for terrorist activity.” These are places that are, according…
The lies Harper told during 2015 election call, first leaders’ debate
Stephen Harper told a lot of lies during his launch of the 2015 federal election campaign, and during the first national leaders debate, hosted by Maclean’s Magazine. The post The…
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The Leaders Debate: No One Won And Why It Doesn’t Matter
Tempting though it may be for those of us in the peanut gallery to rattle on about who won and who flopped in the Leaders Debate, the really important question…
On fear merchants
Shorter Stephen Harper: It’s not paranoid fearmongering if somebody’s really out to get you. So here’s to four more years of a government who’s really out to get you.
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