Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Frank Pasquale and Siva Vainhyanathan write that we shouldn’t mistake schemes intended to get around employee standards and other laws for innovations worth…
August 2015
Strat Plan Part 2: The Shuffle Game
In the second part of my critique of Collingwood’s woo-hoo strategic plan, I will look at the shuffle game. This is where consultants give contestants – I mean participants –…
Does Hypocrisy Underlie the Long Writ Period?
It’s official. Stephen Harper went to the Governor General and initiated the official election campaign period, which will be about twice as long as the minimum the Canada Elections Act…
Good to go
A few images which may or may not become highly relevant in just a few minutes.
The Choice Is Ours
And don’t forget that the first leaders’ debate is August 6. Hosted by Paul Wells, it will be recorded in City’s Toronto studio and air live, commercial-free and with closed…
Election ad review: Ready (and repeating vs busting the narrative)
After months of the Conservatives carpet-bombing the air waves with an ad declaring Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau just not ready, the Liberals finally responded with an ad of their own…
Election ad review: Ready (and repeating vs busting the narrative)
After months of the Conservatives carpet-bombing the air waves with an ad declaring Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau just not ready, the Liberals finally responded with an ad of their own…
Reading Tennyson’s Ulysses
Last weekend, while watching the delightful movie, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, I heard Bill Nighy make a wedding speech that included lines from one of my favourite poems:…
I Think Not
https://twitter.com/johnibbitson On Saturday, the Globe and Mail published an excerpt from John Ibbitson’s recently published book, Stephen Harper. The piece begins with a pean to Harper: He is a lion…
The bully tactics of Stephen Harper.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper must be a bully who has never grown up. He seems to be a misanthrope: a person who dislikes other humans. He shows narcissistic tendencies with…
Stephen Harper Makes A Mockery Of Our Democracy – Tell Your Grandma !!!
There is nothing nice about Stephen Harper. I am sure his mom still speaks well of him, but for the rest of us he is a vile, sneaky, conniving little…
Too Much Money?
With much speculation (Harper, will meet with Governor General David Johnston, Queen Elizabeth II’s representative in Canada, Sunday at 9:55 a.m., according to a statement released late Saturday by the…
Something Scary Happened 3 Days Ago…
A few days ago I posted this link on www.Indeed.ca to correspond with my blog entry and make a point about the state of affairs in the Canadian job market,…
Something Scary Happened 3 Days Ago…
A few days ago I posted this link on www.Indeed.ca to correspond with my blog entry and make a point about the state of affairs in the Canadian job market,…
Something Scary Happened 3 Days Ago…
A few days ago I posted this link on www.Indeed.ca to correspond with my blog entry and make a point about the state of affairs in the Canadian job market,…
Here we go!
When historians look back on this one, they’ll observe that the winners knew it was a knife fight – and that the loser thought it was the McGill Debate Club.
Bibshorts: MAMIL sausage
Wherein I compare the comfort and usefulness of the various bib shorts I’ve used
Election: EKOS poll – Seniors will return Harper to power as Prime Minister
A key statistic is not who favours what party before election day, but how many voters actually cast a vote on that day. Seniors vote. Younger voters don’t vote in…