Europe Meets 2020 Emissions Targets Early
Europe has already beat its 202 gas emissions target and it’s only 2015! This is good news because we need to reduce our energy consumption and our global output of…
October 2015
Rainy Day – Stay In
Of the Law Societies of Upper Canada and Nunavut
Effect of an acquittal
Palermo, O.J. No. 3191 (Durno) at para 51-52: 39 Mr. Perrin relies on R. v. Grant (1991), 67 C.C.C. (3d) 268 (S.C.C.) and R. v. Grdic 1 S.C.R. 810 as…
Akaash Maharaj – Huffington Post: Addressing the United Nations
Political corruption kills more people than war and famine combined. I addressed the United Nations on how the international community can and must act to bring kleptocrats to justice.
He Is Either Supremely Arrogant Or Extremely Delusional
“He” would be the outgoing but hardly lamented Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Alexander, who allowed his transfixation with power to corrupt and ruin him. The damage may indeed…
Promises, promises
Prime Minister-to-be Justin Trudeau made not a few promises on the election trail, and he received a very clear mandate from Canadians to implement them. He said what he was…
Bobbsey Baird is out; Is Bobbsey Kinney in?
This might be a last chance to write about the Bobbsey Twins of Canadian Conservatism. They are sure breaking up that old gang. Without the Hair to crack the whip…
Judge by actions, not by words
2011 Year End Report, Premier Christy Clark We are working to make British Columbia the most open provincial government in Canada and I am committed to being the most connected…
Real change #nlpoli
“A positive, optimistic, hopeful vision of public life isn’t a naive dream,” Justin Trudeau told Canadians after he won a truly historic victory in the October 19th federal general election. …
Alberta Budget 2015: You’d almost think Rachel Notley’s NDP has concluded its job is to govern this province!
PHOTOS: Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci answers reporters’ questions after delivering the NDP’s first Budget Speech in the Alberta Legislature yesterday. (CBC Photo) Below: Wildrose Opposition Leader Brian Jean and…
Left Parties In Portugal Vow to Topple New Center-Right Government
Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Portugal
Sky does not fall as Alberta NDP presents its first budget
When Finance Minister Joe Ceci stood in the Legislature on Oct. 27 to deliver the Alberta NDP’s first budget, it marked the first time since 1972 that the budget was…
Why Would Anyone Want to Honour Stephen Harper?
As if his proposed monument to himself in the heart of Ottawa wasn't bad and ugly enough.And begging for a bulldozer.As if this version of the proposed and equally hideous…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Comfortable cats.
The Forest For The Trees: Harper’s Fudgey Forestry Figures
I have a feeling that some webpages will be changing significantly in the coming years at the Government of Canada. “At 0.02% of its forested area, deforestation in Canada is…
The Forest For The Trees: Harper’s Fudgey Forestry Figures
I have a feeling that some webpages will be changing significantly in the coming years at the Government of Canada. “At 0.02% of its forested area, deforestation in Canada is…
Ezra Levant – The Bestest Honestest Mostest Reporter (E-FLAP #000001)
So I have been told by one of Ezra’s fangirls, that Ezra always corrects himself and apologizes when he makes an error. I called bullshit, and I think it is…
Equitable Set Off
Canaccord Genuity Corp. v. Pilot, 2015 ONCA 716: In Holt v. Telford, 2 S.C.R. 193, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized equitable set-off as a defence. In that case, it…