Building Manitoba’s Fightback
Photo by Tony Hisgett The upcoming provincial elections in Manitoba are worrying. The provincial NDP may cling to power come April, 2016, but a Progressive Conservative government might get elected…
2015
Oct. 29: So much news it’s too much news.
But the Irving press spares you the pain of too much reading. It’s foreign news isn’t really foreign at all. In fact, I’m not sure there is such a thing…
Horgan in the BC Legislature
Hansard, October 28, 2015: Yesterday I asked the Premier if she would apologize to Tim Duncan, the courageous whistle-blower who came forward when he was bullied by an official in…
The NDP—back to social democracy
Rather like the British Labour Party under Tony Blair, the NDP made a play for the political centre. The Liberals, led by the dangerous to underestimate Justin Trudeau, have now…
Fear is Just a Four Letter Word….
Which film or TV show scared you most as a child? Jekyll and Hyde’s writer Charlie Higson said ‘I’ve always maintained it is good to scare children.’ Photograph: ITV plc…
2015 Election Aftermath: Hard Lessons for Greens
Last Monday’s election results were a disaster for the Green Party of Canada. Not only did the Green Party lose seats (2 incumbents at dissolution with only 1 returned), but…
Written Agreements Can Only Be Interpreted In Context
Puri Consulting Limited v. Kim Orr Barristers PC, 2015 ONCA 727: As Doherty J.A. noted in Dumbrell v. The Regional Group of Companies Inc. (2007), 85 O.R. (3d) 616 (C.A.),…
Reluctance to write about social movements
I’m feeling an odd reluctance to do a certain kind of writing about social movements. It’s odd because, in many respects, I’m pretty well placed to do this writing. For…
An Early Caregiver Month Treat: A Chat With Amy Goyer, Caregiving Author and AARP Blogger
November is caregiving month and to kick off just a tiny bit early, here’s a special treat. This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Amy Goyer about her new…
November 4, 2015 – Change of Power
King Stephen Harper is not ready yet.
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, October 29, 2015
Your news links for today: Why Apple Pay’s Canadian launch bypassed banks – Globe and Mail What mobile payment options are available to Canadians? – Globe and Mail Canadians spending…
My Post City column on Trudeaumania in T.O.
Found here.
Police Wife: A Review by André Moncourt
The wave of police killings of young blacks in the U.S. over the past several years and the recent resistance in Ferguson and Baltimore have made police violence a front-page…
The Ghosts of Harper’s Cons Will Haunt the Halls of Parliament for Years to Come
This Halloween special: Justin Trudeau will need a Ghostbuster-like vetting of Ottawa if he’s going to get anything done in the next four years.
Cut Out Sugar and Improve Everything
Some new research points out by simply cutting out sugar one can improve basically all that ails them. In a recent research study children gave up sugar for nine days…
They Were About Power
http://www.slideshare.net/ There is much on the Liberal agenda that Andrew Coyne doesn’t like. But he admits that the proposals are ambitious — even radical: All right. It’s an ambitious platform.…
Institutions, and why carding is illegal
I don’t detest the institution of the police. As with every other institution in society, it is an institution made up of good folks and bad folks. So, my strong,…
New column day
Here (via PressReader), on how Canada’s attendance at the Paris climate change conference may prove to be utterly useless if Justin Trudeau isn’t prepared to override Brad Wall’s obstruction. For…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Amy Goodman interviews Joseph Stiglitz about the corporate abuses the Trans-Pacific Partnership will allow to take priority over the public interest. And…