A change of pace….
This is about politics – but equally about religion, Christianity it particular. And I’m sure it will please neither politicians nor Christians. It begins with a very short story to…
2015
Lockheed, You Blew It. Start Over, Do It Right.
For all the wholly deserved criticism of the F-35 light attack bomber, there are some things that Lockheed and its partners got right. What they didn’t get right was the…
Conrad Black: Off the Rails
I generally read Conrad Black‘s columns for their entertainment value, but I also read them for the language. Black is the best tosser of pithy epithets since Spiro Agnew*. And…
Taking Stock
Most of us just don’t want to know. Most of the rest are coming to feel the same way a lot of the time. Interesting op-ed by Quincy Saul, “The…
Citizens Take Constitutional, Free Speech Challenge Against National Energy Board to Supreme Court
A group of citizens fighting to speak about climate change and the oilsands at National Energy Board (NEB) reviews of pipeline projects, like the current Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline,…
The "Piss Away" Province
The key to understanding the dilemma is to realize that Tar Sand, bitumen, is just a part of Alberta’s oil history. The province has also produced a vast amount of…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Michael Babad writes that we should be glad to see jobs being created in the public sector since the private sector is doing…
Failure to put election to accused a jurisdictional failure
R. v. Shia, 2015 ONCA 190: In Varcoe, this court considered whether s. 686(1)(b)(iv) could save a harmless failure to put an accused to his election under s. 536(2) of…
The Still Beating Heart of Progressivism
Not dead yet. The venerable Boston Globe has published an editorial urging a certain American to run for the presidency of the United States of America. The newspaper wants senator…
Graduate Position: Innovation and Urban Sustainability @ INRS
A funded MA or PhD position in Innovation and Urban Sustainability is now open at the INRS University. The position is open to MA or PhD students interested in studying:…
Graduate Position: Innovation and Urban Sustainability @ INRS
A funded MA or PhD position in Innovation and Urban Sustainability is now open at the INRS University. The position is open to MA or PhD students interested in studying:…
Graduate Position: Innovation and Urban Sustainablity @ INRS
A funded MA or PhD position in Innovation and Urban Sustainability is now open at the INRS University. The position is open to MA or PhD students interested in studying:…
Toronto Fish Health Improving – But You Can’t Eat Them Yet
Local man fishing in Toronto Harbour. THE LATEST STUDY from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change and the University of Toronto analyzed government data on mercury, dioxin/furans…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, March 23, 2015
Your news links for today: Communication Security Establishment’s cyberwarfare toolbox revealed – CBC News UK Government Admits Intelligence Services Allowed To Break Into Any System, Anywhere, For Any Reason –…
Disruptive Power Book Website
I have a new site up with all of the book information, event details, writing and media: www.disruptive-power.com
DFO uses stealth to open herring fishery despite First Nations ban
Heiltsuk Hereditary Chief Harvey Humchitt in 2012 (Damien Gillis) The Department of Fisheries and Oceans angered members of the Heiltsuk First Nation on BC’s central coast by opening a commercial…
Elections and expectations: what will matter in 2015?
There has been much media speculation about a spring election. If Stephen Harper saw the opportunity he would not hesitate to call one, but current polling makes it clear his…
Elections and expectations: what will matter in 2015?
There has been much media speculation about a spring election. If Stephen Harper saw the opportunity he would not hesitate to call one, but current polling makes it clear his…
Last day for public comments on Woodfibre LNG proposal
Rendering of proposed Woodfibre LNG project near Squamish, BC Citizens have until Midnight Monday to submit their comments to the current phase of environmental assessment into the controversial Woodfibre LNG…