Suzuki’s No Slave To The Economy
I hope we see meaningful changes in our economy, in time. There’s not a great understanding in our society that the economy is a system of resource distribution. We’ve enshrined…
2015
If You Have Trouble Making Sense of this Fiasco Now, You’ll Want to See This.
Now that ISIS is still running all over the Caliphate (borderland of Iraq and Syria) and the blood feud is underway between the Hatfields (Russia) and McCoys (Turkey), you might…
Overbroad Legislation
R. v. Appulonappa, 2015 SCC 59: A law is said to violate our basic values by being ...
iPolitics: The RCMP wants more online surveillance power. We should say no.
ICYMI: The Mounties want warrantless Internet snooping, again. Article by Michael Morris for iPolitics The Mounties may always get their man, but they shouldn’t always get what they ask ...
iPolitics: The RCMP wants more online surveillance power. We should say no.
ICYMI: The Mounties want warrantless Internet snooping, again. Article by Michael Morris for iPolitics The Mounties may always get their man, but they shouldn’t always get what they ask ...
A Primer on Trudeau’s $2.65 Billion Green Climate Fund Announcement
Earlier today at a meeting of Commonwealth nations in Malta, Prime Minister Trudeau announced that his government would increase its Green Climate Fund commitment to $2.65 billion. Here's a quick…
Damages for injury to property to be based on restoration cost
Midwest Properties Ltd. v. Thordarson, 2015 ONCA 819: At common law, the traditional view was that damages for any type of injury to property should be measured by the diminution…
Hollande’s Turn to do the Terrorists’ Bidding.
In the wake of the Paris attacks, president Hollande ordered a French bombing campaign against the Islamic State's 'headquarters' in Raqqa, Syria. In The Guardian, Jurgen Todenhofer writes that Hollande…
Much to be learned from girls’ soccer and fish farm sponsorship debacle
Fourteen-year-old Freyja Reed's expulsion from a community soccer team for refusing to quite criticizing sponsor Marine Harvest is a social justice issue, says Ray Grigg.The post Much to be learned…
Poking the Russian Bear with a Sharp Stick Might Not Turn Out Well
Turkish president Recep Erdogan has thrown fuel on the fire by claiming he personally ordered Turkish jets to shoot down the Russian Su-24 bomber on Tuesday.The facts strongly suggest this…
The Depravity of the Far Right. Surviving the Age of Fear.
What gives terrorist leaders sleepless nights? It's not us. It's not their enemies. What they fear most is becoming invisible, boring - losing the support of their base, rich and…
Spikes Don’t Prevent Jumper From Whitehouse Lawn
Secret Service is investigating the first White House fence scaler since spikes were installed last summer. The first family was at home celebrating Thanksgiving when the incident happened.
Things i wish i had published
It’s been a fairly intense couple of years for me here at Kersplebedeb, publishing more books and pamphlets than i ever did before, and i like to think they include…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Mariana Mazzucato discusses the futility of slashing government without paying attention to what it's intended to accomplish. And Sheila Block and Kaylie Tiessen are…
The Day Justin Trudeau Left Stephen Harper in the Dust
For years Stephen Harper attacked Justin Trudeau as only a bully and a political pervert could.Smearing him in every possible way, distorting his words, questioning his masculinity, and trying to…
The Globe and Mail: Organizations respond to calls for increased surveillance
In response to an article in The Globe and Mail this week discussing the need for increased surveillance, a group of organizations focused on privacy and have responded with a…
The Globe and Mail: Organizations respond to calls for increased surveillance
In response to an article in The Globe and Mail this week discussing the need for increased surveillance, a group of organizations focused on privacy and have responded with a…
Another Challenge
http://news.nationalpost.com/Stephen Harper used to talk about the virtue of individual res...