Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Mariana Mazzucato argues that we need to change our conversation and our policy choices on public investment in Canada’s economy: As in…
2015
Where a mandatory minimum sentence is valid it fully applies to aboriginal offenders
R. v. Johnson, 2013 ONCA 177: Counsel for Johnson also argues that, given his Aboriginal status the starting point for the sentence, the sentencing floor, should be considered differently. Otherwise,…
Stuff Happens, week 6: All about Eve; Sun sets on Sun News.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was all smiles on Monday when announcing that Ontario PC MP Eve Adams was crossing the floor to his party. But the news gave hims critics…
Happy flag day
When we were home in Calgary, during the NEP, someone burned the flag we had up on the roof. “What should we do?” I asked my Dad, as we stood…
More On The Dangers of Bill C-51
Well, leave it to The Star’s redoubtable readers to remind us of the peril implicit in Bill C-51, Stephen Harper’s anti-terrorist bill designed to make us all ‘safer’ and in…
If there was ever a time for leadership.
You can only feel a sickening sense of betrayal in Bill C-51 that is now before our parliament. We are betrayed by Stephen Harper’s determination for re-election. It is a…
the fight for democracy and independence, microcosm version, or, where i’ve been and what i’ve been doing while i haven’t been blogging
It’s always strange for me when the events that are consuming my time and my brain are not suitable for public consumption, not things I can blog about in any…
Harper’s Police State Law
Much has been written of lateabout the proposed C-51 ‘anti terror’ bill and I will not attempt to dissect it here given that we already know that it will be…
The Death Of Sun News
http://www.thestar.com/ Sun News is dead. A speciality channel which specialized in sound and fury, it passed quietly into the night. The whole project was ill conceived from the beginning. Christopher…
Stephen Harper and the Slow Melting of the Con Regime
Well I see that Stephen Harper has been spending more time in the tiny Con bastion of Quebec City.And it seems only appropriate that he should stage this photo-op at…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
It’s all about love, after all.
Return to Harperland and the Wonderful Death of Sun TV News
Well as you can imagine it wasn't easy saying goodbye to the balmy breezes of the Caribbean.After my amazing sailing adventure where I once again showed the sea that I…
Inoculating Against Science-Denialism
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on February 10, 2015. There’s an illness sweeping its way across North America, one which has long-troubled the scientific community and baffled even…
Political Waivers: Eve and Dimitri claimed by Team Trudeau
A version of this post has already appeared on iPolitics. Major league baseball’s spring training begins next week. My favourite sport came to mind as I was thinking about the…
Goddamnit, Toronto Star
Forum Research did a poll up for the Toronto Star, testing the political waters in Eglinton-Lawrence with Eve Adams on the ballot. The result was a healthy lead for current…
Oil and Gas Industry Requesting Massive Tax Cuts for LNG Terminals in Advance of 2015 Federal Budget
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is asking the Harper government to consider reclassifying liquid natural gas (LNG) terminals as ‘manufacturing assets’ to provide tax breaks to companies struggling…
Oil and Gas Industry Requesting Massive Tax Cuts for LNG Terminals in Advance of 2015 Federal Budget
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is asking the Harper government to consider reclassifying liquid natural gas (LNG) terminals as ‘manufacturing assets’ to provide tax breaks to companies struggling…
On unclear motivations
Shorter Peter MacKay: We should tremble in our boots at the possibility that the people plotting a mass shooting in Halifax might have been susceptible to motivation by religious fervour.…
Ed Broadbent and Roy Romanow Call For Strong Opposition To Anti Terror Bill–Mulcair Had Better Listen Up
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In recent posts on ‘Cowichan Conversations’ and on ‘Facebook and Twitter’ I have been critical of the Federal NDP’s failure to take the gloves off and go…
Feb. 14: Iimpressive quotations to suck us in.
The TandT edition of Friday, Feb. 13, has a big story about the ranking of New Brunswick’s health care system. Front page stuff. And it comes straight from the expensive…