2015
Justices of the Peace – damned if you do and damned if you don’t
Justices of the Peace are sometimes criticized in the media for agreeing to terms of release that seem too slack – see for example http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/21/christie-blatchford-man-who-shot-and-killed-rcmp-officer-breezed-out-of-one-of-the-sloppiest-bail-hearings-imaginable . The problem is Justices…
Joint submissions entitled to careful consideration and not to be rejected unless unfit or unreasonable
R v Gibson, 2015 ABCA 4: The sentencing judge remained unconvinced, being of the view that Gibson’s driving was far more dangerous and blameworthy than that in the case law…
The Clean Energy Light at the End of the Tunnel
High carbon energy’s days are numbered. A report from IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, predicts a 40% drop in the cost of renewable energy over the next few years.…
Malcolm X Was Right About America
Photo from Public Domain NEW YORK—Malcolm X, unlike Martin Luther King Jr., did not believe America had a conscience. For him there was no great tension between the lofty ideals…
John Baird was tossed overboard by Harper’s dictatorship-style PMO
Stephen Harper’s dictatorship-style PMO forced John Baird to resign as Canada’s foreign affairs minister and chicken out of the 2015 federal election. The post John Baird was tossed overboard by…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cat renovation nightmares.
what i’m reading: the death of santini, by pat conroy
Readers over a certain age may remember Pat Conroy as the author of “The Great Santini,” the novel and later, a movie for which he wrote the screenplay. The movie…
Another rat jumps the Harper ship…
Lots of pols and pundits are falling all over themselves lauding the soon-to-be-ex CPC attack dog. I won’t do that. Don’t let the screen door hit you on the ass…
Could Greece Become the Salvation of Western Democracy?
Greece is revered as the nation that gave mankind democracy. Could it now become the nation that restored democracy to mankind? Around the world, democracy has taken a pounding from…
Seizing the Opportunity to Fight Austerity
A map of Greater Greece after the Treaty of Sèvres • Image from Public Domain Haris Golemis (HG): Just three years ago, Syriza’s presence in Greece’s political landscape was quite…
Can we put the brakes on austerity?
Photo by Justin Ling Make up your mind, M. Couillard: are we on the brink of economic collapse or are we on route to a balanced budget and tax cuts?…
Stephen Harper and the Great War on the Economy (continued)
Yesterday I wrote a post suggesting that the opposition forget about Stephen Harper's Great War on Terror, because it's just a distraction.And that they should concentrate instead on his Great…
Education Technology Strategies – Day One
Jonathan TepperExecutive Director of Information TechnologyGreenwood College School BYOD – being able to take your personalized device from homee, and use it at work or school Greenwood – small independent…
On the day a young Jordanian is burned alive, on the day there are more jihadi arrests in Ottawa…
We wonder: What decision would #LPC and #NDP make now, if they could do the #ISIS decision all over again? #cdnpoli http://t.co/KUiZtl70iw — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 3, 2015
I’m With George. End the Politics of Fear. Vote Green.
The Guardian’s George Monbiot sees the neoliberal consensus collapsing. This, he argues, is the time to let go of the politics of fear. He is addressing his fellow Brits who…