Canada’s Oil Exports Up 65 Per Cent Over Last Decade
Canada’s oil exports increased by 65 per cent in 10 years under former Prime Minster Stephen Harper’s leadership according to analysis of the most recent figures issued by BP’s annual…
February 2016
31 Days of Oscar, week 4
TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar comes to an end this week, so here, for the last time, are my choices for stuff to watch this week, most of which I’ve…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Miles Corak argues for a "second-chance" society to make up for the damaging effects of inequality - though I'd argue that while he has…
The Allure of Professional Cuddlers
Loving care is valuable and Evan Carp can prove it. He's the 'Emperor of Snuggles', the founder and CEO of The Snuggle Buddies, a professional cuddling service.Paid cuddling services are…
The Police – Reluctant Learners In Our Midst
In many ways it is regrettable that the police apparently are not Spiderman fans. If they were, perhaps they would understand an early and painful lesson learned by Peter Parker,…
The terror of Trump.
If you really do not understand Donald Trump, your favourite psychiatrist might be able to help. You can also just think of Trump as another cathartic solution to the American…
Who can sleep here? No one but me!
Playing with that new Pencil and the new firm tip, hlding back on the pressure to get a nice thin line out of the pen tool. Also continuing with the…
To Save Bees, Humans Need to Learn From the Past
Bees are having a hard time in the 21st century everything from radio waves to pesticides are messing with their honey creation. The poor creatures are also suffering from a…
Stephen Harper and the Day of Reckoning
Well I think it's safe to say that Stephen Harper will not be seen anywhere near Parliament Hill today.And that he will spend yet another day hiding from Canadians.Because today…
Everything is political. Everything is a Charter issue.
Good. I’m glad they backed away from making the assisted-suicide vote a whipped vote. That would have been appalling, frankly. It wasn’t in the platform, it wasn’t promised by Trudeau,…
140Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of February 22, 2016
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Ottawa drops appeal of Omar Khadr’s bail 19 year old Brit created free lawyer-bot that is successfully appealing parking ticketsToronto…
Recap: I made a WordPress Website last year
Note: I wrote this post in early January when I was reviewing what I had completed in 2016. It’s important reflect back sometimes and I realized that I had not…
Ever wonder how all those embarrassing political stories become public?
Outfits like the Liberal Research Bureau, that’s how. Today’s Hill Times has a great story about the LRB – who played a key role in winning the last majority government,…
Donald Trump and the Lord of the Pigs
As you know, when Donald Trump began his campaign for President of the United States I thought he was just a bad joke.And it was just another insane bigot eruption…
off to vancouver
I struggle to find time to write even a small fraction of what I'd like to post here. But there's one thing I'll always write about: my travels. And there…
Cabinet documents and no brainers #nlpoli
Years ago, a couple of enterprising reporters at CBC submitted what was then a request under the Freedom of Information Act for information about entertainment expense allowances for senior bureaucrats…
Suzuki, Phillip lead support for Peace Valley land defenders as Hydro seeks injuction
David Suzuki and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip will be at the BC Supreme Court in downtown Vancouver Monday morning to speak to media and support the Treaty 8 Stewards of…
You’re more likely to die as a baby in Nunavut than as a 70-year-old in the rest of the country
http://globalnews.ca/news/2523231/whats-killing-babies-in-canadas-north/?sf21156078=1 The infant mortality rate was 21.40/1,000 live births in 2012. Compare that to Greenland in 2014: Infant mortality rate: 9.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.76 ...