On warped incentives
CC offers one noteworthy takeaway from Jenni Byrne's attempt to deflect blame for the Cons' election loss:Wherein Jenni Byrne openly admits that the CPC *needs* vote splitting to stay relevant.…
February 2016
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Richard Eskow summarizes the basic facts about inequality in the U.S. Ta-Nehisi Coates argues that it's impossible to fully explain or address that problem…
I love the smell of political revisionism in the morning
Winning campaign managers – John Rae, Don Guy, et al. – make the Sphinx look like a chatterbox. They don’t give interviews before, during or after campaigns. They don’t talk…
Pub Proximity Produces Pleasure
How close you live to a pub impacts your happiness, the closer you are the happier you’ll be! Oxford University and the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) released the study…
The Green Solution
Canada's PostMedia, concerned as always about meeting Canada's climate change targets, has published an article in the Toronto Sun arguing that Trudeau's emissions reduction targets are (and I quote) "impossible".…
WHERE’S THE BEER?
Do you have beer in your grocery store? Are you one of the favoured few in Ontario? Here in Barrie we are being discriminated against. We are being denied a…
140Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of February 8, 2016
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Ghomeshi emails reveal growing importance of 'digital debris' to trials, experts sayChicago Officer, Citing Emotional Trauma, Sues Estate of Teenager…
The Green Solution
Canada's PostMedia, concerned as always about meeting Canada's climate change targets, has published an article in the Toronto Sun arguing that Trudeau's emissions reduction targets are (and I quote) "impossible".…
Nathan Cullen’s Daring Proposal for Electoral Reform
When I first read Nathan Cullen's proposal to kickstart the electoral reform process, I must admit that I thought the NDP had lost its grip on reality.For it did seem…
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While higher ed doesn’t exactly have a reputation for adapting quickly to change, evidence that institutions are aware of and adapting to the expectations of students is seen in the…
Bernie Sanders and the Attack of the Millionaires
With Bernie Sanders seemingly headed for a decisive victory in tomorrow's New Hampshire primary, it seems that the Millionaire's Club is starting to feel the heat, or the Bern.For first…
Using his words #nlpoli
Politicians are usually very careful about the words they use.That’s why it’s important to notice the words Premier Dwight Ball used this weekend in an interview with Tom Clark for…
Found Art
I was walking along Dupont Street, a formerly semi-industrial street nearby, now in process of change and unsure of its identity. It features construction companies, expensive car dealerships, a barbershop,…
Poll puts NDP in third place among Albertans – a plausible result despite a pollster’s debatable analysis
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. Below: Pollster Quito Maggi of Mainstreet Research, grabbed from his Twitter account, and former PC premier Ed Stelmach, whose personal popularity held through the economic…
Mythomania
Merv Adey (BCVeritas.com): "The proper role of political media is to unspin the various prevarications and lies governments like to foist on us."B.C. Premier Christy Clark still trying..., CBC News,…
Eleven extra watts
I began my 50th year today. I had no big plans. A nice dinner with my partner and our child. Some chores. A few 'would be goods' on the old…
Upcoming books for Tingfest exhibition
Building some books for Tingfest III 2016. I had to build the Londoner Comics book three times over memory issue crashes in Photos. :-) Three times today. My eyes hurt.Filed…
CRA revokes registration of charity that acted as a “receipting agent” for tax shelter arrangement
In December, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) revoked the registration of a Canadian charity that acted as a "receipting agent" for a tax shelter arrangement. Le Refuge des Rescapés, a…
Trudeau On Pipelines: Maybe
Last week Justin Trudeau walked into the lion’s den—a boardroom filled with the country’s top oilpatch executives—and got it half right. Luckily he had the good sense to take Premier…