Barrier Free BC ***Update***
I am very pleased that at last night's meeting of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, my motion to support Barrier Free provincial legislation passed unanimously. My thanks to…
May 2016
The gems of Salomé
I was perhaps 11 or 12 when I first encountered Oscar Wilde’s play, Salomé. Some of it, at least. At the time, I knew nothing of Wilde, his writing, or…
LawFact of the Day: Business Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday May 31, 2016. Today we are talking about Business Law.A video posted by null (@wiselaw) on May 31, 2016 at…
Canadian Government Think Tank: Renewables Win Over Fossil Fuels
When the Conservatives were in charge of Canada they didn’t conserve at all, instead they rallied behind fossil fuels to power Canada’s economy. That foolish gamble contributed to a lame…
Bumpersticker sums up what everyone feels about politics
In the U.S. and everywhere else, too. (H/T Richard Madan.)
Social media giants oppose hate?
I’ll believe it when I see it. Talk is cheap. Words minus actions equals zero, as my friend Joey Keithley says.
“This is Justin Trudeau’s Party.”
Those were the wrap-up words from Toronto Star reporter Susan Delacourt from the Winnipeg Liberal convention to Global reporter Tom Clark whose weekly show was originating in Vancouver at the…
Who Says You Can’t Buy An Election?
Donald Trump keeps rolling along. And things keep getting worse for Hillary Clinton. The real campaign hasn't even started yet. A lot of Clinton's misery is of her own making.…
Le monde à l’envers : Quand l’Afrique vient à la rescousse de l’Occident #ymm
Il y a quelques semaines, des milliers ont fui la ville ouest-canadienne de Fort McMurray pour échapper aux feux de forêt. Les manchettes ont passé à autre chose, mais l’incendie…
Le monde à l’envers : Quand l’Afrique vient à la rescousse de l’Occident #ymm
Il y a quelques semaines, des milliers ont fui la ville ouest-canadienne de Fort McMurray pour échapper aux feux de forêt. Les manchettes ont passé à autre chose, mais l'incendie…
Le monde à l’envers : Quand les Africains viennent à la rescousse de l’Occident
Il y a quelques semaines, des milliers ont fui la ville ouest-canadienne de Fort McMurray pour échapper aux feux de forêt. Les manchettes ont passé à autre chose, mais l'incendie…
Martin continues to seet provincial political agenda #nlpoli
On the surface, Ed Martin's statement on Monday confirmed what we already knew.Dwight Ball knew about and approved of Ed Martin's severance payment from Nalcor. Ball may not have known…
Suspension of maverick MLA didn’t amount to much, even before Wildrose leader’s apparent flip-flop
PHOTOS: Wildrose MLA Derek Fildebrandt appears to be ahead in the race with his party leader, Brian Jean, this past weekend at least. (Photo grabbed from Mr. Jean’s Facebook page.)…
In this week’s Hill Times: ten things the Conservatives must do (but probably won’t)
The Conservative Party of Canada: leaderless, powerless and – if they’re not careful – hopeless. They had their convention in Vancouver over the weekend, the Conservatives did. Former Prime Minister…
The 5 conditions Derek Fildebrandt must meet to return to the Wildrose Caucus
The Fildebrandt Saga continues as Brian Jean backtracks, kind of… Just over forty-eight hours after he suspended Finance critic Derek Fildebrandt from the Official Opposition Caucus, Wildrose Party leader Brian…
The Cons Claim Rona Ambrose Didn’t Call Justin Trudeau a Woman
It was for me the lowest moment of the Con convention. The sight of Rona Ambrose strutting across the stage bragging about her party's feminist credentials.While making a "joke" about…
Violent strikes against labour reforms are causing chaos in France
Photo by Paris 17 For the past week, France has felt like a country on the verge of civic insurrection. Union blockades of petrol refineries and depots have caused widespread…
Upside Down and Backwards: When International Aid Flows from Africa to the West #YMMfire
It’s been a few weeks since thousands fled from the Canadian city of Fort McMurray to escape the raging wildfires. The news has died down but the big blaze rages…
Upside Down and Backwards: When International Aid Flows from Africa to the West #YMMfire
It's been a few weeks since thousands fled from the Canadian city of Fort McMurray to escape the raging wildfires. The news has died down but the big blaze rages…
Upside Down and Backwards: When International Aid Flows from Africa to the West #YMMfire
It's been a few weeks since thousands fled from the Canadian city of Fort McMurray to escape the raging wildfires. The news has died down but the big blaze rages…