August 1: The greed that makes our world go round – and burst
I am desperate. I have two documents to e mail. But they are on paper, not in my computer. And my printer does not have a scanner, so I can't…
August 2016
CF(L)Co v. Hydro-Quebec (Court of Appeal) #nlpoli
The full text of the Quebec Court of Appeal decision in Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation v. Hydro-Quebec: pdf-srbp-
Trudeau Government Approves Site C Dam Permits
Dear Mr. Trudeau, Ms. Wilson-Raybould, and Ms. McKenna, I could scarcely believe my ears and my eyes at the news that your government has OKed the Site C dam permits.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Thomas Walkom writes that with both major U.S. presidential candidates taking an understandably skeptical view of free-trade agreements in their current form, Canada shouldn't…
The Power And The Glory
The power is nature's, and the glory is the human capacity for noble, courageous action, as you will see. Two bad that in the collective human psyche, we can't have…
As Crazy As Ahab
Donald Trump is certifiable. The evidence of his megalomania is overwhelming. Michael Harris writes:Need examples? Let’s start here: Trump, who aspires to lead the free world, criticized Democratic vice-presidential candidate…
Vote reform is not everyone’s cup of tea.
The Canadian government’s special parliamentary committee on electoral reform has now had a number of hearings. You can see some of them on computer at the cpac.ca website. While these…
Continuing continuity #nlpoli
In the face of thousands of well-informed people telling Dwight Ball that the provincial government must change direction to survive, in the face of mountains of evidence that the province…
One year ago, Stephen Harper, master of all he surveyed, called an election – what could possibly go wrong?
PHOTOS: Then prime minister Stephen Harper with his strategic brain trust, back when they still seemed like the masters of Canada’s political universe and would seem so for a few…
Trump Claims America Should Never Have Given Canada Its Independence
Satire DONALD J. Trump has told Fox and Friends that he believes the U.S. “should never have allowed” Canada to gain independence. The republican candidate for president freely admits to…