WTF? Yahoo spied on email customers for U.S. government
Yahoo secretly scanned all of its customer’s incoming emails in response to directives from the NSA and FBI. “This is a clear sign that people can trust neither their government…
October 2016
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily Lawfact from Wise Law for Wednesday October 5, 2016. Today we are talking about Family Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Oct…
Liar, liar, Pence on fire
At the #VPDebate, Mike Pence tried really, really hard to deny pretty much everything Donald Trump has said and done. Let's replay the tape: pic.twitter.com/5XNKyFX6az — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October…
It’s Never Been Easy
Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and the Northwest Territories walked out of the room when Justin Trudeau announced a couple of days ago that he was putting a price on carbon.…
Complaints About Police Drop 93% Thanks to Body Cameras
Policing has become a hot issue in recent years thanks to the efforts of groups like Black Lives Matter bringing discriminatory actions by the police to light. In many jurisdictions…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dani Rodrik suggests that instead of engaging in extended hand-wringing over the collapse of public interest in corporate trade deals, we should instead…
Donald Trump: Ego Equitus.
In very few weeks from now, the American people will have their say. Given nothing catastrophic in the intervening weeks, the Republican candidate is going to hear “You’re fired!” It…
Mad Max and the Con Leadership Crazies
In my continuing coverage of the Con leadership race, I haven't written much about Maxime Bernier's candidacy, for obvious reasons.I didn't think the Bobo from the Beauce, as we call…
Trudeau Spins the Royals
If you’re wondering about what kind of spin cycle Trudeau put the Royals through to smooth over First Nations discontent with the 21st century version of settler imperialism? Read this:…
The trouble with transparency #nlpoli
Last week, the provincial government’s communications gang tweeted a picture, which we have reprinted on the right. It was supposed to show where Premier Dwight Ball is on his little…
NDP appoints former Liberal strategist Corey Hogan to head Alberta Public Affairs Bureau
PHOTOS: Corey Hogan, centre, in a screen shot from The Strategists political commentary show on CBC Calgary. On the left is Stephen Carter and on the right is Zain Velji.…
NDP hires political strategist Corey Hogan to run the Public Affairs Bureau
Political strategist Corey Hogan has been hired as the government’s new managing director of the Public Affairs Bureau. He replaces Mark Wells, who announced last week that he was leaving…
Art for innovation’s sake? Lessons from our Canadian cousin
The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau is making significant investments in the Canadian public broadcasting, the arts and creative industries. A lesson for other countries on “how to tap into…
Climate Change Stickers Designed for Gas Pumps Get Makeover from Canada’s Petroleum Industry
It was supposed to be a national first. Perhaps even a global first. But the implementation of a bylaw requiring all gas stations in North Vancouver to apply warning stickers…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Supported cats.
The ER Caregiver Effect
There’s a tourist attraction in my city of Ottawa (Canada) called The Crazy Kitchen. It’s a room in the National Museum of Science of Technology that’s designed to demonstrate the…
Stephane Dion and his Green Shift are vindicated. More Hard Work needed though.
Vindication took eight years, but it finally showed up for Stephane Dion: “The government proposes that the price on carbon pollution should start at a minimum of $10 per tonne…
Ignorance Is Strength
That seems to be what Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential candidate, seems to be arguing in yet another interview in which he makes Dondald Trump, by contrast, look like…
This week’s column: the Conservative opposition
A year ago, the Conservative Party had become pretty lousy at government. A year later, the Conservative Party has become pretty good – really good, actually – at opposition. That’s…