Charles Taylor on the Crises of Democracy
Charles Taylor gave a lecture on the “Crises of Democracy” two years ago, as part of a “Civic Freedom in an Age of Diversity” program where he explores the very…
November 2016
Fall street leaf cleaning to begin this week
City of Vancouver Information Bulletin November 14, 2016 With the majority of our tree canopy now bare, City crews will begin to sweep and clear leaves from streets starting this…
Nov. 14: At the going down of the sun, we will remember them…
…..yeah….sure….. This story did not appear in the irving press, of course. It appeared a day ago on CBC news. Canadian troops are in Mosul, the city being attacked by…
The Future is Clean & Electric – No Need to Expand Ontario’s Natural Gas Delivery System
The following was submitted as a Letter to the Editor of the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal. It was published on Sunday, November 20th, online as: “Don’t expand reach of natural gas.”…
Fall street leaf cleaning to begin this week
City of Vancouver Information Bulletin November 14, 2016 With the majority of our tree canopy now bare, City crews will begin to sweep and clear leaves from streets starting this…
A few Canadian candids captured during the results of the US Election
I was tuned in to CBC while the results were rolling in and shortly before Clinton’s campaign manager came onto the stage to send everyone home, Mark Critch (right hand…
The Future is Clean & Electric – No Need to Expand Ontario’s Natural Gas Delivery System
The following was submitted as a Letter to the Editor of the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal. At this time, it has not been published. —– Re: “Natural gas: most important investment…
Donald Trump fans in Ottawa-Vanier
…where, unhelpfully for my good friend Kid Kodak, a by-election is taking place this week. Oops! I think the PCs are going to lose Ottawa Vanier. #onpoli pic.twitter.com/i60Xp1D1WD — Warren…
Let’s Not Be Under any Illusions. Alt.Right Lives and It Will Have a Voice in Trump’s White House.
I’ve been using the word “AmeriKa” to refer to Trumpland. Now it seems I might be infringing on somebody else’s intellectual property rights. Kinsella found this handbill plastered on what…
The Neoliberal Racket
George Monbiot traces the origins of neoliberalism and how to seized control of political and economic thought in the West eventually leading to the election of Donald Trump. At a…
Too Bold A Halloween Costume
The University of Regina has quite a few exchange students. They pay more than a bit to study here in Canada too. One picked a stereotype to make fun of…
Expired limitation periods and amendment of pleadings
1100997 Ontario Limited v. North Elgin Centre Inc., 2016 ONCA 848: A cause of action is “a factual situation the existence of which entitles one person to obtain from the…
Meanderings of a mental health client in good company
Originally posted on My journey with AIDS…and more!: Would it be much of a surprise, even to the casual reader, that I am a mental health client? I have been…
That Flushing Noise? It’s the Sound of the Great "Bait and Switch"
The Gullibillies want their due from Team Anti-Establishment and it’s captain, the Orange Behemoth. It’s “winning” time and they know they’ll soon be winning so much they’ll become tired of…
Found posted just East of my neighbourhood this weekend
The toxin spreads.
Expired limitation periods and amendment of pleadings
1100997 Ontario Limited v. North Elgin Centre Inc., 2016 ONCA 848: A cause of action is “a factual situation the existence of which entitles one person to obtain from the…
At The Altar Of Baal
All along, Trump seemed like a twisted caricature of every rotten reflex of the radical right. That he has prevailed, that he has won this election, is a crushing blow…
Million-Woman March on Trump’s Inauguration
Washington, DC residents and folks who can get there, take note: There are some murmurings of a march on Trump’s inauguration in support of women’s rights, which the Republican platform…
The importance of impartiality
Where we take a brief moment to remind the world why impartiality is so critical to our justice system and how the acts of one judge – Judge Bernd Zabel…
Our circuitous carbon plans
I’m shaking my head at the moment as we contemplate getting a new furnace for our house. To be honest, there’s really not much wrong with the existing one. In…