Contempt – Spirit v Form
Chirico v. Szalas, 2016 ONCA 586 raises an interesting point. Contempt can be granted for a breach of the "spirit" of an order . This is hardly new but here…
2016
between the lines: how we got here
We've stopped picketing and demonstrating, and are waiting for our ratification meeting and vote tomorrow night, Monday, July 25.As local president, my life has been consumed by bargaining and the…
between the lines: how we got here
We've stopped picketing and demonstrating, and are waiting for our ratification meeting and vote tomorrow night, Monday, July 25.As local president, my life has been consumed by bargaining and the…
Scenes From Hell, And A Small Effort At Climate-Change Adaptation
It may seem rather pararochial that whenever I post video showing the current effects of climate change, I almost always post scenes from North America, despite the fact that floods,…
Going ‘All In’ on bitumen.
There were two stories in the Toronto Star the other day from Canada’s western oil patch. The major story was the one by business writer David Olive on Suncor’s gutsiest…
Everything Flows
Tonight’s book-with-wine discussion is about Vasily Grossman‘s novel, Everything Flows (New York Review Book, USA, 2009). It was his final work, and left unfinished at the time of his death,…
It Hasn’t
Conrad Black lives on another planet than the rest of us. He is untroubled by the anxieties of those of us who are mere mortals. That's why he believes that…
Fixing Systemic White Supremacy
Yeah, I know. Serious heavy lifting. But YES WE CAN DO IT! At least start. Here’s how. Step 1: Find new, intriguing ways of seeing our entitlements; try this: look.…
Is Donald Trump Putin’s Siberian Candidate?
We know that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have an unusually warm relationship.We know that Trump greatly admires the Russian strongman, and that Putin feels the same way about him.And…
As assumptions give way to knowledge, we have an opportunity to learn from the shooting in Munich
PHOTOS: Into the evening Friday, the mood in the Bavarian city of Munich was surreal (Polizeipräsidium München image). Below: The scene of Friday’s shooting in Munich. The person I know…
"This Is How Fascism Comes To America" ….
This is How Fascism Comes To America by Robert Kagan - The Washington Post "The Republican Party’s attempt to treat Donald Trump as a normal political candidate would be laughable…
"This Is How Fascism Comes To America" ….
This is How Fascism Comes To Americaby Robert Kagan – The Washington Post “The Republican Party’s attempt to treat Donald Trump as a normal political candidate would be laughable were…
"This Is How Fascism Comes To America" ….
This is How Fascism Comes To Americaby Robert Kagan - The Washington Post"The Republican Party’s attempt to treat Donald Trump as a normal political candidate would be laughable were it…
"This Is How Fascism Comes To America" ….
This is How Fascism Comes To Americaby Robert Kagan - The Washington Post"The Republican Party’s attempt to treat Donald Trump as a normal political candidate would be laughable were it…
PLEASE, Canadians: Don’t share pieces on the US election
I want to make a simple request to everyone in Canada who thinks of themselves as in some sense or another part of the left. I don’t actually suppose that…
PLEASE, Canadians: Don’t share pieces on the US election
I want to make a simple request to everyone in Canada who thinks of themselves as in some sense or another part of the left. I don't actually suppose that…
PLEASE, Canadians: Don’t share pieces on the US election
I want to make a simple request to everyone in Canada who thinks of themselves as in some sense or another part of the left. I don't actually suppose that…
‘No Need for Site C’: Review Panel Chair Speaks Out Against Dam in New Video
How many times have you been surfing the net, found something of interest that you meant to return to and then forgot? This story by Emma Gilchrist is one of…
Baton Rouge police fumble mass shooting; procedures, racial attitudes must change.
Baton Rouge police respond to shooting of fellow officers. On Sunday July 17, his birthday, a black man, former highly-regarded U.S. Marine Gavin Long, shot and killed three Baton Rouge…
Baton Rouge police fumble mass shooting; procedures, racial attitudes must change.
Baton Rouge police respond to shooting of fellow officers. On Sunday July 17, his birthday, a black man, former highly-regarded U.S. Marine Gavin Long, shot and killed three Baton Rouge…