Toronto’s G20 Victims Win the Right to Sue the Police
They turned my neighbourhood and much of downtown Toronto into a police state.They arrested more than a thousand people most of them peaceful protesters.They kettled them for no reason.Read more…
2016
A Modest Proposal for Speedier Justice
What do you tell victims of crime when they find out that because of delays in the justice system they will not get their day in court? What do you…
A Fine Bigger Than Most Crimes – #PanamaPapers
Canada’s rich and powerful do not fear the media, and they do not have their names in the newspapers (some owned by foreign investment funds) when fined more than a…
Will the Panama Papers Propel Bernie Sanders to Victory?
It's impossible to exaggerate the impact of the Panama Papers' scandal. It's impossible to predict how much it will shake up the world, or how many heads will roll. Now…
The Lord May Move In Mysterious Ways
... but I wish He would choose better messengers:Recommend this Post
Year Of The Outsider: Why Bernie Sanders’ Democratic Rebellion Is So Significant
Image from Public Domain 2016 was supposed to have been the year of Jeb Bush versus Hillary Clinton: the year when the established Bush dynasty confronted the upstart rival Clinton…
If Mulcair Survives Next Week’s Review, the NDP Is Doomed
Cartoon by Greg Perry Can the NDP see the writing on the wall? More than 1,500 delegates will be heading to the federal NDP’s Edmonton convention next Friday. Do they…
Why aren’t Conditions of Life for First Peoples a National Emergency?
Photo by Paul Lantz May of 2012, the U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Prof. Olivier De Schutter, visited his first NATO country, Canada. He found Canada’s poor…
Happy Birthday Vancouver
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Happy Birthday Vancouver
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Up All Night
If you follow us on Twitter, you may have noticed that our office recently had the opportunity to both attend and support the Up All Night event, held at Centennial…
Not ready for prime time
I’ve written before about the Ontario Landowner types, many times. Including in one of my books. Read here about reason #1,472 why the Ontario PCs made a big, big mistake…
Tuxedo cat and paw
Okay. I think I got it. A number of other in-process, well, maybe they were done, but, oh, I don’t know versions are viewable at samupressart Tumblr. All in various…
The Con Circus and the Return of Stephen Harper
As you probably know, the Con leadership race is slowly warming up, and the orthopaedic surgeon Kellie Leith has become the first to throw her cap, or a leg, into…
The Outrage Continues
In the weekend Star, Tony Burman gave five reasons that Canada should cancel the Saudi arms deal, an immoral agreement which the Trudeau government refuses to budge on. I will…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law forednesday April 6, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by @wiselaw on Apr 6, 2016 at 6:23am PDT“My…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- In the wake of the Panama Papers, Don Pittis writes that tax shelters serve only to ensure that the wealthy don't pay their fair…
Who will be the next President of the United States of America?
Increasingly, it is getting less clear. The proud residents of Wisconsin probably always thought they were important enough to affect the future of the planet. But, with the greatest of…
Tuxedo cat with paw.
I think this is maybe finally done. Procreate, Popsicolor, and bunch of other apps. Maybe not. That black is too…. too…… black.Filed under: art
Change The City, Not Your Fashion
Toronto runs ad campaigns that blame victims for being hit by car drivers, the campaign is so bizarre because it says it comes to pedestrian fashion choice. You’d think the…