Legislated Oil Tanker Ban – Your Questions Answered
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 As Shakespeare wrote more than 400 years ago, “Action is eloquen...
2016
Jan. 13: What kind of a world do you live in?
The story of the day is that New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are joining in a big sex-trade deal. It will give moose the right to cross provincial boundaries in…
We Are the World; We Must Act On That Understanding
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. The coming year looks bright with the promise of change after a difficult decade for environmentalists and our issues. But even with…
On strategic choices
Christopher Kam's series of posts on political parties' strategy surrounding electoral reform is definitely worth a read. But I'll stand by the view that there's another alternative interpretation of the…
Increase Your Vocabulary – "Aroused Dissonance"
No, it has nothing to do with how you're feeling down below. "Aroused Dissonance" is, according to Bloomberg, a term coined by Ottawa U psychologists Karen Lavergne and Luc Pelletier…
Charlie Hebdo: Martyrs For Crap, Part Duh
Disgusting cartoon in Charlie Hebdo ("what would've become of Aylan had he grown up? A groper") via @faizaz pic.twitter.com/iB4myFb1ke— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) January 13, 2016Part 1 here.
Three Card Monte in LaLaLand
Corus Entertainment is buying Shaw Media in $2.65B deal Acquisition ‘redefines Corus and Canada’s media landscape,’ president/CEO says The Canadian Press Posted: Jan 13, 2016 7:20 AM ET Same…
Pushing Back
In Britain they had this ASBO thing. ASBO stood for Anti-Social Behaviour Order, a civil injunction whereby an individual, ordinarily a juvenile, could be ordered to refrain from offensive behaviours…
Mayor Corrigan–Stop The Trans Mountain Pipeline Review, Trudeau Urged
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan VANCOUVER — The mayor of a Vancouver-area city is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to suspend National Energy Board hearings into the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline…
Browne and Dunn applied to lead to new trial
R v Abdulle, 2016 ABCA 5: The rule in Browne v Dunn requires counsel to put a matter to a witness if counsel intends to present contradictory evidence on that…
Just some silliness.
Just futzing around with importing something into Paper. That patch of orange colour has been run through numerous filters. Anyway, this is also an experiment to see if this image,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jordan Yadoo discusses the increasing inequality in lifespans across the income scale. Roderick Benns writes that Belleville (along with Cornwall) has joined the movement…
Happy birthday, JC
The Earthly one, not the Celestial one. Talked to him yesterday, my Mother of All Colds notwithstanding, to wish him happy birthday. Madame gave him a new pair of skis!…
More Bad Ideas
Arguably the worst decision ever made by a Collingwood Council in my memory was to rescind the heritage permits from the Admiral Collingwood development, back in 2007. The results of…
In Stockholm You May Get Paid To Ride A Bike
Stockholm was plagued with horrible traffic congestion that limited the ability of anything to really happen in the city. Cities designed for cars tend to have these traffic problems. As…
There’s more to electoral reform than voting.
Before you get to vote for a candidate or a political party in a general election much needs to happen. There are various aspects of our political system involved and…
Clarity #nlpoli
From the announcement of "intense" public consultations to solve the provincial government's financial crisis:Question: Health care spending eats up as you were saying almost 40% of the budget, you must…
Kevin O’Leary’s Disgraceful Assault on Rachel Notley
As if Rachel Notley, the decent NDP Premier of Alberta, didn't have enough real problems.Plunging oil prices, growing unemployment, a flood of death threats from that province's ignorant and violent…