May 6: Poor Loblaw’s…it didn’t know…
…that women supplying it with clothes were working under deadly conditions for a dollar fifty a day. How could they know that conditions were so bad and pay so terrible?…
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The Toronto Star Facebook page: honesty that’s so honest, you’ll want less honesty
Apparently for real. Man, someone at One Yonge is having a bad Monday morning.
Justin Trudeau, Boy King
There is no accounting for political judgment when it gets caught up in irrational euphoria. The overwhelming victory of Justin Trudeau in the Liberal Party’s leadership race demonstrates just how…
Patient Zero
Turns out the tale of Patient Zero – the Canadian flight attendant – was, as with many things, a lie. Story here. Reading this story reminds me of my Dad…
The Edible Urban Gardener: Ron Finley in South LA
Okay, how do you bring gardens to the city? Here’s one man’s crusade. Ron Finley gardens in South Los Angeles, and if he can do it, you can do it.
Saturday Photo: The Week the Leaves Came Out
The first week in May is the week the leaves apppear almost without fail. It’s almost explosive, you can practically see them grow from hour to hour. Here are two…
We’re in the money…
While some choose to mock his entirely comfortable-looking summer wear because, well I have no idea why except maybe pettiness, the recent video put out by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau…
Ontario Budget: All Quiet on the Revenue Front
As others have noted, last week’s Ontario budget combined modest social investments in areas requested by the NDP with austerity for overall expenditures. Ontario program spending, already the lowest per…
Justin wears shorts, raises a lot of money
Received an email this morning; Liberal leader Justin Trudeau “has a message for me.” And a few million other people, but whatevs. Here it is: Much discussion in the online…
Appellate intervention is warranted where a material inference of fact is not supported by evidence
1250264Ontario Inc. v. Pet Valu Canada Inc., 2013 ONCA 279 holds: Appellate intervention is warranted where an inference of fact is not supported by any evidence and where an improper…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, May 6, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, May 6, 2013: Katz v. McNevin – Non-Lawyer Representation in Family Matters Why the Billable Hour Endures…
Petitions next to useless in campaign to defend CBC
At least half-a-dozen petitions aimed at stopping Stephen Harper from taking control of the CBC are buzzing around the Internet. Pressure groups are putting a lot of effort into this…
My Wife On Justin In His Shorts
This is a kind of a guest post from my better half, adapted from a conversation we had earlier upon seeing the LPC message from Justin Trudeau in his khaki…
Hi, I’m Justin from Student Lawn Care services, and have I got a deal for you!
Dude, yellow shorts? Seriously? Sigh. If nothing else, I predict the 2015 election campaign will hang more on visuals more than any other in our nation’s proud history. (Oh, and…
What’s Andrea going to do?
If she supports the Liberal budget, she’s not going to have another chance to defeat the government before Christmas, I’d wager. If she supports the Liberal budget, the PC party…
Mastery: Self Help or Just Opinion?
Robert Greene’s new book has me somewhat flummoxed. It’s not at all like his previous books. The other books of his I have were all ‘meta’ books – books about…
The Silver Lining
Now that the weather has markedly and rather consistently improved over the past week in my part of Ontario, yard work beckons, so for now I offer this perceptive nugget…
My Democratic Dreams Were Shattered by Those Who Pilfer the Public Purse in Quebec
Apparently, what I want, I can’t have. I would like to live in a democratic state where I could participate meaningfully in the political decisions to be made. Living in…