Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, who have put tremendous effort over the years to paint themselves as “sound fiscal managers” (despite turning the largest surplus ever into the largest deficit…
Throw together more drawing, some Popsicolor textures… Seriously this isn’t done yet. I’ve taken a few days to think about the character, the expression… Something is coming to complete this.…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twittter for Wednesday, May 1, 2013: The Charter does not guarantee a right to strike Dozens of ‘well-connected’ people granted…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thomas Walkom writes that yesterday’s minor tinkering aside, the goal of the Cons’ temporary foreign worker program is still to drive down Canadian…
Want something to hit Harper with, hard, over and over, until he can’t breathe? Here it is: This revelation hits the Harper Cons at the very core of their being:…
Former premier Tom Rideout has an accent typical of the northeast coast of Newfoundland. in his days as a cabinet minister after 2003, Rideout often used the word “northern”. It…
Who knows. Devil’s in the details, as they say. Stuff like this will have the hawks pushing for an election now. Stuff like this will have others urging caution. What…
Tom Walkom writes that no one should be taken in by the cosmetic changes to the Temporary Workers program, which Jason Kinney announced two days ago: The backpedaling Monday by…
Yep. But we all knew that already, going back to when he falsely claimed to be an American.
A bit of a busy morning ahead, so for now something more from our friends at Canadians Rallying To Unseat Harper that amply attests to the fact that the spirit…
The principles applicable when there is an allegation of unreasonable verdict are summarized in R. v. R.P., 2012 SCC 22 (CanLII), 2012 SCC 22, 1 S.C.R. 746. Deschamps J., for…
Hello, all you phenomenal followers of Polygonic, who’ve put up with both my obtuse rants and my long, long silences with absolute aplomb. Your stamina and support bends my actual…
Hello, all you phenomenal followers of Polygonic, who’ve put up with both my obtuse rants and my long, long silences with absolute aplomb. Your stamina and support bends my actual…
This June we will be a short two years from the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo*. It is expected to be a large event, especially since the 100th…
“…whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.” –Bertrand Russell “The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world…
At the outset, when I first began this blog, I wanted to bring to the reader’s attention some of the cultural myths arising from our political economy that we usually…
Teddy here with a final but personal projection. The BC Liberals will finish with 23 seats. This is the core of the projection. I’ve made projections like this before for…
Natural resources minister Tom Marshall announced in the House of Assembly on Tuesday that the provincial government had settled with the last of a string of private companies victimised by…
The picket line during the five-day strike by Alberta Correctional Peace Officers, which ended last night. Below: Another scene from the strike; Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk; AUPE President Guy Smith.…
