On choosing sides
There’s been no lack of past commentary (from myself and others) on how income splitting is about as regressive a policy as one could possibly design – and I won’t…
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Be Optimistic by Learning About It
The book Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Dr. Martin Seligman is not new, but it is to me. For others who have not heard…
A cat for ASketch proceeding
Dropped into Procreate for some colour. The charcoal tools do a great job here. Filed under: art Tagged: ASketch, Cat, procreate
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – We shouldn’t be surprised that the corporate sector is reacting with contrived outrage to the Cons’ tinkering with a severely flawed temporary…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 30, 2013: TV providers tell CRTC to reject SUN-TV bid for mandatory carriage Bangladesh factory collapse:…
Will $260 million help restore home care clinical services? Maybe
For home care this is significant. With their feet held to the fire by the NDP, the Wynne government announced last week they were going to invest $260 million in…
The Merry Month of May When We’ll Hit a CO2 Danger Point
Lovely soft morning with the trees leafing out and the forsythia in bloom, which are reasons to wait for the beginning of May around here. But Le Devoir reports on…
What Does Paying For A Look Behind The Globe Pay-Wall Get You?
According to Media culpa, a three year old article that first appeared in The National Post…on the subject of kilts.
Not Here. Not Now
The Parliamentary Budget Office has released its report on last month’s Federal Budget. Kevin Page should be proud of the work his office has done. As was the case with…
A Change of Heart, Or A Change In Political Winds?
Much has been written and discussed about the Temporary Foreign Workers Program, both on this blog and in various other media; consequently, I suspect that the majority of well-informed Canadians…
New self-defence provisions apply to cases from before amendments
R. v. Parker, 2013 ONCJ 195 deals with recent amendments to the law of self-defence in Canada. It asks does the new law apply to assist an accused where the…
Today is the Angry Man’s Birthday!
Yes, folks, Stevo is sure to tie one on tonight in celebration of the 54th year since his construction in a robotics factory somewhere in Southern Ontario. So, in honour…
The Blizzard is Over
The blizzard is over, at least for Repulse Bay. It will linger on in Rankin Inlet for the rest of today. It was a real storm — a typical spring…
IT’S GLORIOUS LEADER’S BIRTHDAY!
Somehow I ended up on the federal Conservative party’s email list. I would consider this a massive fail of their vaunted CIMS system since I’ve been a card-carrying New Democrat…
Former Tory strategist Allan Gregg rips Harper Cons’ ‘systematic attack’ on facts and reason
A couple of old guys born just before the last King passed on, one of them your blogger, the other the pollster and former Tory strategist Allan Gregg. Below: Mr.…
Our Twice-A-Year Celebration of "Dead Nazi Day"
We’ve written in the past that we do not celebrate the deaths of anyone, including boneheads. We do make at least two exception to this general rule. While boneheads like…
Abacus BC Poll: 43% NDP, 33% BC Liberal
Abacus Data has come out with a new poll on BC’s provincial scene, perfect because, if you don’t know yet, the Left Coast is in the middle of an election.…
5930…Rich Versus Poor
The Atlantic just published a piece that explains why rich people, specifically rich kid people, do better than poor people, specifically poor kid people. It has a lot to do…
Not Impressed with NDP Climate Motion Ploy
Today the NDP’s environment critic used an opposition day to have the House of Commons vote on this motion: “That this House: (a) agree with many Canadians and the International…