The Terrorist Bill and the October Nightmare
Sometimes I can't help feeling that a lot of Canadians have forgotten the fundamental lesson of the War Measures Act.And that is, it wasn't Pierre Trudeau's finest hour, it was…
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How Cohen Recommendations, Termination Clause and BCNDP Can End Risk to Wild Salmon Economy
Let’s turn to the notion that BC has no jurisdiction over salmon farms as a result of a recent lawsuit which saw the Federal Government assume much of the oversight…
How Cohen Recommendations, Termination Clause and BCNDP Can End Risk to Wild Salmon Economy
Let’s turn to the notion that BC has no jurisdiction over salmon farms as a result of a recent lawsuit which saw the Federal Government assume much of the oversight…
More on the Combatting Terrorism Act
The Globe and Mail has a report on the passage of Bill S7 that includes some interesting comments from someone who actually supports having a law like this on the…
“We have our idiots like any community”
And that wonderful quote corresponds exactly with my long-running view about religions (or any human institution, frankly): there are idiots in every organization. The Muslims have them, but so do…
Something To Make You Smile
Apropos of nothing except that I am a huge jazz fan and today would have been Ella Fitzgerald’s 96th birthday, an event being commemorated with a Google Doodle, I invite…
Drowning in Information, Thirsting for Knowledge (About Movements)
It’s no great novelty to observe that anyone today with the resources and inclination to own the right kind of cellphone can instantly access more information than was available to,…
Canadians Abroad
Apr. 25, 2013 — The rediscovery of a mystery animal in a museum’s underground storeroom proves that a non-native ‘big cat’ prowled the British countryside at the turn of the…
Paris Marathon Runners Generated Energy to Power Event
At the recent Paris marathon the runners literally generated electricity. Pavegen put down a series of tiles that create an electric charge when compressed, so all they had to do…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Andrew Simms and Stephen Reid note that the corporatist dogma that everything is done more efficiently in the private sector has no…
Bad planning: Edmonton Arena funding and Calgary urban sprawl.
TweetWhile too much media attention was focused this week on the fate of a statue of a hockey player who left Edmonton twenty-five years ago for sunny southern California (and…
New column day
Here, on how the one point of agreement about the environmental impact of the tar sands is that we still don’t have enough information to so much as evaluate the…
5910…Premier Tim Hudak
That’s what he would be called if an election were held tomorrow in Ontario.“…according to a poll by Ipsos Reid done for Newstalk 1010, Global Television and the National Post…Around…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, April 25, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 25, 2013: Bill to give Ontario grandparents more rights will be subject of public hearings –…
“I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be. I know it’s crazy.”
Wonderful story, about Jerry and his friend in Toronto. Here.
“I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be. I know it’s crazy.”
Wonderful story, about Jerry and his friend in Toronto. Here.
Government By Distraction
Bill S7 is a deeply flawed piece of legislation. Its provisions for “preventative detention” and forcing people to answer questions are unlikely to pass a Supreme Court challenge. But the…
A Bit More About Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver
Late yesterday afternoon, I wrote a post on one of our more shameful politicians, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver and the embarrassment we all should feel over his performance in…
Canada Post and the War on Open Data, Innovation & Common Sense (continued, sadly)
Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a blog post on Canada Post’s War on the 21st Century, Innovation & Productivity. In it I highlighted how Canada Post launched a…