Wherein the Boston Globe pays rather too much attention to “root causes”
Will Mr. Harper now be condemning the Boston newspaper – as well as Mr. Obama, who said we now need to know the “how and why”?
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Escaping Auschwitz
Read this.
5887…Today Is 18’s Birthday
So of course Parliament Hill will be filled with pot activists, yes that is the definition of oxymoron, getting high. To celebrate Adolph Hitler’s birthday. I don’t quite get it.…
5886…Mike Duffy Makes Other Funny Joke
Geez is this guy for real or wot?I am talking about the esteemed Senator Mike Duffy, Kanata. Er, Prince Edward Island. The man who took a housing allowance for living…
The OpenGlobal Show #1
This week, in partnership with Google, we launched a new feature on OpenCanada.org called the OpenGlobal Show. Each episode, I will connect with a panel of friends/colleagues/experts on international affairs…
Judges presumed to know the law
Cook v. Podgorski, 2013 NSCA 47 holds: The fact that the judge does not refer to the Halliday case does not mean that he made an error of law. Halliday…
CLA deplores LSUC in its decision against Joseph Groia
April 19, 2013 – The Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario) “CLA” deplores the decision of the Law Society of Upper Canada in its decision released today against Joseph Peter Paul Groia.…
CLA deplores LSUC in its decision against Joseph Groia
April 19, 2013 – The Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario) “CLA” deplores the decision of the Law Society of Upper Canada in its decision released today against Joseph Peter Paul Groia.…
Removing All Doubt
At Margaret Thatcher’s funeral this week, Stephen Harper couldn’t resist the opportunity to attack Justin Trudeau. Even though the reporter who asked the question made no mention of Trudeau’s comment…
The Cons castigate JT…
… for daring to wonder why young men would carry out something as horrific as the Boston bombings. The Harperites feel that the only thoughts should be of vengeance. “Don’t…
Saturday At The Movies
A marriage equality bill that recognized gay marriage passed in the New Zealand parliament this past week. This is a speech that MP Maurice Williamson gave at that time. I…
Organizations hold forum on missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada
Gone but never forgotten: First Nations women murdered in alarming numbers and little is done about it By: Ryan Bromsgrove | Vue Weekly: “She was just getting her life on…
A VERY good first week
I supported Justin Trudeau. I voted for him for leader. But I had no idea he would burst from the gate with such incredible vigor. He has far surpassed my…
Very strange
Strange days indeed
Musical interlude
Tritonal – Piercing Quiet (Air Up There Remix)
Dumb move on Harper’s part: manages to equate JT and President Obama together as wimps on terror
I don’t normally blog this late, or on a Friday night.. but I couldn’t pass this up. Tonight, the police managed to capture the 2nd suspect in the Boston Marathon…
They Took Suspect 2 Alive – What a Relief
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is in police custody, hours after his brother, Tamerlan died following a gun battle with his pursuers. I had feared the 19-year old Dzhokhar would either be brought…
This Just In: Voters Feel Negative Ads Are “Negative”
Respondents describe the ads as “unfair”, “negative”…and “hawt!“. Trudeau’s predictable win, followed by predictable attack ads, has been followed by an all-too predictable poll: In an EKOS Research Associates survey,…