The price of a dam #nlpoli
If crap was electricity, Nalcor would have the market cornered. Da byes running the Muskrat falls project are very good at spewing words but very bad at saying things that…
I Believe This With My Whole Heart
“Either you taste, feel and smell the intoxication of freedom and revolt or sink into the miasma of despair and apathy. Either you are a rebel or a slave.” -Chris…
Abuse of process and improper purpose
Doe v. A & W Canada, 2013 HRTO 1259 is an interesting decision where an application was brought on openly bogus grounds to raise issues with human rights legislation. In…
Industry Pressure Shuts Down EPA Fracking Investigations, Watch our Ring of Fire interview
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has spent countless taxpayer dollars and man-hours over the last few years investigating the environmental threats posed by hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in many regions…
Stephen Fry’s Excellent Take on Being Gay
There really is nothing to add to this wonderful statement by English actor Stephen Fry on being proud to be gay. How can anyone listen to this and not be…
Premiers focus on cuts and ignore falling federal health care funding
As feared yesterday— the premiers have rolled. They didn’t even dare to beg for better federal health care funding in their media release on health care from their meeting (“The…
No, It’s Not a Holiday…
Who says that Grandmas aren’t useful. Jeanne has a fever so she’s chez nous today. As a consequence lots of stories are being read, but not much writing done.
Admission for truth of prior inconsistent statements
R. v. Youvarajah 2013 SCC 41: B. Admissibility of Prior Inconsistent Statements Historically, an out-of-court prior inconsistent statement of a non-accused witness was admissible only to impeach the credibility of…
Electron democracy
A long-belated companion to Steven Chu’s “Time to fix the wiring” essay I posted earlier, this is the white paper I co-authored for the same McKinsey & Company series. Given…
Porn opt-ins, soft censorship and buttbuttinating personal responsibility
On Monday, British Prime Minster David Cameron announced that internet service providers in the U.K. would be required to filter out online porn as part of several new rules to…
6280…You, Yes You, Are Sooooo Old
Mick Jagger turns 70 today. If you don’t use it. WFDS
Forum polls: looking grim for OLP in the byelections
New polling done by Forum released today shows the OLP may only be winning 1 seat of the five byelections this August 1: The Progressive Conservatives are well ahead in…
Do “Peace Accords” Lead to Peace, Justice and Security for the People?
It is commonly assumed that “peace agreements” between pro-US rightwing regimes and leftwing insurgents lead to peace, justice and greater security. A number of peace agreements which were signed and…
Do “Peace Accords” Lead to Peace, Justice and Security for the People?
It is commonly assumed that “peace agreements” between pro-US rightwing regimes and leftwing insurgents lead to peace, justice and greater security. A number of peace agreements which were signed and…
6279…Celine Dion Order Of Canada
Who deserves it more than her? Celine Dion, the second biggest Canadian name on the world stage, is going to get the Order of Canada. With her husband and svengali.…
Number one!
Clearly, people really enjoyed the Canadian Tesla sales stats I was able to pull up via vehicle registration records. The article is now number one for the week! An article…
July 26: The world has changed….
……but the Times and Transcript didn’t notice. On Wednesday, the US Congress defeated two bills. This means it has confirmed and made permanent the greatest changes we have seen in…
Re: Trudeau, stoned
I posted this comment to Warren Kinsella’s site and, well, frankly I don’t know if it will go through or not (either because I’m so brilliant he’ll never let it…
Do Canadians Have The Legal Right To Film and Photograph Police Activities?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It seems to be commonplace today that police actions are filmed. Often they appear on blogs and You Tube. Are you allowed to do that? Is it…