The need for a global no-growth agreement
Trade agreements are all the rage among nations these days. And that might not be a bad thing if they were principally about trade rather than about empowering corporations at…
6276…Rob Ford Makes Mad Magazine
The September issue of Mad has this. 5 Signs Your Mayor is Smoking Crack… 1. Inauguration cancelled due to “invisible spiders.”2. Office supplies from city hall keep turning up on…
Balancing media access and informant privilege
XY v. United States, 2013 ONCA 497 holds: Since the privilege applies, the court’s role is to “accommodate the open court principle to as great an extent possible without risking…
Police-reported crime at its lowest since 1972.
It must be all those ‘unreported crimes‘ that are keeping the Conservatives awake at night.
Don’t underestimate Jennifer Hollett in Toronto-Center
You may recognize/remember Jennifer Hollett from her MuchMusic VJ days. She has done more then that since then, including a stint as a contributor at CBC Newsworld (Connect with Mark…
Don’t Miss the Lady in Black: The Burka Avenger!
Are you reading for a flying, pen-throwing, book pounding female defender of education in Pakistan? It seems the world must be because a new series to be broadcast in Pakistan…
Harper gives surfing a try
He has a busy summer.:)
Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas against closing Gitmo
When will Americans close Gitmo? To start with, there are a lot of detainees who have not been charged with anything and the Gitmo detention centre gives a tool to…
Why Not Make Your Own Enemies List?
It began in Stephen Harper’s boy band PMO. The call went out for Tory nobs to compile enemies lists to help ministerial newbies distinguish between their real enemies from all…
More Prisons, More Prisons, Must Build More Prisons
Stephen Harper’s faith-based crime wave took another hammering from the latest report showing that crime rates in Canada continue on their steady decline, reaching the lowest levels since the early…
July 25: Another drab day for the Tand T…
In section A, the only interesting thing is a line at the top – above the paper’s name. “”Up-to -the- minute breaking news every time.” But once you’ve read that…
"The tide against the Conservatives will continue, because Harper isn’t going to change a thing." Op Ed
A great article by former Saskatchewan MLA & Cabinet Minister Pat Atkinson …. Harper ‘change’ cabinet retains mean face “Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to hit the reset button with…
If you oppose marijuana legalization and regulation, you’re soft on crime
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s support of marijuana legalization and regulation made news this week, although it isn’t really new. He spoke about his position during the leadership race, but it…
Why We Must #HonourTheApology to Residential School Survivors [#INM]
I don’t know why we still have to do this kind of thing, but here goes. The federal government “apologized” to survivors of residential schools 5 years ago. It is…
Countertrend: Google, Economist Flee from Climate Reality
The once-authoritative Economist news magazine has set fire to its credibility, again, by reporting that global warming has slowed to the point where one columnist argues that we should wait…
Average Weekly Earnings: Wages vs. Hours & Salaries
Today, Statistics Canada reported a seemingly impressive monthly rise of 0.9% in average weekly earnings, from $906.24 in April to $914.68 in May. Digging a bit deeper reveals that average…
Stephen Harper walking on a tight rope
Do you think he will make it.
New column day
Here, on Regina’s wastewater referendum as just the first step in encouraging regular citizen engagement in the decisions that affect us all. For further reading…– Again, Hugh Mackenzie’s analysis of…
Who Am I?
Recently, my husband Jim and I visited an old friend – someone I hadn’t seen since 1986. Back then, we lived in Washington, DC where Jim worked at the Canadian…