We Need High Energy Prices, but Low Energy Costs
The Washington post’s Wonkblog posted something the other day on the issue of energy efficiency. More specifically: what role does it play in economic growth and greenhouse gas reduction, what…
June 20: How not to write a news story…
It’s on page 1. The page is well chosen. This is far the biggest story in today’s newspaper. The story is that a majority of New Brunswickers have grave doubts…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, June 20, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 20, 2013: Dozens of children seized from Manitoba Mennonite community BMO sees diversity as a competitive…
It’s All About the Money
Almost every council decision comes with the subtext question, “Can we afford it?” Everything not procedural or administrative is usually about the cost. Who pays, whose budget does it come…
A New Transparency For Harper?
Sometimes the truth can be ugly indeed. H/t Canadians Rallying To Unseat Harper Recommend this Post
Rae The Public Servant
A Trudeau led the Liberal Party when Bob Rae entered the House of Commons. And a Trudeau leads that party as Rae leaves. The Dippers were never sure Rae was…
6167…Ixnay Selling Cats And Dogs In T-Dot
CITYNews reports that “Toronto city council voted Wednesday to ban the sales of dogs and cats in pet stores, becoming the second Canadian city to do so.”Richmond, B.C., was the…
Ottawa-bound
Anyone miss me yet?
On The Demise Of Local News
The Midland Free Press closed its doors yesterday. Nothing much has been made of it. Another paper going under is not news these days. However, Kate Harris of AWARE Simcoe…
The Bad Comic Vs. The Rowdy Lesbian, Part Bazillion
I’ve written about the Earle/Pardy case many a times. Essentially, an amateur comedian named Guy Earle went off on a lesbian couple during an open mike comedy show that he…
The Article 82 Question #nlpoli
Statoil announced on Wednesday that it had found an unspecified quantity of oil in its Harpoon property about 500 kilometres offshore Newfoundland. That would be about 310 miles and therefore…
Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act
The Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act received Royal Assent and passed into law yesterday. Under the new legislation the threshold for loss of appeal rights to the Immigration Appeal…
Reboot Alberta
I’m not a fan of engagement for engagement’s sake. It is a vacuous activity with few, if any, results. Every political activity must have a purpose and this draws my…
And now for something completely different: Why I’m running for city council in St. Albert
The campaign splash page, appearing at DavidClimenhaga.ca very soon. To be followed by more information. Below: Your blogger in full campaign mode, at the library, of course. Yesterday I sent…
Paper is very very nice, but…
Paper by 53 is very very nice, but people have been listening. Sketches, flipink… Hmmm… Knockoffs? I really don’t know what is fair anymore. Neither off these would be anything…
Stephen Harper and the Summer of Discontent
Well I see Stephen Harper is back in Canada after his disastrous performance at the G8 Summit.He was wrong about a Syria agreement. The other leaders did manage to cobble…
Some thoughts on the relaunched data.gc.ca
Yesterday, I talked about what I thought was the real story that got missed in the fanfare surrounding the relaunch of data.gc.ca. Today I’ll talk about the new data.gc.ca itself.…