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Damn that is a big stomach,… Rob Ford looks at his stomach
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, June 7, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, June 7, 2013: Defendant said he shot lawyer to death ‘because he made our lives a misery,’…
Things Fall Apart
Humpty Dumpty is teetering on his wall. Michael Den Tandt writes in the Postmedia papers: Edmonton MP Brent Rathgeber’s resignation from the Conservative caucus, which dropped inside the Ottawa bubble…
Location, Location, Location: the Story Behind Montreal’s Mega Hospitals and the Future of Mount Royal
An extremely important conference is being held today on the future of Mount Royal–but it may be too late. In a couple of years, four health establishments on the flanks…
The new Gomery: Ann Cavoukian
This week, Ontario’s “Information and Privacy Commissioner” – her oxymoronic title neatly lays out the point I am about to make – excoriate some of the folks I know pretty…
Ambulances and Public Health get cash while other sectors starve
From time to time there are rumors that EMS (ambulance services) and municipal public health services may move over to the tender mercies of the Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs),…
Ford’s friends
Quote: One resident of the home where Mayor Rob Ford was photographed with murder victim Anthony Smith has been convicted of trafficking cocaine. Another was found guilty of possessing a…
Ride to Conquer Cancer
My ex is riding a bike tomorrow all the way to Niagara Falls. She won’t be alone. Lots of folks are doing likewise, for the Princess Margaret Ride to Conquer…
Carol Goar: why won’t Wynne government help the victims of institutional abuse?
A must-read: Ontario once ran 16 of these institutions. All are closed now. But shutting the doors doesn’t undo the damage provincial employees did to thousands of cognitively disabled youngsters.…
Could This Be the 21st Century’s Most Powerful Idea?
This is a guest post by Chris Wood, adapted from his brand new book, Down the Drain: How We Are Failing to Protect Our Water Resources. What we have here…
Your Daily Nazi: Marc Lemire Throws In The Towel
From Richard Warman’s site: It was only a matter of time after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld civil law controls on hate speech as constitutional in the Whatcott case, but…
Get worried-er #nlpoli
Here are a bunch of stories all of which would deserve a post of their own but that are presented here cut down to the barest of bare essentials. King…
Today in tweets
I was going to make an NSA Twitter joke but they just called & told me they’d heard it already— Thers (@Thers) June 7, 2013 #NSACalledToTellMe that I left my…
Ahead of the Eight Ball
Just when we thought things couldn’t get lower in Ottawa, CBC News breaks the story of the PMO’s special fund; an ultra-secret cash reserve that few people knew about. The…
Lemire Cries Uncle
We figure we’ll go right to the source in this one: Marc Lemire throws in the towel It was only a matter of time after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld…
Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words
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Here’s a few reasons why Stephen Harper is going to skip out of Friday’s Question Period ….
-PM’s former chief of staff controlled secret Tory fund -Pamela Wallin could pay back another $20,000 in expense claims -Conservative MPs used like ‘trained seals,’ Rathgeber says -Backbenchers support Rathgeber’s…
Stephen’s even: Brent Rathgeber’s out; Peter Goldring’s back, all’s right with the world
Independent MP Brent Rathgeber takes aim at Tory opacity. Now that he’s incurred the PM’s wrath, though, it’s not so likely they’ll let him dress up as a sailor in…
Meet "Slush Fund" Nigel Wright
Is this asshole even a Canadian? If I was named ‘Nigel’ I get tougher than this. I’d go to 11.