R. v. Dwyer, 2013 ONCA 368 holds: Reasonable inferences are not necessarily likely or probable inferences. The inference that is most favourable to the Crown must be drawn at the…
Overhead at the drug store: "You know those Conservatives burnt a few bridges. I think the Liberals are back in next time." "Well I didn't want to hear it but…
The standard narrative on Nigel Wright seems to be that he is a straight arrow who took one for the boss. But Linda McQuaig suggests that narrative is what the…
Google, the search giant with the famous motto: “Don’t be evil,” is boasting about its involvement in a 2012 coal industry lobbying effort to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)…
…here’s a video about Rob Ford – and, er, crack cocaine – right here! We’re living in a “world-class city,” but lately it seems kind of icky Some days it’s…
Though I’m not sure the cartoon below has the elegance of the madeleine episode from The Remembrance of Lost Time (the first volume of which I’ve actually read), this cartoon…
If we pass the point of no return, we will have runaway global warming and the end point is human extinction. I don’t think people quite get that yet. I…
* Think it can’t happen? Remember Mayflower Arkansas, where residents of a residential suburb woke up to a sea of dirty oil around their homes. More links: Alberta Oil Spill:…
As a rule, cabinet ministers should be able to tell you exactly what government policy is on any given subject. They all sit at the same table and they each…
I originally did this article in May 2013. I may update it at a later date. The province of Québec held its first general election as a part of the…
In honour of Canadian Environment Week — currently underway amidst accelerating tar sands development, hot on the heels of withdrawals from the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Convention to Combat…
There couldn't have been a greater contrast between the two political leaders. There couldn't have been a clearer sign that the Con regime is rotting, like a fish, from the…
What makes a city great? Among other things, great cities are tolerant communities that welcome and celebrate ethnic diversity. They support and foster local arts, have access to venture capital…
Your blogger drops pearls of political wisdom on the Toronto City Hall media. Below: Same fellow, outside the office of Mayor Rob Ford. Below that: Conservative Calgary talk radio host…
Outgoing cats.
While I’m the first to acknowledge that right-winger Erick Erickson is off his rocker in the most biblical sense of the term, this proliferation of the words ‘derp’ and ‘derpy’…
The Iron Ore Company of Canada has made cuts to its offices in St.John’s, Montreal, Labrador City and Sept Iles, according to the weekly newspaper Le Nord-Cotier. The company would…
Forgive me, I have been crying. Today I wept while driving, when I saw an old couple hug on the sidewalk. I wiped my cheeks as I watched the post…
Two more Conservative MPs need to be removed from the House for election overspending. That’s what Elections Canada has said, but the Speaker of the House disagrees. In an application…
