Former Human Child GAP
Dear Former Human Child, CEO of the GAP, When you were a child, you probably dreamed of enslaving poor Asian people so they would die tragically in building fires and…
On instructing clients
Let’s once again take a slightly closer look at what’s been reported about the Cons’ senate scandal – as yesterday’s revelations about the involvement of Stephen Harper’s special counsel and…
Conservative/Ford Nation logic, in three easy steps
It’s wrong for progressives to pay bad guys for a video showing a crime. It’s perfectly okay for a conservative mayor to pay the same bad guys for drugs. Res…
Sustainability: Canada’s Strengths and Weaknesses
A large scale study by OfficeMax Grand & Toy comparing Canadian companies to their world peers finds Canada leads in capturing cost reduction from sustainability initiatives but lags global leaders…
Of course Harper…
… tries to blame the Opposition for the latest CPC debacle! Canadians have grown to expect this complete lack of accountability. (1) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Action needed to stop ‘climate deniers’ from winning the information war
Note: This appeal is written particularly for the attention of environmental groups and activists throughout Canada and the U.S., suggesting they set up a co-operative system to bring a halt…
Oooooohhhh nooooo….
Harper is unhappy! And upset too! Who will feel his wrath? Who will he throw under the big blue bus? Inquiring minds want to know! (2) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Smile!
Since the post on ‘Life’ was popular I thought I should post this too.
Embrace Serendipity With Shuffle My Life
Shuffle My Life is a cute website that encourages you to bring some randomness into your life by giving fun and easy tasks. It’s a play on all those to-do…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 21, 2013: Shopping for a Divorce Lawyer: One Size Doesn’t Fit All – Huffington Post (blog)…
The Imperiled Canadian Soul
Although it has been many years since I read Bram Stoker’s Dracula, I recall that it was a far more subtle and eerie depiction of vampiric activity than the generations…
Democratic Deficit Quantified: Canadians’ Representation in Parliament Declines by 97%
This post is the first of a new series on the history and future of Canadian multi-party democracy. The posts will be based on a spreadsheet of election results which…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Murray Dobbin contrasts the B.C. NDP’s recent election loss against the type of popular focus which helped Saskatchewan’s CCF to earn a…
FP: Wireless stranglehold: How Ottawa failed to break the dominance of the Big Three
As Minister Paradis reviews the proposed Telus-Mobilicity takeover, Ottawa faces an important decision about the future of the wireless industry in Canada. Will it intervene to stop the collapse of…
Harper Understood
Here’s Stephen Harper giving a description of the Canadian federal political system. It’s obvious that his blubbering since about not understanding something about how the Prime Minister has unchecked power,…
Health care spending continues decline
Contrary to the hysteria from conservatives, health care spending continues to decline as a percentage of the provincial budget. Last year, health care accounted for 38.5% of total expenditures, this…
More than 12,000 Twitter followers!
That means I only have to get 213,000 followers to catch up to Justin Trudeau! Easy peasy!
Behind the Scenes: Let’s Hear It for the Nursing Staff!
One of the things I’ve been doing for years is volunteer for a three hour shift once a week at a local children’s hospital. I rock babies, play with toddlers,…
FOIA Facts 2 – No Pro Bono – Federal Funds Mis-Used For Wegman Report And Much More
As begun in FOIA Facts 1, Ed Wegman and Rep. Joe Barton repeatedly called the Wegman Report “pro bono”* but Wegman and Said later claimed it as work done for…