Peter Penashue takes a Mulligan and slices it into the woods.
CBC News on Monday night: Liberals take Labrador, as Jones wins big over Penashue I have to confess to being caught by surprise when Labrador MP Peter Penashue suddenly announced…
Of Bitumen and Pirates
The Harper government never ceases playing up the terrorist threat that Canada faces. They’re here, they’re there, they’re everywhere. Supertankers heavily laden with bitumen. How vulnerable are they to terrorism…
Ontario Shores under aggressive timelines to fix safety issues
Ontario Shores now has its orders from the Ministry of Labour. It’s been almost a year since staff at the Whitby mental health centre went public with their concerns about…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Duncan Cameron is the latest to weigh in on the Cons’ distorted sense of priorities in directing public research money toward private…
Don’t Privatize ISC
My op-ed in today’s Saskatoon StarPhoenix (page A11): Privatizing ISC is a poor deal for Saskatchewan The provincial government estimates that selling 60 per cent of the Information Services Corporation…
Send me your letters!
I haven’t settled on a salutation or a title yet. It will be neither “Hey Faggot” like Dan Savage, nor “Dear Miss. Manners,” but I have decided to write a…
The Conflict Kitchen
Conflict Kitchen is a take-out restaurant that serves cuisine only from countries with which the USA is in conflict. It’s located in Pittsburg and founded/operated by artists and chefs to…
Ottawa parody of Gangnam Style makes the case for unions
This is one of the more ambitious low-budget videos we have seen that makes the case for unions in Canada. Made by Corinne Dara, it is billed as a parody…
Duffy and the Chief of Staff
To most Canadians, the Senate is an abomination, a mystery, or both. Most Canadians are surprised to learn that the Red Chamber, in effect, is a mirror image of the…
Black cat 1
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LCBO strike: Unions are obsolete, let’s "replace" them
Looking at the LCBO strike dispute, it’s clear there is a reason union debates are a no-win proposition. They ignore that the retail labour market, whether unionized or not, is…
Publication ban on name of complainant can properly be made without notice to media
CBC v. Her Majesty The Queen, 2013 NUCJ 06: I am satisfied that section 486.4 is applicable where the Crown only wants a publication ban on the name of the…
Political Lessons From Macbeth
In Act 5 Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, when the overthrow of the ruthless, power-drunk politician/king is nigh, Angus speaks these words about him: Now does he feelHis secret murders…
Kerry Diotte to launch run for Mayor of Edmonton?
TweetEdmonton City Council’s resident contrarian Kerry Diotte is holding a press conference this afternoon to announce his political future. In the wake of yesterday’s “final” vote on the proposed downtown…
Follow the Piggy – He Might Lead You to Sussex Drive
So, let’s run this scenario, Mound’s favourite passtime. How might the timeline of Mike Duffy’s expense woes play out now that we know a few more details. It begins (for…
Self Skew-ered #nlpoli
Two thirds of tax filers in Newfoundland and Labrador report incomes of less than $35,000 per year. The Harris-Decima poll released by the Newfoundland and labrador Association of Public Employees…
New column day
Here, on how a narrow focus on pursuing a seemingly safe path to a bare majority government may have contributed to the B.C. NDP’s stunning election defeat this week. Needless…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, May 16, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, May 16, 2013: Contracting out of the Limitations Act — the Ontario Court of Appeal provides guidance…
Now the doctors speak out about hospital cuts
Scarborough General Hospital. Photo by Benson Kua While physicians and surgeons have not usually been at the forefront of campaign against cutbacks, more of them have begun to express concerns…
Duffy Campaigned on Taxpayer’s Dime
This could explain why the Prime Minister’s Office told Duffy to refuse to cooperate with the forensic audit into his expenses. Not only was Duffy pocketing tens of thousands of…