The National Pest “apologizes”
A few days ago, the National Pest published an extremely homophobic (and blatantly accusatory) ad about public schooling in Ontario. Today, we get this non-apology apology, or non-retraction retraction, if…
This Week At The Ontario Court of Appeal: 11-09-27
Each week, Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. Commencing this week, Alim Ramji, a student-at-law with Wise Law Office, takes over the Court of…
QP: Brison’s golden opportunity for levity
The banter between gay MPs Scott Brison and John Baird enlivened an otherwise dull Friday question period. It happened after news hit the wires that Baird tried to order business…
Ron Paul thinks assassination of Al-Awlaki should be condemned
"No I don't think that's a good way to deal with our problems," Paul said in a media avail after his remarks at the Politics + Eggs event here. "He…
Obama, Kucinich and Class Warfare: civil war in America or democratic renewal – these are the choices at hand
“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to…
No Technical Recession, Not That It Matters
Today’s GDP numbers (a sprightly gain of 0.3% at basic prices in July) ensure that there will not be a so-called “technical recession” in Canada — at least, not yet.…
The State of the Economy and Labour’s Response
The advanced economies, including Canada, risk falling back into recession because of government spending cuts and a looming financial crisis. The Canadian Labour Congress has been calling for our federal…
Parliament In Review: September 28, 2011
Wednesday's Day in Review comes a day later than usual. But I'll plan to stick to the new schedule for future editions, as the anchors which nicely point to interventions…
The Pyschology of 9/11 “Truth” Denial
Various psychologists talk about the different reasons why people accept the official version of events surrounding 9/11 as opposed to the theories of those who dispute the now generally accepted…
Familiar Troubles for Canada’s National Broadcaster by Mary Vipond
Columnist says while the evolving media landscape poses new challenges, the CBC remains entangled in a balancing act it has faced since its inception.
Was Trudeau A Disaster? Far Frum It!
On Tuesday, David Frum and Lawrence Martin debated the resolution: Pierre Trudeau was Canada's most disastrous prime minister. The event was part of a four-part series on historical topics sponsored…
Bring Out the Printing Press!
That’s the only way out of the deepening crisis of the advanced economies, according to FT economics editor Martin Wolf in his column today. “It is the policy that dare…
Nottawa residents shafted by Elections Ontario
So this week, the crack news team at the Enterprise-Bulletin has been following up on this business of Nottawa residents having to traverse to Ravenna in order to exercise their…
Brad Trost and the Zombie Threat
Holy jumpin' Joan of Saskatchewan !!! I gotta give the Con wingnut Brad Trost some credit eh? Not only does he look FABULOUS in a dress. I hear he's declared…
Tory MP Maurice Vellacott is a jackass
Today, Vellacott declares International Planned Parenthood Federation a “nefarious” organization and complains they are performing procedures on women that he believes are actually early abortions. His two page rant, so…
Obama kills American. Republicans applaud this most Republican of all Democratic presidents.
Progressives none too happy with the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki. But Republicans like raging Islamophobe Steve King are tickled pink. Republicans are applauding Obama for once. One holdout is Ron…
CIA undermines aid agencies
That the CIA does sleazy stuff is hardly new. Perhaps we shouldn't have been surprised then that they exploited children to help track Osama bin Laden.In order to confirm his…
More numbers #nlpoli #nlvotes
The results of this poll by the pollster for the provincial government’s energy corporation show numbers well within the margin of error for the poll and as such, don’t reliably…
The Liberals, NDP, and Greens Should Unite to Form a New Party
On the basis of this week alone, progressives are in for either four or, some have said, twenty years of soulful weeping. It's downright despairing. I mean what's the use…
The Canadian Supreme Court rejects Conservative ideology for facts.
Not only am I pleased with the Insite rulling, I’m pleased it’s unanimous, in a strong rebuke to the Conservative government, who’s been trying to close this since 2008: A…