Another Promise from NDP Lacking Vision
I'm beginning to think that Hudak's time wasting, appalling attack and misleading interpretation of the Liberal's very minor platform idea to help newcomers to Canada has perhaps scared the NDP…
Another Promise from NDP Lacking Vision
I’m beginning to think that Hudak’s time wasting, appalling attack and misleading interpretation of the Liberal’s very minor platform idea to help newcomers to Canada has perhaps scared the NDP…
NDP Wants an End to the "Lawful Access" Legislation
OpenMedia.ca is excited about the New Democratic Party’s announcement that they are "gearing up to fight the Conservative’s proposed snooping law at every level this fall". It's great that the…
Careful, Operation Rescue…
… that “shoulder to shoulder” stance would put his hands in pretty close proximity to your wallet.
Inequality is bad for business
In August Canadian Business magazine published my article on why inequality is bad for business. It is produced in full below. Last week the International Monetary Fund, not well-known for…
Want of jurisdiction and forum non conveniens.
Dundee Precious Metals Inc. v. Marsland, 2011 ONCA 594 has a helpful review of jurisdiction and forum: JURISDICTION It is common ground that, pursuant to...
Thursday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading.- Andrew Potter comments on Samara's most recent findings about federal politicians in Canada:Samara’s findings underscore the profound amateurism that permeates our national politics. When…
Protestors to Occupy Wall Street – What actions can help us overcome the tremendous powers of right-wing governments and corporations?
What are the tactics that can best be used to try to pressure powerful, self-serving, joined-at-the-hip governments and corporations in Canada and the United States to do the right thing…
On public goods
New Brunswick's PC government is the latest to launch an all-out attack on public pensions. And the usual reasons look to apply, with the official press release hinting at a…
Tell People In the Maldives That Climate-Change Is A Hoax
In a story that even the most unthinking extreme right-winger would find hard to refute, The Star today reports that the world's lowest country is sinking under rising water levels.…
The best voting system for Canada
We have seen four provincial referendums recently offering alternatives to the First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system and all failed to bring about change. A major reason for the…
Protesters to Occupy Wall Street
What are the tactics that can best be used to try to pressure powerful, self-serving, joined-at-the-hip governments and corporations in Canada and the United States to do the right thing…
Johann Hari Vs. Johann Hari On The Ethics Of Making Sh!t Up
by matttbastard Johann Hari, September 2011: “If I had asked the many experienced colleagues I have here at The Independent… they would have explained just how wrong I was. It…
Geri Hall: "I’m going to change the word ‘bitch’ to ‘blatch’. Christie! Stop being such a blatch."
"Quit all the blatching before someone blatch slaps it out of you."Hilarious video from This Hour Has 22 Minutes.(I'll embed when I figure out how.)
Falling Real Wages Signal Trouble Ahead
The Labour Force Survey for August showed that average hourly wages were up by just 1.4% from a year earlier, the same low level of increase as was registered in…
For the Ecotourism Industry and Tsilhqot’in First Nation of Taseko Lake; ‘No’ Means No
Thursday, September 15, 2011 The strongest arguments bolstering economic and political support for...
Buy America Redux
Scott Sinclair writes cogently on the CCPA blog about the current edition of the Buy American debate. We had somewhat different views of the 2010 Canada-U.S. Agreement on Government Procurement.…
Jesse Kline: CRTC wants to control the volume on your television by Jesse Kline
Columnist says there is a possibility that a regulatory agency that figures it’s the government’s business to control the volume on our TVs has run out of useful things to…
Why Libby Davies Would Be Bad for the NDP part 2
The Last reason why Libby Davies would be bad for the NDP is the biggest one of them all 3: She Can't speak French! It pretty much says it for…