Jane Taber clutches her pearls over Amnesty International's reproachment of just not Jason Kenney but now fellow Globe & Mail hack Margaret Wente. Going after a Conservative government official is…
Privacy commissioners, academics, digital rights advocates, and former Conservative ministers have all voiced their concerns about Lawful Access. At the very least, oversight and caution must guide such sweeping, invasive…
A quick hit on Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak on pot, with the news that he's "gotten high", presumably on some pretty "fly doobies" in his distant past (he's only…
I am reproducing the correspondence I just received from the CRTC regarding my complaint against Sun Tv regarding Michael Coren's recent racist comments. As you will see from the note,…
Chancellor Merkel turned aside Sarkozy's request for consideration of the much vaunted "Euro Bond", arguing that it really amounted to the stronger EU countries guaranteeing the debt of the weaker…
The Montreal English language daily The Gazette fell all over itself welcoming William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge a few weeks ago, so you might think it…
Two weeks ago, my coffee maker broke. It was a electric percolator (I wrote about my preference for it here), made by Cuisinart. It's the third such percolator I've had…
Why neither Bachmann and Perry will win in 2012 or any other year.Why Harper keeps his fundamentalism under wraps while he desperately and quietly keeps religion as an important player…
R. v. R.V.F., 2011 NSCA 71 deals with a case where the Crown failed to elect expressly as to summary or indictable procedure in a youth matter. In dealing with…
I’m not entirely sure what to make of the re-renaming of the “Navy” and “Airforce”. I feel like I should have a strong opinion about it. I’m admittedly a traditionalist,…
I'm not entirely sure what to make of the re-renaming of the "Navy" and "Airforce". I feel like I should have a strong opinion about it. I'm admittedly a traditionalist,…
I’m not entirely sure what to make of the re-renaming of the “Navy” and “Airforce”. I feel like I should have a strong opinion about it. I’m admittedly a traditionalist,…
Below is the text of the obituary for Gideon Rosenbluth, a renowned progressive economist and inspiration to us at the PEF, and a past president of the Canadian Economics Association.…
If you read this blog regularly you no doubt are familiar with Mount Allison's newest video series: 20 Tips for first-year students. Below is a convenient player that has all…
Today Jeanne is spending the day with us, the first time she's passed a whole day away from her parents some place not her own home. It's momentous in a…
This is what I Tweeted this morning: baldjam 7:51am via HootSuite ALERT! Black BMW. Male driver. Driving S on Russell about 10 min. ago.ALMOST HIT MY WIFE & DAUGHTER.Any info,…
I trust computers… to do what their potentially untrustworthy programmers tell them to do. Because it’s computer code that could be corrupted, there’s little means for the layperson voter to…
This 13th hacking arrest as part of Operating Weeting was made yesterday:James Desborough, an award-winning reporter at the former News of the World newspaper, has been arrested by officers investigating…
As we're moving closer to September I'd like to include a mention feature from the Mount Allison University website regarding the Atlantic International Studies Organization (ATLIS). Because ATLIS is such…
For any of you who are following the Tala saga in detail, I now have a clearer picture of the diagnosis. (I certainly don't expect the majority of wmtc readers…
