Put CBC News Network out of its misery
I am under self-imposed house arrest. I got back to Ottawa from London about three weeks ago. Technically I should be working on my dissertation, with its rapidly approaching September…
Are the NDP too dependent on Jack Layton?
I’ll be brief this time, because I know every pundit and their brother will be covering this story and making this speculation. But it’s worth asking – are the NDP…
CFL MUST Take Action Against ‘No Class’ Montreal Alouette – Dwight Anderson
"Weston Dressler looked Monday like he had been on a red-eye flight from Montreal.The left eye of the Saskatchewan Roughriders slotback was bloodshot when the CFL team returned to Regina,…
The Invasion of the Con Apes
It seems like they are everywhere these days. Con apes on a rampage. Smelling their armpits, and shocking the world.In Norway they are still counting their losses after one right…
Sorry Ezra. You Don’t Get Off That Easily
Given that Ezra Levant attacks Muslims at every opportunity, I was curious what he would have to say about the Norwegian disaster, and he didn't disappoint.First off, he's right to…
Norwegian Terrorist Anders Breivik Reveals Climate Denial Influences
anders.jpg TO followers of the climate change policy debate, the extreme conspiratorial rhetoric is all too familiar: Climate change is a hoax. Environmentalists are just communists in disguise. ...
Give The NDP Some Credit
The NDP on the edge, their very survival now in question, according to the exaggerated, incredibly superficial "analysis" coming out in the wake of Layton's announcement. I say BULLOCKS to…
Canadian Civil Liberties Association: Ontario Court Protects Political Speech and Internet Anonymity
From Canadian Civil Liberties Association The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently issued a decision on a motion brought by the former mayor of the municipality of Aurora. The former…
The Myth of Expansionary Austerity
As the US and Europe turn from stimulus to fiscal austerity, claims are heard that spending cuts actually stimulate economic growth. That is the argument heard, not just from the…
Masnick: Court Refuses To Issue Injunction Stopping Secret Web Spycams From Running On Rental Laptops
By Mike Masnick for TechDirt A couple months ago, we wrote about the class action lawsuit from a family who discovered that the company from whom they had rented a…
Media Advisory (Vancouver) – Social Change-Makers and Academics to Convene at Forum to Combat "Lawful Access" Bills
openmedia_logo.jpg WHO: Michael Byers -- Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law Christopher Parsons -- Department of Political Science, University of Victoria Michael Vonn...
Ellis: Beyond UBB: the CRTC’s war on Canadian consumers
By David Ellis for Life on the Broadband Internet In my previous post, I suggested the consumer ISP complaints revealed recently are bad enough, but only the tip of a…
Yes, BC Blue, Dean Skoreyko, Toronto Star Just Ain’t a Classy a Paper as, Say, The Toronto Sun?
It’s been awhile since I’ve verbally bitch slapped a blogging supposiTory. I’m going back to it, because, well, they just lend themselves to it. BC Blue Dean Skoreyko, Come on…
Shades of Green: Industrialization
Sometimes the magnitude of the environmental challenges facing us today seems overwhelming. So we traditionally examine the larger problem in fragmented details. We isolate one part of a huge complexity…
Farber On Healthcare, Redux
Back a week or so, CJC head and provincial Liberal Party candidate for Thornhill Bernie Farber penned a column for Shalom Life in which he was critical of Ontario's health-care…
3949…Slow Down You Move Too Fast
A day after Jack Layton's announcement that he was stepping down let's get one thing clear.He ain't dead.Jonathan Malloy, a political scientist affiliated with Canada's 46th best university, Carleton, does…
Law regarding "gift"
McNamee v. McNamee, 2011 ONCA 533 contains a useful summary of the law on "gift": Although the term "gift" is not defined in the Family Law Act, a gift, generally…
What is Severe Autism?
What is severe autism? Kim Oakley asks the question rhetorically before answering it in Silent Alarm. I strongly recommend anyone who wants to know what severe autism is read this…
3948…Is Nothing Sacred?
Cut and paste from Slate to you:McDonald’s announced on Tuesday that it will revamp its famed children’s meal to make it healthier. The fast food chain will shrink Happy Meal…
This Thing Can’t Go On
My friend PoMoAnachro is doing this Steampunk LARP. Costumes are an awful lot of fun, and if you can get enough people serious about costuming, the venue isn’t necessarily as…