Notes from Mazar e Sherif: Tactical Challenges, Strategic Quagmire
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog I am writing this on my phone from a c160 flying from mazar e sharif to herat where we have spent the past 48hrs. This…
First Impressions from ISAF HQ in Kabul
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog I am in Afghanistan as part of a NATO TOLA tour. On Friday the six participants met in Brussels for a day of briefings at…
The Munk Debates, Henry Kissinger and Polite Company
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Disptach blog For the past few years I have worked on the Munk Debates. Officially, I am the Research Director. Unofficially, I help out however I can…
Four Ways to Reinvigorate the Canadian Foreign Policy Debate
Crossposted at opencanada.org’s Dispatch blog Last fall, I participated in a workshop hosted by L’Idée Fédérale, a think tank in Montreal headed by one of our Roundtable bloggers, André Pratte.…
Welcome to opencanada.org
For the past eight months I have had the thrill of working with the CIC to answer the following question: what if the CIC wanted to build the online hub…
Ontario Court of Appeal: No Hard Cap on Notice Entitlement of Non-Managerial or Unskilled Employees
In Di Tomaso v. Crown Metal Packaging Canada LP, 2011 ONCA 469, a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal released June 22, 2011, the appellant, Crown Metal Packaging ("CMP")…
Crime is on the rise in Canada – not!
Statistics Canada has just released their ‘Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2010’ report (link). And it supports what many have been saying for some time: Police-reported crime reaches its lowest…
Guest Bloggers
With the campaign fully underway I have not had much time at all to write new blog posts. I'll try to get back in the habit of once a week…
Placing Murdoch – and Britain – In Perspective
David Cameron and Rupert Murdoch and all their minions are running a PR campaign on the News International scandal, telling people to keep it "in perspective." It's not really a…
Coming Soon To A Walkman Near You!
Still more signs PDO lives in the past ...Thanks to an old pal.
Rupert Murdoch, Friend Of Israel
Well this article is an interesting addition to the swirl of debate and exposé that's happening around Rupert Murdoch. The attached article is from J-Wire and is written by Isi…
Expanding the Canada Pension Plan
The case for expanding benefits under the CPP as a needed response to the crisis of private pensions continues to win expert support – even as the financial industry and…
This Really Is the Pot Calling the Kettle BlackP
America's UN ambassador, Susan Rice, must have a bottomless well of gall, given the way she chastised other Security Council members cold to the idea of declaring climate change a…
Confirmation that Rob Ford is a moron
This is insanity. Ford campaigned on a promise not cut city services and now he’s about to make $740 million in major service cuts. Including, eliminating 2,000 subsidized daycare spots,…
I’m offering an endorsement of what Mr. McGuinty has done, absolutely. This is a great plan. Any party would be foolish to talk about abandoning it"
That's what David Suzuki had to say about the Ontario Liberal plan to keep Ontario's economy on track by creating green jobs and helping our environment.http://www.thestar.com/mobile/news/canada/politics/article/1028008--suzuki-warns-tory-scheme-to-can...
Steve, Hurry Up With Those New Prisons While There Are Still Some Criminals Left
No, crime isn't going away but, even as Ruler Steve indulges his prison fetish, crime rates continue to go down - a lot.StatsCan said police-reported crime rates fell a whopping…
Ditch All Your Illusions About Privacy, All of Them, The Lot.
Imagine yourself among the thousands and thousands of people gathered for the final game of the Canucks/Bruins Stanley Cup. It's easy to assume you're virtually invisible in the sea of…
Police Facial Recognition Skills Continue To Decline
Whether it is a food, air, or water-borne virus, or a strange and hitherto undocumented brain condition, there is no question that police facial recognition skills are declining, calling into…
Former Tory fin min not giving up in fight against Muskrat
Former Conservative finance minister John Collins is fighting the Muskrat Falls project as fervently as ever. The 80-something has a new letter in the Telegram taking issue with recent comments…
Is Irony Dead, Or…..
....Did the Conradian pot really call the Rupertian kettle out for being blacker than he himself could ever possibly be?RUPERT Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator…