Just when you thought it was going to be one sided
The Ontario Liberals Strike back. This add comes out today on TV. I got a peek at it first cause I know some people who are like in the know.…
Israel and Palestine: What is going on and what can we do?
On June 8, 2011, Project Peacemakers Forum panelists Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd and Howard Davidson discussed “Israel and Palestine: What is going on and what can we do?” Did they succeed…
New Market Models
As the US prepares to default on its debt, the resulting economic spiral will punish a lot of people. We need to start thinking about how we can avoid this…
Yep, Still Have A Pulse
My unintentional hiatus will have to continue for a few couple more days, anyway, so apologies to my regular readers and friends. My absence is for reasons I’d love to…
Stephen Harper’s Other Nuclear Option For Senate Reform
When Stephen Harper appointed three defeated candidates to the Senate this past May, the response was swift and decidedly negative.Opposition members denounced the move as undemocratic. Premiers called for the…
Cross yet another one off your list
Intergovernmental affairs minister Dave Denine won't be seeking re-election this fall, according to media reports. So much for the claim last December that all Tory incumbents were seeking re-election in…
Is Rupert Murdoch’s Empire a Criminal Enterprise?
If you asked former British prime minister, Gordon Brown, he'd tell you that the Murdoch newspapers have "links with criminals." In particular, Brown is referring to the venerable Sunday Times,…
Karzai Brother, Ahmed, Bumped Off in Kandahar
The controversial brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai has been murdered by his bodyguard in Kandahar. Ahmed Karzai was gunned down in his home by one of his bodyguards who…
Stephen Harper: The Chief
Prime Minister Stephen Harper: an honourary chief of the Blood tribe in Stand Off, Alta.Read the story here.
How low will Rupert go?
Former British PM Gordon Brown has gone on the offensive against Rupert Murdoch. He stated today that while both PM as well as Tony Blair's Chancellor, his banking records and…
What Makes Google+ Different?
With the introduction of Google+, the social networking world has gotten a lot more crowded. Just like in business, competition brings out the best of us, and the new battle…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 12, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Polygamist, Under Scrutiny in Utah, Plans Suit to Challenge Law (John Schwartz/New York Times) - http://goo.gl/HbKkuDivorce Act reforms could be…
Keith Olbermann: Rupert Murdoch and Watergate
Keith Olbermann interviews John Dean, one of the major figures of Watergate and the Nixon era. Will this bring the Cameron government down given Cameron’s past association with Murdoch? Only…
Vote for the Best Canadian Political Book
Samara Canada is running a neat little contest. They have a list of 12 Canadian political books from the past twenty-five years, and they’re asking people to come and vote…
Critical Thinking: Do We Get The Kind Of Political Leadership We Deserve?
In many ways, I suspect that we get exactly the kind of political representation that we deserve. A population that is either largely disengaged from the political process or lacking…
Lester Pearson Would Be Furious
Yesterday, John Baird announced that Canada would boycott the UN Conference on Disarmament. Canada's objection, said Baird, was that North Korea would chair the conference:"It's just absurd to have them…
NIHM Director Thomas Insel: Study Finding Environmental Role in Autism in Line with Other Recent Observations
"These new findings are in line with other recent observations supporting both environmental and genetic contributions to ASD, with the environmental factors likely prenatal and the genetic factors highly complex…
Geist: Bell’s Testimony at the UBB Hearing Shatters the ‘Network Congestion’ Argument
By Michael Geist The CRTC hearing on wholesale usage based billing opened yesterday with Bell leading off in front of a packed room (coverage from the Globe, National Post, Quebecor,…
It’s the icing, not the cake: key lesson on open data for governments
At the 2010 GTEC conference I did a panel with David Strigel, the Program Manager of the Citywide Data Warehouse (CityDW) at the District of Columbia Government. During the introductory…
Cowboys and Dogcats
The awesomeness of The Baseline Cowboys, who I blogged about in their early days, is spreading far and wide! Tomorrow is GC and my GC’s and mine GC’s and my’s…