Can the NDP Help Restore Canada’s Reputation?
Why is it that our collective social intelligence on so many critical matters falls dramatically short of our individual citizen intelligence? It is amazing that our society can function as…
Democracy in action
Shorter Bob Bjornerud:Of course we couldn't possibly object to giving farmers a chance to vote on the future of the Canadian Wheat Board - just as long as it doesn't…
3901…Wonder What O. J. Thinks About
About Casey Anthony getting exoneratted of the charge ofkilling her baby.Things that make you go hmmmmm.LOL.WFDS
Just so we’re clear…
New rules for Canadian political reporting:If a federal government department is proposing to raise user fees, that has nothing to do with Tony Clement or any other Harper Con, particular…
Panic
Its just in fun until someone loses an eye. Then its a sport.The Republican wingnuts in Congress are turning the US debt ceiling fight into a sport and the Village…
The Arab spring—seeking a deeper democracy than ours?
Catherine Ashton, high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, recently stated that the EU called for "deep democracy" in countries such as Tunisia and Egypt…
Opportunity in the Non-Profit Sector: OpenMedia.ca Development Manager
Work With OpenMedia.ca! OpenMedia.ca is a national, non-partisan, non-profit organization working to advance and support an open and innovative communications system in Canada. Our primary goal is to increase public…
General Rule of Probate applies to validity and not construction
Smith Estate v. Rotstein, 2011 ONCA 491 deals with the General Rule of probate law, which is said to require that all testamentary documents be proven or probated at the…
macaque takes self-portrait
Monkey borrows photographer’s camera. These are so cute. http://ow.ly/5x3Qu Filed under: Miscellany
Red Fox Problem in New Waterford, Nova Scotia
New Waterford, Nova Scotia, is having serious problems with wild foxes; they are making holes under properties and causing a lot of damage. Surely this problem is prevalent in other…
MPs’ lottery sets private members’ pecking order
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/04/pol-private-members-lottery.html
Small Change Fund for Big Change
Small Change Fund is a Canadian organization that is trying to get people to help small efforts to make big differences. In Canada less than 1% of donations go to…
The Neoconservative Passion for Alexis de Tocqueville
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada Neoconservative doctrine was written by academics and based on the writings of scholars, from Plato to Aristotle, Locke to…
On target groups
For all the opinion polling we're bound to see in the years to come, this may be one of the more important surveys in determining the future shape of Canadian…
Harper’s war on the media…
...or Terry Milewsk learns that to Harper and his followers, the only balanced reporting is that which parrots the propaganda put out by the PMO. Now I don't think that…
The last of Nortel’s legacy sold off
Nortel’s patents sold for 4.5 billion dollars–a true indictment of the many dollars and years of R&D investment. Some of Canada’s top scientists worked there–it truly was an innovative company…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Ian Welsh serves up some tough commentary as to whether Canadian voters saddled with unrepresentative and downright destructive governments are merely getting what…
A Tale of Two Cities
I had some fun last fall comparing the elections of Naheed Nenshi in Calgary and Rob Ford in Toronto. Fairly or unfairly, it appears the two will be forever linked.…