Rob Ford: It’s Safe to Come Back to Toronto Now
Rob Ford has nothing to fear. Pride 2011 is history. He can slink back to his office at City Hall. I can report to the Mayor that nothing untoward happened…
Chavecito’s BACK!!!
¡Qué tubazo! Look who’s ba-ack in Venezuela, right in time for his country’s bicentennial independence day celebrations tomorrow: Chavecito converses with VTV reporter Ernesto Villegas on his return from Cuba,…
Islam, Islamism, radicalism, terrorism and the other religious isms that we can’t seem to stop talking about
Islam, which according to a 2006 Statistics Canada poll is the fastest growing religion in the country, is associated, quite often by our youth, with oppression, terrorism and barbarism. I…
this week on tvo: "war of the mind", canadian documentary on ptsd
This Wednesday, July 6 TVO, Ontario's public television station, will broadcast "War in the Mind," a Canadian documentary about post-traumatic stress, depression and the rising suicide rate among soldiers and…
Arbitrate This!
Does anyone else find it odd that a free-market-worshipping government can happily leap into the fray to micro-manage a labour market outcome (deciding, for example, that postal workers must get…
New Dawn
Excerpted below is the portion of the Elections Act 1991, SNL 1992, c E-3.1 which essentially makes relevant portions of that Act applicable to public consultation of electors by way…
Gotta gloat…
… about seeing the greatest band in the world over the past 20 years or so - U2!!!! Yup! Heading to the Hippodrome in Montréal this Saturday to see Bono…
Canada Again
What Canadians Need to Know About Canada Canada is a country the world can be proud of. This is despite our numerous shortcomings and mistakes over our 144 years of…
Jackson Pollock, the science of art
At a glance, a painting by Jackson Pollock (1912 – 1956) can look deceptively accidental: just a quick flick of color on a canvas. A quantitative analysis of Pollock’s streams,…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 4, 2011
We hope that all of our readers had a lovely Canada Day long weekend! Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Macomb Co. inmate suing state over…
Was the Gordon Campbell Government Truly Corrupt?
Was the Gordon Campbell government corrupt? Does it matter? The answer to both questions is a resounding YES! For the purposes of this article I define corruption as “acting against…
Speculating on the Economy
Jim Standford has an interesting piece in today's Globe and Mail. He notes that the Harper government justified its imposed settlement on Canada Post by claiming that the economy was…
RailGate Repo Men…Names My Archives Tell Me
AllTheDeputiesThatFitCampbellClarksVilleSo.Not everything Auditor General John Doyle will be using to put together his report on the Six Million Dollar RailGate Payoff need come from super secret client-privileged sources.For example, while…
Video: Citizens Rally in Vancouver to Stop Smart Meters
A number of citizens and organizations - including the BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Clean Energy Foundation - gathered recently in Vancouver at the headquarters of BC Hydro…
Happy Fourth of July: Is It the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence You Celebrate?
In my Southern California childhood, the Fourth of July was a big holiday, right up there with Thanksgiving, not far behind Christimas. We were taught that it celebrated the birth…
London Courthouse
To say it's quiet at 8:00 am would be an understatement...
A short update on the Provinces.
Hello, Teddy here. First, I want to sadly announce that due to problems, our sister blog, Riding by Riding has suffered a complete data loss. Due to the fact the…
Stumbling into another war
Canadian involvement in the war in Libya has been extended. Why? What is Canada's strategic (or even tactical) reason to be in Libya? How does bombing one side in a…
The Lost PowerPoint Slides (4th of July Edition)
John Hancock proposes boycott of British East India Company tea to Colonial housewives, 1769 (slide 4) I agree tea is lovely but coffee is good too Because, this will hurt…