Mail moves again
So the postal workers are going back and the mail starts moving tomorrow. Just as well, but there were much better ways to settle the issue than a forced wage…
A Proposal for Higher Taxes on the Wealthy
A PROPOSAL FOR HIGHER TAXES ON THE WEALTHYProposed by Matt Fodor, TorontoDate: 26/06/2011For consideration for inclusion in the platform at the pre-election Policy AssemblyWHEREAS the increase in incomes of the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 27, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:The Ethical Issues of Personalisation Online - http://goo.gl/QVvIvOntario WSIB more aggressive on return-to-work issues -http://is.gd/L0DNLcBack-to-work bill becomes law; mail to…
Unforgiving. The true face of Christian fundamentalist benevolence, Michele Bachmann style.
One of the overriding traits of the right-wing American fundamentalist movement is the total lack of compassion outside their own personal circle. The modern 'tea party' movement is part of…
Change that puts people first
The Ontario NDP release their platform, chalk full of policies that are great news if you own a big house, drive a gas guzzler, or like coal power.Partisan jabs aside,…
“A Little Knowledge”: Why The Biggest Problem With Climate “Skeptics” May Be Their Confidence
AlexanderPope.jpg Last week, an intriguing study emerged from Dan Kahan and his colleagues at Yale and elsewhere--finding that knowing more about science, and being better at mathematical reasoni...
Going to plan
As a clever person pointed out to me last week, the fall 2008 economic update is being executed now quite swimmingly following the election. We saw this one come to…
Evidence of climate change
Apologies for the extended absence, but there was a death in the family which absorbed my time for the middle and end of last week.. family comes before blogging. Anyhow,…
lessons from canada post lock-out and back-to-work legislation
The members of Canadian Union of Postal Workers engage in labour actions. In response, their employer, Canada Post, locks them out. The Harper Government tables back-to-work legislation. The Opposition launches…
Horwath gaffe watch
So, the Ontario election campaign is getting a little more interesting of late. This quote by NDP leader Andrea Horwath really deserves a second look: “I’m putting a party back…
What A Show!
I haven't seen a filibuster in a while, but boy was that something. The Conservatives got there bill passed and now workers will reluctantly go to work Tuesday. The NDP…
Five myths about gay people debunked
Here is something handy that you might want to share with those less-enlightened in your circle, kind of like a red card that you can show every time you come…
Blaming Parents: Autism Families Torn Apart by Ignorance
Families with autistic children, parents who love their autistic children dearly, must endure much in order to live a normal life with their children, to be happy with their children…
It’s Not About the Life Jackets Dammit
Chris Selley writes a column for the National Post this week about mandatory life jackets, coming soon to a lake near you.He brings up a story in the Toronto Star…
When Roombas Attack: The Singularity
My next novel has a comedic take on the Technological Singularity, so I thought I’d start to do some more posts about the topic here on The Skwib. The following…
The 7th Message Gleaned From The Conrad Black Case
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. The whole notion that His Blackness was as guilty as hell comes hard to some people.
Painting Removal and Other Difficult Tasks
Scratching the last bits of paint from the staircase this morning. It is a project begun when we bought the house decades ago, but which stopped about 10 years later.…
And Now, A Warning From Canada
So, I hear that New York State has finally legalized same-sex marriage. That’s fantastic news! Throughout the debate, however, many people were wondering aloud about the consequences—both direct and indirect—that…
Payback is a mother: Conservative edition
“…rationality has little to do with political myth making…” Tim Powers, Conservative backroom guy and Ottawa lobbyist, wrote that in a recent post over at the blog space he has…