Somebody needs a nap
It must’ve been a hell of a convention: penis postings, allegations of Pokemon shenanigans and now a Tory MPP thinks Tim Horton will lead his party into this fall’s election.…
GDP Report: Awfully Weak Tea Leaves
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was unusually blunt on CTV’s Question Period yesterday, saying he was worried about the possibility of another recession. (Finance Ministers are usually very cautious about using…
Jason Kenney re-hires corrupt aide
The majority is but a few weeks old and the corruption in our institutions - from cops to the "Harper Government" - is escalating. Now we find out that Jason…
Gravel Pit court case reveals problems with Environmental Assessment laws
Monday, May 30, 2011 A recent BC Supreme Court decision concerning a gravel pit on Texada Island s...
A Culture of Cycling: Building Healthy Communities, or Partisan Political Hot Potato?
After a long weekend spent driving around our fair province, it was a pleasure to return home and bike into the office this morning. Even a mild spattering of rain…
On the Quebec question: (1) Clarity
(After this, I may just go ahead and write that Israel thing I've had kicking around in my head for a few years. While I'm stepping on landmines, I might…
West Moberly Nation wins second round for the Caribou
Monday, May 30, 2011 BC's Court of Appeal has sided with the West Moberly First Nations in req...
Fortis buys Vermont power utility
Fortis Inc. (FTS-T) announced Monday it will buy Central Vermont Public Service Corporation. CVPS serves 160,000 customers throughout the state. This is the first American purchase for Fortis, a company…
This Week At The Ontario Court of Appeal: 11-05-27
Each week, Wise Law Blog reviews recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. It was a bit of a slow week at the Court, so we've highlighted only once…
Canadians for Boycotting Arab and Iranian Goods Hoax
Imagine my surprise at learning that I am the treasurer of the freshly minted “Canadians for Boycotting Arab and Iranian Goods” organization – CBAIG for short. According to a news…
What is this I don’t even… – Queer Thoughts Edition
Here's a gander at what one fellow blogger put on his blog recently:Its fun to watch the Liberals scream FIRE over the NDP and Jack Layton's comments on the constitution.…
"Like winning bingo on the Titanic"
Briony Penn, 2008 Liberal candidate in Saanich-Gulf Islands with some post-election thoughts: On the evening of May 2, along with the majority of Canadians, I was stunned. “Like winning bingo…
Mike Duffy: A happy man
Why he looks so happy? Close to $140,000 a year plus many perks:Senators are eligible for retirement at age 55 and receive 75 percent of their salary as a pension.…
Lather, Rinse; Repeat, as needed!
Apparently, if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it… at least, 39.62% of the Canadians who took the time to vote believe it — all of it.
Muskrat Fails #nlpoli #cdnpoli
A new website tackles the disaster that is Muskrat Flls proposed by Premier Kathy Dunderdale. Amazing what you can do, if you want to. Predictable Update: In the CBC story…
A Progressive’s Lament: Debating the obvious with the obtuse
I have noticed a marked increase in the amount of traffic from right wingers that I have been getting on Twitter lately. I won't call them trolls because to me…
Hudak’s Harris-like approach
In case you missed it, the Ontario Progressive Conservative party had a convention this weekend. There was a lot of, shall we say, extraneous stuff that was going on that…
Other campaign music: Brian Tobin
Popular music is something of a fixture in political campaigns, both fictional and real. “You are my sunshine” and “Man of constant sorrow” turn up in O brother, where art…
Harris-Decima Rears Its Ugly Head – as does Bruce Anderson
Showing the NDP at 33%, the Conservatives at 38%, and the Liberals at 15% (!). This would be groundbreaking... if Abacus didn't beat them to the punch already.The further boost…
The Review I want to Read of “What Technology Wants”
A few weeks ago I finished "What Technology Wants" by Kevin Kelly. For those unfamiliar with Kelly (as I was) he was one of the co-founders of Wired magazine and…