On CBC, a further demonstration of Toronto cops’ contempt for us
On Metro Morning today, Matt Galloway talked to police union boss Mike McCormack about the nameless asshole who broke Dorian Barton's arm at the G20 last summer, and about the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 24, 2011
We hope that all of our readers had a lovely long weekend! Now, for your leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter!:Bob Dylan turns 70: 'I'm younger than that…
Extra Billing for Eye Drops Banned in Quebec: A Victory in the Fight against Health System Erosion?
The Quebec government has just announced that it will pay for supplementary fees charged by private clinics for giving drops used to combat macular degeneration. The fees charged by Opthamologists…
Ontario Politics: NDP getting a mini post-Layton bump
The Ontario election is still a few months away, so it’s a bit early to be predicting election outcomes, but it appears this Nanos poll shows that Andrea Horwath is…
How to Unsuck Canada’s Internet – creating the right incentives
This week at the Mesh conference in Toronto (where I'll be talking Open Data) the always thoughtful Jesse Brown, of TVO's Search Engine will be running a session title How…
we movie to canada: annual wmtc movie awards, 2010-11 edition
My annual Movie Season post is appearing later and later every year, but at long last, I've carved out the time to write it. We started out with TV serieses…
Sink Or Swim
The Gerry Nichols column denotes the difference between philosophy and partisanship. I believe political subsidies are a good thing in Canada, the reforms Chretien enacted took organized money out of…
Lawrence Martin on the Shortcomings of the Press
Lawrence martin, in a piece called Has the fourth estate lost its tenacity? wonders whether it is the failure to offer much followup on stories of abuse of authority, dirty…
Watch: Steve Nash endorses marriage equality with video
"A growing number of professional athletes are speaking out in support of gay and lesbian couples getting married. I'm proud to be one of them. Join me and the super-majority…
The Grim Queen and the Two Four Holiday
Well if you live in English Canada today was Victoria Day. The day when you remember the grim old Queen, who came to symbolize both sexual repression and hypocrisy.The one…
Dressing it up for ArtsPark
ArtsPark is this weekend! This is a day-long extravaganza of music, art and family fun. Also it's a great place to check out the offerings from some of our best…
Building the Iceberg — New Liberals, Clear Grits, and Phoenixes
Almost two weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the challenges that face the Liberal Party of Canada. It received a small bit of media attention and more. In…
Liberals & Separatism
It is not the time for the Liberal Party to unite with separatists; it is the time to recognize that we as a party, and as a country, already have.…
The Church of the NDP is closed, and good riddance!
Typical NDP meeting in days of yore. Below: Jack Layton.In the last hours of the 2011 federal election campaign, as word of Jack Layton’s Orange Wave spread to a wondering…
The Austerity for thee doctrine.
Now that the Harper Admin has it's majority and the rubber stamp senate, it is time to make some big changes. Of course, since the Harper Admin is nothing except…
Israeli newspaper reports U.S. may scrap F-35
A radar-evading F-35 “Flying Bathtub” fighter waits on the tarmac for takeoff. Below, U.S. Sen. John McCain in jet-flying duds, back in the day.Well, you know how it goes: here…
One Week Left to Call Liberal Leadership Convention
I wonder what the rules will be? What's the deposit? What is the maximum amount the contestants can spend? Where will it be? Who's the chairs of the big event?…
O’Bama in Ireland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13509822"My name is Barack Obama, of the Moneygall O'Bamas, and I've come home to find the apostrophe we lost somewhere along the way". - Saint Obama in Ireland.The adventures of…
Hack Pundit Of The Week: Mark Bonokoski
I'm a little late in responding to this but I would argue that the stupidity emanating from Mark Bonokoski is just as pungent as it was last week. Bono, as…
Bellicose Baird Is Canada’s Angry Voice On The World Stage
"While it is true that international diplomats will weigh substance over style when assessing Canada’s new foreign minister, in terms of making decisions with global implications, Baird’s recent track record…