Corporate Personhood Alert!
We have to spend some time this week carefully watching BC business playing good cop and bad cop. The good cop is opposing the idea of a corporate tax rate…
Way to go Globe & Mail
In a rare bit of mostly accurate legal reporting, the Globe managed to actually give the case citation for the legal action it reported on. Well done Globe. Well done.…
Alternet: 8 Progressive Superheroes
Who are your progressive super heroes?
= BOOM!!!
... Tory Majority + NDP opposition. Mark my words. Although maybe me and my wife can load up our Cavalier and make a dash for the The Free Republic of…
If this is Friday, it must be yes…
Or is it no? First, they were going to give Danny his cash for his hockey team. Then 24 hours later they decided - emphatically and unequivocally – that the…
Twitter Tuesday: Doubling-down on Santorum’s "Man-on-dog" slippery slope.
The blogger previously known as ALL-CAPS SUZANNE FORTIN (but who you cannot refer to by name now, lest she throw a twitter tantrum over it) has once again unwittingly illustrated…
Twitter Tuesday: Doubling-down on Santorum’s "Man-on-dog" slippery slope.
The blogger previously known as ALL-CAPS SUZANNE FORTIN (but who you cannot refer to by name now, lest she throw a twitter tantrum over it) has once again unwittingly illustrated…
Twitter Tuesday: Doubling-down on Santorum’s "Man-on-dog" slippery slope.
The blogger previously known as ALL-CAPS SUZANNE FORTIN (but who you cannot refer to by name now, lest she throw a twitter tantrum over it) has once again unwittingly illustrated…
Warman Vs. Free Dominion: A Few Threads Tied Up
As part of his on-going legal action against the on-line forum Free Dominion, Ottawa human rights lawyer Richard Warman has been trying to get IP addresses and other information from…
The Devil, You Say
At dinner last night, we talked a little about a lot of things. I fear I did most of the chatting, but that should surprise no one. Your name came…
Reductio ad argentum: senatorial elections version
With the Conservatives who have been running the province since 2003, everything reduces to cash. For them, the only principle is cash. Not surprisingly, when it comes to the idea…
First Ad of Ontario 2011
A And it's a doozy. A minute long, this is one of the most positive ads I've ever heard yet. It's actually pretty damn awesome, when you get right down…
Reform the Senate but do it constitutionally
As reported this morning by the Canadian Press and posted at HuffPo, Québec is serving notice that if Harper continues with his plans to unilaterally "reform" the Senate, it will…
pgib attack gary mar with ad channeling michael ignatieff.
The hyper-conservative Progressive Group for Independent Business is targeting Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Gary Mar with a low-quality online campaign ad. The ad compares Mr. Mar’s four years as Alberta’s…
Reorganizing Canada: Rep by Pop, or Rep by Special Clauses?
Blogger Far and Wide (one of my favourites, a guy definitely worth reading) came out with a post today talking about how it may not be in the best interests…
Reform without a vision
Since the Conservatives have a majority government, they’ve been talking about Senate reform again. Mind you, it's being done in their usual clumsy, uneducated way, which seems to assume three…
Another Reason to Be Bilingual: Provided You Use It, You Don’t "Lose It" as Fast
It's official: being a bilingual who uses both his or her languages regularly means you're less likely "to lose it" mentally. Or rather, research by York University's Ellen Bialystok and…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 31, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Govt pledges to help workers cheated by employers - Toronto Star -http://goo.gl/DDtGRA Meaner Canada : Junk Politics and the Omnibus…
Hidden Agenda?
The Ontario Tories bared more than their...uhh...private members...this weekend, releasing their election platform (summarized by CP here).I've always been a fan of parties releasing their platforms early - it gives…
Driving Down Car Use in Great Britain
A recent article in The Independent highlights how car use in England is on the decline. A combination of factors (including high gas prices, poor congestion, and general disdain for…