Squeal Like A Pig
One of our true national treasures, Linda McQuaig (why has she not received an Order of Canadah?) recently wrote an article detailing the abysmal conditions under which pigs await slaughter.…
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Henhouse Alert
Welcome to Ontario, A Place To Grow and Open For Business. Depending upon whether you are a private driver or a commercial operator, you will soon be sporting one of…
Guest Post: A Response To Flying Blind
Yesterday’s post dealt with the announcement that a degree of self-regulation is to be conferred on the airline industry by the Trudeau government. Given the fraught history of self-regulation in…
Flying Blind
Many will recall that during the Harper era, our country moved toward greater self-regulation in various industries, often with disastrous results. From tainted meat to railway disasters, the lesson is…
Where Do People Stand In The Harper Hierarchy?
The answer would seem to be, “Nowhere near the top.” As discussed in yesterday’s post on CETA, leaked documents confirm that Canadian sovereignty, something all citizens should have a right…
If you can’t trust Postmedia when it reports on oil and the environment, when can you trust it?
If you can’t trust your Postmedia website, who can you trust? I mean, other than Alberta Diary. Regardless, don’t blame these poor guys. They’re just trying to earn a living.…
Industry Self-Regulation – Another Update
Last week I wrote two posts on the Harper regime’s ideological decision not to impose mandatory reporting of drug shortages on the pharmaceutical industry. The government instead has placed its…
Industry Self-Regulation – An Update
Yesterday I wrote a post about the plight of Ryan Harrington, the young man who, were it not for a drug called Celontin, would suffer upwards of 200 seizures a…
Industry ‘Self-Regulation’
In a world rife with the environmental, economic and social consequences of unfettered capitalism, the term ‘industry self-regulation’ has always struck me as little more than a oxymoron. Examples abound…