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When procrastinating from law school, I write about politics, tech, or whatever else I'm interested in. Feel free to tweet me up (@devinjohnston).
When procrastinating from law school, I write about politics, tech, or whatever else I'm interested in. Feel free to tweet me up (@devinjohnston).
I've been wondering why the Liberals haven't pushed harder to compel the government to release the documents requested by the House of Commons. At least a few observers have suggested that the Martin Liberal government may have known about torture allegations long before the Harper government came to power.
There are some observers who are wondering why the impaired driving and cocaine possession charges were dropped. Akin's suggestion that the judge's political views may have been a factor may be a stretch - it doesn't explain the Crown's decisision-making - though it could possibly explain why the judge accepted the agreement.
This is a brilliant parody of basically every daytime story on every 24-hour news network everywhere.
I'm glad to see that prorogation hasn't stopped people from asking tough questions.
I'm very proud to be a New Democrat today
Give it a rest, Kenney. You lost the same-sex marriage debate.
CCTV does not reduce crime. I rarely helps to solve crime. It does present a significant challenge to privacy rights.
Canadians are right.
Typical.
If you don't read Noise to Signal yet, you've been missing out.
The Conservatives don't actually understand how tax rates affect the deficit.
A national childcare program is one of the top priorities that a federal NDP government would pursue.
Of course not. The full file would be extremely damning to both CSIS and successive Liberal and Progressive Conservative federal governments.
Sometimes legislators don't understand the subtleties of the world.
Delacourt does a good job of finding the common thread in a number of recent headlines
Google has been tossing around the idea of toying with the fundamental technologies and protocols of the net for a little while now. In the long run, this could significantly improve the speed and efficiency of the net, allowing developers to make better, faster web applications rich with AJAX-y goodness.
"Extending benefits would result in higher EI benefit costs until such time as high unemployment rates begin to decline. However, these benefits are a highly effective form of temporary economic stimulus, flowing directly to the principal victims of the recession and to especially hard-hit communities. The huge surplus accumulated in the EI Account before the recession can and should be drawn upon if it is needed."
