Well, it looks like the teenage rebellion on facebook is working, McGuinty is now indicating that he may change his mind on the proposed ban. I’ve blogged about this here and here in the past. 
Class, what are the lessons to be learned so far?

Spreading the word on facebook on mass
Calling & e-mailing your politicians
Consistent media outreach/coverage

That’s a [...]

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I hope American judges will decide this matter in the same spirit that the Canadian supreme court has ruled in the past. Separate is not equal. Frankly, this should have never even gone to a referendum. Rights of a minority should always be protected from the reign of a majority. There was something terribly immoral about the whole [...]

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Conservatives are looking to cut party subsidies, I can only imagine how the debate in parliament will go down when this comes up. 
I say, if Conservatives really want to save taxpayers dollars, they should end the lawsuit they have against Elections Canada for the 1.1 million they overspent in the 2006 election.

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The argument for and against is argued well by two senior professors and co-bloggers on the Becker-Posner Blog. Becker (economist and professor) argues against providing a bailout and Posner (judge and senior lecturer in law) argues for it, at least for now.  
I tend to agree with Posner and those who argue that during a recession and [...]

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Its painful to watch:

Thanks to Teji B (as he is known on facebook) for sending me a link to that video. 

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I’ve watched the human rights debate on Michael Coren Show, posted by My Blahg. It featured Noa Mendelsohn Aviv from Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Mike Brock, Bernie Farber from Canadian Jewish Congress and Warren Kinsella.
I was surprised to see how weak the argument against Human Rights Commissions really was. No matter how eloquent and intelligent the speaker may be, its impossible to [...]

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There is something buzzing on Facebook in Ontario. In a matter of days, high school students, young adults and university students flocked to protest proposed changes on Facebook groups (you can read more details here), these two seem to be the most popular: 
Young Drivers Against New Ontario Laws - 53,559 members and counting
Stop McGuinty’s new plan for [...]

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