What a time we live in when children have to tell adults to behave responsibly. But such times these are. Consider Greta Thunberg and Donald Trump. Which, we might ask, is the adult in the room. Greta, who has the wisdom but no power, or Donald, who has the power
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Andrew Scheer is done like dinner — What Will Jason Do?
After an unsuccessful election campaign his supporters expected him to win, Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer has been accused by someone of dipping his paws into Conservative Party of Canada funds to pay for his children’s private-school education. Accordingly, Mr. Scheer is done like dinner. Innocent or not, he has resigned.
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legally Adulting in Toronto
Last night, WISE LAW held its final Legally Adulting community seminar for 2019 at Creeds Coffee Bar on Dupont Street in downtown Toronto. Thank you to everyone who attended last night and for your active participation and input. We hope the experience was as enjoyable for you as it was for us hosting this wonderful event. We have
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: How big is track lawsuit threat after North Cowichan Council rejection?
This is an excellent update from the Discourse on the North Cowichan- Racetrack Controversy. RH North Cowichan again denied the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit’s expansion plans this week. Jacqueline Ronson/The Read more…
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Scheer Surprise
Well folks, one of the most-watched things in Canadian politics was the fate of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. What would come of him? Would he remain or walk away? Would he fight it out right to their April convention and a leadership review vote? How would his caucus and members
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Highly-scientific poll™️: who should be the next Tory leader?
Who should the #CPC pick? — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 12, 2019
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: WokeBroTasticry — Jane Clare Jones
So, for safety sake, I’m going to delete some of my tweets from yesterday. Given the general hilarity that ensued, I thought I’d preserve some of the threads before I do… Prelude – ‘It’s Funny How This Feminism Is So Attractive to Men’ *BOOM* Scene 1 – ‘Trans Ideology Does
Continue readingtcnorris: What would the October election have looked like if based on PR
After I published my previous blogpost on December 9 I received a comment on Facebook asking what the results would have looked like using proportional representation. Good question. I have now done just such a calculation, the results of which can be found below. In the post I emphasized that
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: BREAKING: Andrew Scheer resigns
Wow. Justin Trudeau’s life has just become more complicated. From the Globe: Andrew Scheer has decided to resign as Conservative leader after a disappointing election loss and facing internal party divisions over his ability to lead the party, sources say. Mr. Scheer called a special caucus meeting Thursday morning where
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the Libs’ throne speech continues their pattern of paying lip service to climate action while using public resources to make matters worse. For those interested in the calculations as to the climate impact of new pipelines, the numbers I’ve used are as follows. Brian Jean called here
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: You’ve Been Warned
Should the legislative branch of the American government do what a functioning democracy requires and hold an out-of-control President to account, mayhem will ensue, according to Trump Nation: Trump supporters at the president's rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania tell CBS News their thoughts on impeachment and the possibility of his removal:
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: How Donald Really Feels
Donald Trump has finally let it be known how he really feels about Justin Trudeau. Erin Banco and Asawin Suebsaeng report in The Daily Beast that: The famously sensitive American president lashed out during a closed-door meeting at the White House with more than a dozen ambassadors to the United
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: The Vilification of Jeremy Corbyn
UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a rally in Birmingham, December 5, 2019 (Flickr). The vilification of the leader of the UK Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, as an antisemite has intensified in the run up to the December 12 election in Britain. What makes this especially troubling, not
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Laurie Macfarlane writes about the interconnected economic, democratic and environmental crises facing the UK – and the opportunity voters have to address all three in today’s election. And a group of political and thought leaders from around the globe lends its support
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Labour’s manifesto promises to transform Britain. Why are the middle classes so hostile to it?
UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn at the Party of European Socialists (PES) Council, 2016 (Flickr). This general election is unique in ways that transcend Brexit. Over the decades that I have been observing British politics, never before have I witnessed a consensus so widespread and powerful regarding the country’s
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The Trudeau Liberals lose
Politics is all about symbols. And, this week, the federal government was defeated, symbolically. Canadians, and the Opposition, are deeply dissatisfied with the government’s approach to China. Two Canadians are still being held hostage by the Chinese; the Chinese government has slapped trade bans on key Canadian imports, like canola
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: United Conservative Party – It is a Conspiracy!!
It would be nice if our current government would start taking responsibility for the mess that they are creating. Blaming the “Anti-Alberta Conspiracy” for the lacklustre economic performance of the economy reeks of desperation and deceit. Alberta’s Premier is busily talking out of both sides of his mouth when it
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Whatever we do, we’re wrong.
Have you been following the adventures of Huawei? Do you realize now why Bell Canada was so wrong when it dumped Nortel Networks? The once famous Bell subsidiary did not just encompass Canada’s past leadership in telecom technology, it was our future. Bell blew it. Bell has always been a
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The ‘War Room’ finally launches: $30-million and all we got was this lousy website?
The mighty voice of Alberta’s beleaguered oil industry, the long promised and much-touted $30-million “Energy War Room,” stumbled out of the starting gate yesterday after a news conference in Calgary graced by the presence of Premier Jason Kenney and Energy Minister Sonya Savage. At least, as the self-described purveyor of
Continue readingCanadian Trends: Alberta’s "energy war room" officially launches (with a half-assed blog and ratio’d video)
It’s finally here! The great $30 million per year energy war room who’s name has been politically corrected to the “Canadian Energy Centre” (because all the best propaganda masquerades as something it’s not). They’ve debuted with a fancy video in which “it just is” features as some sort of argument
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