Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 6,2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: PM warns employers will face ‘serious consequences’ if 75% COVID-19 wage subsidies misused Antiquated technology holding Ontario’s justice system back during COVID-19 crisis Summary judgment issued in CIBC employees’ groundbreaking unpaid overtime class action
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On Masks.
Below from the CDC page. Interim Guidance for the Use of Masks to Control Seasonal Influenza Virus Transmission Guidelines and Recommendations Español The following interim CDC guidance was developed in response to questions about the role of masks for controlling seasonal influenza virus transmission. Background Seasonal influenza viruses are
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Paying for Jobs?
After careful study over the past few days, listening to the ideas of others and comparing the programs, I have decided that it is all a terrible waste. The federal government’s big billion bailout for Canadian business is money down the drain. We can do much better. First of all,
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Financial Fustications #nlpoli
If we had Equalization, we’d have a budget surplus. On Friday, 20 Mar 20, Premier Dwight Ball wrote to the Prime minister to say that the financial arse was out of Newfoundland and Labrador. Ball included in the letter not a shred of financial evidence nor did he include any
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Virus-blocking masks are part of our future — it’s time to dump Canada’s unconstitutional anti-mask law
Universal adoption of homemade face masks would have huge health and economic benefits in the current global coronavirus pandemic, says a paper published a few days ago by seven Yale professors. “We estimate that the benefits of each additional cloth mask worn by the public are conservatively in the $3,000-$6,000
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 15 Years of Wise Law Blog
Today is the fifteenth anniversary of this blog’s existence. Thought that was worth mentioning. To all, thanks for reading. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Crowds Descend on Municipal Forest Reserve
Originally published by sixmountains.ca Do visitors need a stronger stay-home message due to COVID-19? The coronavirus has hammered home the greater importance of the 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve for recreation and nature rather than logging. Read more…
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Jason Kenney and the KXL Deal
Last week Mr Kenney threw away (yet again) his belief in the sanctity of the free market by announcing his government (ie. us) would invest $1.5 billion in TC Energy (formerly TCPL) to complete Keystone XL and provide a $6 billion loan guarantee. Saved by the Alberta government Mr Kenney
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Resilience: Another Lesson From The Heart Of The Renaissance
It’s interesting to me to reflect on the fact that Florence and Tuscany have weathered many, many storms and vicissitudes, and have seen empires come and go. Tuscany was culturally rich and ahead of the curve when Rome wasn’t even a village on a muddy river bank, much less a
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: Shirley Douglas – April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020
In every party, union or movement, there are names and people who loom large in it. They leave a huge imprint on the memories and souls of those who are a part of it, becoming synonymous with the movements themselves. It can be hard for anyone to follow in those
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: The Greatest Depression Begins
Goldman Sachs predicts 24% contraction of economy in Q2 alone – and they are the optimistic ones! This is bigger than the Great Depression, by the look of it. Thanks to fascist lockdown. It’s economic warfare: the elite vs the 99%. As both Adam Smith and George Carlin said, “They
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Covid Journal, April 5, 2020
Donald Trump continues to prove that he’s a villian to the planet. He’s trying to get 3M to cut off sales / supply of N95 masks to everyone but the US. He’ll likely provoke a trade war in the process, resulting in some very challenging times for American partners, especially
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Public shut out of Working Group meetings on forest reserve consultation ‘to avoid potential disruption and increase productivity,’ minutes reveal
It took a freedom-of-information request to North Cowichan, but sixmountains.ca has finally obtained the official minutes of the first meeting of the citizens’ Working Group that is helping to guide public consultation on the Municipal Read more…
Continue readingStuart Mackinnon's BetterParks for Vancouver: Park Board launches Champions program to support physical distancing in parks, on beaches
Public safety is the highest priority of the Park Board and the public is being urged to adhere to the directives of staying 2 metres apart. Camil Dumont, Chair of the Vancouver Park Board April 4 2020 The Vancouver Park Board is introducing a new public awareness campaign about the importance
Continue readingKersplebedeb: The Politics of the Blockade by Devin Zane Shaw
I wrote this essay in late February 2020, in response to the state suppression of blockades across Canada. The blockades remain an important touchstone for militant politics, for it is likely that the Canadian settler-state will intensify resource extraction under the pretense of funding economic “recovery” and “paying back” the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jim Stanford writes about the need for a new Marshall Plan to rebuild once we’ve won the fight against COVID-19: For many years to come, Canada’s economy will rely on public service, public investment and public entrepreneurship as the main drivers of
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Canadian TV masterpiece “Schitt’s Creek” comes to an end…
Billboard promoting Schitt’s Creek this season I just want to write a quick shout-out to the great TV comedy Schitt’s Creek, which is coming to a series end this Tuesday April 7th. Beautifully written, produced, directed, and acted, this quirky little show has become a major hit across the world
Continue readingMagpie Brûlé: A Constructive Proposal for the Moment
As our country and provinces respond to Covid-19, we’ve seen a heartening coming together by people from across party lines to tackle the problems that are coming each day. We’ve seen all parties put ideas out there, good ones that governments have then acted upon for the betterment of everyone.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: You need to wear a mask. Here’s how.
From the Washington Post. [Joseph G. Allen is an assistant professor of exposure and assessment science, director of the Healthy Buildings Program at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health] First, masks of any type help prevent the user from infecting others by acting as a physical barrier that
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Six Founding Principles Of Good Government
Or, Public Policy 101: Tax “Bads”, Not Goods Public policy, or government policy, should reflect certain basic principles. Let’s set out a few. Not everyone will agree, but polls repeatedly show the great majority, from the moderate grassroots right, across to the left, in general agree, and in general strongly
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