Accidental Deliberations: Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – The Climate Change Performance Update’s latest update shows Canada tumbling to the bottom of the world’s development countries in climate performance – even as right-wing petropoliticians demand that we make matters worse. Justin Ling discusses how we’ve ended up with that painful gap
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: April 22, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Opening Statements in Trump’s Criminal Trial to Begin Monday #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/yckcsfz9 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingThings Are Good: eBikes are Killing the Oil Industry
This Earth Day it’s good to reflect on one’s own love for the planet Earth. If you want to express your love and appreciation for this ball of rock and air that orbits then Sun then you should ride a bike everyday. If an ordinary bike isn’t your style then
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Capital gains tax hike sends clear message to wealthiest Canadians
A marginal increase in the taxation of capital gains will not have a negative impact on investment and claims of lower productivity are unfounded, writes Muneeb Javaid of Canadians for Tax Fairness. Photo from Pixabay. Budget 2024 took a significant step towards tax fairness by increasing the capital gains inclusion
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: like father, unlike son
The terror groups, and their supporters, are busy. In the neighborhoods lived in by those they hate, they have firebombed mailboxes and public buildings. They have attacked banks and the residences of politicians. They have attacked government buildings, and businesses where people go to shop. They have issued statements about
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Ghada Alatrash: I almost lost my life waiting for emergency care in a Canadian hospital
Four weeks ago, I almost lost my life while waiting for emergency care in a Calgary hospital. The ironic part of the story is that I always thought of Canada as having saved my life from the brutal Syrian dictatorship I fled more than 30 years ago. But never would
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of April 22, 2024
– Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 22, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 22, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: Tribunal dismisses appeal of former Toronto cop who was fired after tweeting workplace harassment allegations ‘Rust’ Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Is Sentenced for Involuntary Manslaughter Trump’s historic hush money trial begins with jury selection
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: How to make Canada’s $10-a-day child care program work
Rally at Queen’s Park in support of early childhood educators, November 2022. Photo by Alana Powell/X. On March 28, 2024, the federal government made headlines with a new $1 billion investment aimed at expanding child care spaces across Canada. The new investment does a lot, such as offering low-cost loans
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Bill Maher – I Think He Is Starting to Get It.
The queering of our culture needs to stop. It has flown under the radar as “inclusion” and “diversity” but its goal is neither. Queer identity is an identity without an essence, it exists in opposition to every norm in society. Some norms in society DO need changing, but not all
Continue readingAlberta Politics: How did Danielle Smith know about an anonymous letter alleging dirty deeds at the city of Edmonton before it arrived?
Albertans are being asked to believe the provincial government doesn’t keep copies of every piece of correspondence it receives, including some it formally acts upon. Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). To say this strains credulity understates the matter considerably. Yet this is precisely what Alberta Premier
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: April is the Cruelest Month
A few snowflakes this morning, but the ponds at the Technoparc were clear and the geese were cruising. Still, spring seems a long way off,,,
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: It’s About Over-Extraction
The Liberals say that their budget is about restoring generational fairness. Some economists say that the problem is over-extraction. Evan Dyer writes: “Income matters less than it used to. Access to secure housing matters so much more,” said Paul Kershaw, a professor at the UBC School of Population and Public
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Support for Ukraine and Israel
(And read to the end for a Trump fart joke!) Today I was very glad to see the US support for Ukraine and for Israel approved by the House — now only was it great to see the aid approved itself, but also it was a demonstration that Trump and
Continue readingJeff Jedras: Eating off the Hill: Sea Smoke Restaurant and Bar in Halifax
For lunch I walked over to another spot on my recommended list, on the Halifax waterfront at Bishop’s Landing a stone’s throw from The Bicycle Thief: Sea Smoke Restaurant and Bar. Unlike my late night dinner at The Bicycle Thief, it was daylight and I was shown to a cozy table
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