Wednesday, October 19, 2016 In mid-September, an expert panel appointed by the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change (the Panel) launched a public review of Canada’s environmental assessment processes…
Conservative Canadian broadcaster Ezra Levant is appealing to the public and his prime minister to intervene in a row with organisers of the upcoming United Nations climate conference. Levant wanted…
I was somewhat surprised to see Stephen Poloz recently urging economists to do more work identifying and disseminating research on the supposed benefits of free trade. That’s slightly beyond his…
Almost 30 months after 25-million cubic metres of contaminated sludge and water swept into lakes and creeks around the Mount Polley Mine, near Williams Lake, MiningWatch Canada has filed a…
Nestled cats.
Donald Trump says he’ll do this. Donald Trump says he’ll do that. And the Gullabillies cherry pick from what Donald Trump says those things that they like and just discard…
The Premier says Saskatchewan doesn’t make a difference in world pollution because of our small population, despite our world-record pollution rate when measured on a per-capita basis. Then he argues…
Which gives me an excuse to post these examples of godlike genius!
Sorry, Hill. This one, your team can’t top. (And, yes, it’s real.)
Just two years ago only four in 10 British Columbians had even heard of the Site C dam. Now, the project — one of the most expensive and environmentally destructive…
There’s a lot of concern in Europe and Asia that a sudden victory over ISIS forces in Iraq could see a lot of dangerous radicals returning to the countries out…
But wait, we haven’t even had the kids at the door for Halloween yet. Apparently with two and a half months yet to go, almost a full season, 2016 is…
A North Dakota judge today refused to authorize riot charges against award-winning journalist Amy Goodman for her reporting on an attack against Native American-led anti-pipeline protesters. “This is a complete…
It is unlikely that Ecuador, supporting whistleblower Julian Assange, deprived him from the opportunity to use internet, says Peter Van Buren, former officer, US State Department’s Foreign Service. The countries…
The province of Ontario recently gave municipal and city councils the ability to reform their voting system. Thanks to Bill 181, municipalities now have the option of using ranked ballot…
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday October 18, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Oct…
During winter snow is cleared from the roads and put into massive piles to melt when warmer weather returns. This might seem simple enough, but it’s a big challenge dealing…
From my jaundiced perspective, Canadians sending a ‘love note’ to America will only add to its unbearable hubris, seen regularly in its conduct on the world stage and in its…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Peter Rossman explains why the CETA falls far short of the mark in accounting for anybody’s interests other than those of big…
Canadians like to think that Donald Trump could never happen here. But he’s been here and left — for the moment. His name was Rob Ford. And he had lots…
