LawFact of the Day: Civil Litigation
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday October 6, 2016. Today we are talking about Civil Litigation. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Oct…
October 2016
China is Getting Serious about Climate Change
China rightfully gets a lot of flak for its environmental policies; they are listening and acting on received criticism. Previously we noted that China started to close coal plants and…
While We Were Sleeping
… the world changed, but not in a good way. Recommend this Post
Election day is not a holiday.
One of the objectives of the current special parliamentary committee on electoral reform in Canada is to look at ways of encouraging more people to vote. To-date they have considered…
Beware Third Choices
Hillary Clinton is a flawed candidate. All presidential candidates are. I have argued in this space that, given who Donald Trump is, voting for a third party candidate is highly…
Michelle Rempel and the Madness of Harperland
It could only happen in Alberta, or in the battered petro-state that Stephen Harper bequeathed this country formerly known as Harperland.For on the day that our parliament endorsed the Paris…
Canada’s Dippers: taking the democracy out of politics #nlpoli
The guy who didn’t know what electoral district he lived in likes proportional representation. Provincial Dipper boss Earle “More Austerity” McCurdy was so excited Wednesday that he talked to a…
The trouble with transparency – CADO version #nlpoli
“How do you deal with a government computer system that is hopelessly out of date it wants you to ‘update’ your Internet browser to a version that is actually three…
A compelling counter-narrative: Are Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley singing from the same hymn book?
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Chris Schwarz, Premier of Alberta/Flickr). Below: Brad Wall, Saskatchewan’s cranky premier; a tease from the Calgary Herald’s web page…
Thank you to the teachers who helped spark my interest in Alberta politics
Today is World Teachers’ Day, which is held annually on 5 October as part of a UNESCO initiative to appreciate, assess, and improve the educators of the world. In this…
October 2016 Bits and Bites: Religious Bigotry Edition
We start with some rather ugly news from Calgary today: Anti-Muslim posters at University of Calgary prompt rally of supportBy Robson Fletcher, CBC News Posted: Oct 04, 2016 2:07 PM…
Top 5 Questions Christy Clark is Dodging by Cancelling the Fall Sitting
Christy Clark doesn’t like Victoria. At least, she said as much in an interview with the National Post: “I try never to go over there. Because it’s sick. It’s a…
A Tax on Everything Is Coming
Run for the hills! .@CNN #PriceOnCarbon article: "because we've been so slow to act on this crisis, bold action is now required" https://t.co/PvV1Y1oFdM — Pembina Institute (@Pembina) October 5, 2016…
Before You Cancel That Telus Contract!
because the company favors a price on carbon, read Rebel Media’s (that’s Ezra Levant’s latest venture, if you haven’t been paying attention) fight back letter! Note the fifth and seventh…
Before You Cancel That Telus Contract!
because the company favors a price on carbon, read Rebel Media’s (that’s Ezra Levant’s latest venture, if you haven’t been paying attention) fight back letter! Note the fifth and seventh…
The Elks Want to Throw Me Out – What Are My Rights?
One of the most obscure areas of law is "club law". This deals with the rights of members of clubs to have fair hearings when dealing with clubs they belong…
13 Ways to Kill Collingwood
I found it! I stumbled across the secret manifesto The Block is using to destroy Collingwood. It’s in a book called “13 Ways to Kill Your Community” (Frontenac House, 2010)…
Oct. 5: the news we weren’t told about.
Just a brief review of the irving press, and what a newspaper should not be.1. There’s nothing in it worth reading. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. 2. The front page headline is…
Real Change or Another Hollow Gesture?
So a carbon tax it is then. Ten dollars a ton for the first year, stepping up by an additional ten dollars a ton over the span of five years.…
Hydro Reservoirs Produce Way More Emissions Than We Thought: Study
Hydropower is usually touted as clean energy, but a new study has found man-made reservoirs are producing far more greenhouse gases than previously believed, with most of those emissions in…