LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday October 4, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Oct…
October 2016
Ontario deficit cut over $5 billion in one year as revenue rolls in — but who will benefit?
The government’s unaudited financial statements for 2015-16 have been released (in lieu of the Public Accounts) and the deficit is down another$700 million from the last government estimate. Combined with…
Environment Destroying CEOs Held Accountable by Shareholders
ShareAction is an organization that is tired of letting CEOs and companies harm the world and are doing something about it. The organization campaigns on behalf of shareholders to represent…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Boyle discusses how the principle of free trade – once intended to empower consumers against monopolies – is instead being used…
Some Symptoms Can’t Be Ignored
As temperatures continue their worldwide inexorable climb, Think Progress has published some graphics showing the effects of climate change on health. You can read the details and see more readable…
Donald Trump: Ego Parentus.
It is truly amazing how Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can put down women so casually and then hide behind one. The question is though whether his daughter Ivanka is…
Could We Have Been Had?
Tom Walkom gives the Trudeau government some credit for reversing the direction of the previous government: The new Liberal government negotiated a deal with the provinces to expand the Canada…
Donald Trump and the Terroristic Man-Toddler
Well now that we know that Donald Trump enjoys the good things in life, but doesn't like to pay for them.Or pay taxes.Now that we've seen how he intends to…
The Strategic Two-Step #nlpoli
There’s a sheet of paper taped on the underside of one of the drawers in the Premier’s desk on the 8th Floor. It’s very old. No one knows for sure…
Rachel Notley’s demand for a pipeline quid pro quo demonstrates the steely side of Alberta’s premier
PHOTOS: Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley. Below: Peter Lougheed, Alberta’s first Progressive Conservative premier, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his father, the late prime minister Pierre Trudeau. GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta…
Introducing PolitiCoast
There’s not much going on here these days but if you’re still following this feed, make sure to check out my new project: PolitiCoast – a Canadian politics podcast. Our…
Topham Launches Charter Challenge
As expected after his conviction on one count of promoting hatred, Arthur Topham has launched his expected Charter challenge: B.C. man convicted of promoting hate on web to challenge law…
This Time, It’s Personal
SOURCE: Speech-Language & Audiology Canada – Saskatoon Health Region Cuts to Audiology & Speech Pathology Positions will Negatively Affect Patient Care Hello blogging my old friend…Well, I’ve certainly pushed my…
This Time, It’s Personal
SOURCE: Speech-Language & Audiology Canada – Saskatoon Health Region Cuts to Audiology & Speech Pathology Positions will Negatively Affect Patient Care Hello blogging my old friend…Well, I’ve certainly pushed my…
Notley searches for her Lougheed moment by demanding oil pipelines for Trudeau’s carbon tax
Demanding the federal government help “break the landlock” and support the construction of oil pipelines from Alberta, Premier Rachel Notley and Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips drew a line…
Review: Extraction!
I spend quite a bit of time thinking about the how to convey grassroots, critical, against-the-dominant-commonsense knowledge about the world. Just in this post, you can see this
Review: Extraction!
I spend quite a bit of time thinking about the how to convey grassroots, critical, against-the-dominant-commonsense knowledge about the world. Just in this post, you can see this
Canada’s New Carbon Price: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Canadians could be forgiven for being a bit confused about how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is doing on climate change these days. Last week he approved one of the largest…
Water isn’t a human right in Canada, but it should be
Photo by Daniel Zimmermann In recent months, there has been a brewing controversy over the use, ownership, and commodification of important natural resources like fresh and clean drinking water. And…
Where I was today
And, yes, I’m a damned good Clinton volunteer. I had the longest commute.