Supporting the Guardian
I usually start my day taking a look around the world to see what’s going on. The look includes perusing three websites, the CBC, the Guardian and Al Jazeera, and…
2016
Five points about Trudeau
So. I’ve been reading some of the commentariat’s year-end stuff. Short version: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in trouble, blah blah blah. He isn’t. Five points: • Trudeau has had…
Awan v. Levant
My exceedingly-small role in this case, which has been going on for years: when I saw these young people being brutalized in print by Messrs. Whyte, Wells et al., I…
Prince Charles Gets It, Warns of the Return of the Ghosts of 30s Populism
Echoes of the past, the 1930s to be more specific. Around the world nations are plunging into the pit of populism and the heir to Britain’s throne won’t bite his…
What’s Missing in Media Coverage of Canada’s Pipeline Debate
If you read any commentary in the wake of Trudeau’s pipeline approvals, you might have come across the sentiment that pipeline opponents are “environmental NIMBYs” and “angry mobs” who are…
Christmas in the Technosphere: How to Lift the Weight of the World
How much stuff will you give and receive this holiday season? Add it to the growing pile — the 30-trillion-tonne pile. That’s how much technology and goods humans have produced,…
Capitalism’s Obituary
In The Tyee, Crawford Killian reviews the writings of Wolfgang Streek, director emeritus of the Max Plank Institute, who sees a decidedly dystopian future in the wake of an impending…
Dec. 22: Wow! a big change in the irving press!
For some time now, the irving press commentary page has featured the opinions of the propagandists who write for The Fraser Institute. But lately, it has been featuring the propagandists…
#RealChange wearing thin: A look back at Trudeau’s first year
We’re one year into Justin Trudeau’s government of #RealChange, yet it’s mostly the rhetoric not the policies that have changed. Some of the shine is finally wearing off. Whether approving…
The Best Christmas Sermon You Might Get This Year
It comes from Bishop Markus Droge of the Berlin Evangelical Church in his comments about this week’s Christmas market atrocity. From an interview in Deutsche Welle: People are rattled, frightened…
Life Insurance: Your Money’s Life After Debt
BY PAUL B. ADAM, ASSOCIATE LAWYER In a post last week, I made reference to the argument that estate assets should be taxed after death, forjust the CRA, though! Many…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Linda McQuaig writes about the dangerous spread of privatized health care which threatens to undermine our universal system: Privatization advocates want us…
The Caregiver’s Christmas Carol
On the First Day of Christmas on my list of things to do: I cooked dinner for my fa-mi-ly. On the Second Day of Christmas on my list of things…
New column day
Here, on Justin Trudeau’s broken health care promises – and the need for a concerted provincial push for an equal partnership in maintaining and enhancing a universal health care system…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estate
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thusday December 22, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
Guest Post: An Incompatible Marriage
In response to my post the other day featuring some stellar letters from Star readers on inequality, regular commentator Pamela MacNeil offered an insightful analysis of the fundamental incompatibility between…
The Caregiver’s Christmas Carol
On the First Day of Christmas on my list of things to do: I cooked dinner for my fa-mi-ly. On the Second Day of Christmas on my list of things…
The World We Hoped We Had Outgrown
Twenty-five years ago, some people were writing obituaries for the nation state — and Francis Fukuyama was proclaiming the end of history. But, Robert Muggah writes, they got it wrong:…
Donald Trump’s Insane War on Wind Turbines
Of all the horrible things Donald Trump is threatening to do, and there are so many, his promise to end the war against climate change is the worst.For there is…
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien tops this week’s Audreys Books Best Sellers List
Here is this week’s list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON…