Krugman on America’s Tainted Election
From Paul Krugman’s column in today’s New York Times. With Hillary now ahead by nearly three million votes, Krugman is now calling the Trump presidency tainted.The C.I.A., according to The…
2016
Collus share bid received
My sources tell me PowerStream submitted a bid to purchase the town’s share of the Collus-PowerStream utility, late on Friday, December 9. While the amount was not stated, I am…
More Insight on the Perils of Globalization
He may be best known for defining the ABC’s of globalization in just one line: “democracy, national sovereignty and global economic integration are mutually incompatible: we can combine any two…
亲爱的中国
加拿大不是美国。唐纳德·特朗普是混蛋，不是我们。 真诚，加拿大
Maclean’s Magazine Interview
Maclean’s magazine “The Year in Pictures 2016” special collector’s edition contains a seven-page special section on climate change. In the article Insights on Corporate Sustainability I was interviewed on my…
Justin’s Folly – Selling Death Wagons to a Despotic Regime Going Broke
You remember the Saudi death wagon controversy when the Trudeau regime gave the go ahead to the sale of 15-billion dollars worth of armoured fighting vehicles to Saudi Arabia. Well,…
Henry Giroux on – Of Course, Trump
American public intellectual, Henry Giroux, sees his homeland about to embark on America’s “Second Gilded Age” dominated by “The Rule of Billionaires and Militarists.” During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump…
How Chris Hedges Views Trump – Hint, Not Very Flattering.
Just in case you were thinking that The Donald wasn’t such a bad guy after all, Chris Hedges does his bit to even your keel. Trump is the sick expression…
Going Dark – Trump’s Cadre of Climate Science Skeptics
If we know one thing about Donald Trump it’s that what he says rarely bears much connection with reality. Trump’s words, his promises, are like stale bread crumbs tossed to…
Top 10 Legal Headlines
Here are your top 10 leading leagal headlines from last week. A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Dec 12, 2016 at 8:03am PST – Garry J. Wise,…
This week’s column: it’s our democracy, not yours, you bastards
To whom does democracy belong? Its parentage is uncertain. As with “values” – about which the Lilliputian Kellie Leitch arrogantly claims to be the final arbiter – “democracy” gets invoked…
In Photos: Lessons from the Scene of the Sea Empress Oil Spill
Dr. Robin Crump had a front row seat to one of the world’s worst oil spills. Twenty years ago, on Feb. 15, 1996, the Sea Empress oil tanker ran aground…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of December 12, 2016
Here are this week’s leading legal news stories from Wise Law on Twitter ‘I trusted them fully’: B.C. man, 92, says of son and daughter who took his millions Ban…
Harper’s EI Appeals Process Not Working
This weekend, Quebec unions and activists issued a joint statement on the appeals process in Employment Insurance, calling on Trudeau to review the appeals process. The 2012 budget removed part-time…
Fidel’s Legacy
Although the Toronto Star is my newspaper of choice, there are times when I strongly disagree with its content. Recently, its most prolific writer, Rosie Di Manno, wrote a series…
When Writing Kersplebedeb from Prison
Many people write to Kersplebedeb from inside u.s. prisons. This note is a basic guide to what to expect and what not to expect when doing so. People in prison…
Layla Sabry: found!
Good news to start the week. BREAKING NEWS – Police have found Layla Sabry unharmed, mother arrested. Details here – https://t.co/G37oJa5nVh pic.twitter.com/FypoqOjSwX — NewsTalk 610 CKTB (@610CKTB) December 12, 2016
I predict Canada will be a pile of radioactive ash by, say, Summer
This is how the world ends This is how the world ends Not with bang but with a Trump #uspoli #China https://t.co/Sm8aw2zkNl — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 12, 2016
Trumping O’Leary and Trump
Unlike his father, Justin Trudeau doesn’t wear a rose in his lapel. To many Canadians, however, Justin was a rose. Lately, the bloom has been coming off that rose. Michael…