Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Ed Finn reminds us that "free trade" agreements have always served to increase the wealth and power of those who already have the most…
2016
Tsartlip Elder Takes Gordon Wilson To Task At North Saanich-Steelhead LNG Meeting
Independent film maker Gary McNutt captured this exchange at the Sidney LNG meeting a couple of weeks ago. Tsartlip Elder Fraser Smith was not taking any bullshit from Premier Christy…
Musical interlude
Lumineers - Stubborn Love
Spiralizing out of control
I bought myself a spiral veggie cutter recently – a spiralizer, they’re called – after hearing a friend rave on about how wonderful his was. And since I both like…
Reflections on RELAW: The role of stories in law
Friday, June 17, 2016 West Coast is excited to launch the Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Ai...
Alaskans Find Flaw in B.C. Study Showing Acid Drainage from Abandoned Mine Does Not Affect Fish
Acid mine drainage from the Tulsequah Chief mine in northwest B.C. has worried and infuriated Southeast Alaskans for almost six decades and concerns have again peaked with a new analysis…
Alaskans Find Flaw in B.C. Study Showing Acid Drainage from Abandoned Mine Does Not Affect Fish
Acid mine drainage from the Tulsequah Chief mine in northwest B.C. has worried and infuriated Southeast Alaskans for almost six decades and concerns have again peaked with a new analysis…
June 17:Lots of news.
But not in the Irving press.Here is the report on the "Russian mobilization for war" that the editors of the irving press figure we don't need to know. Read it…
After the fall: The world needs more Meat Loaf
PHOTOS: My only, terrible, mobile phone photo of Meat Loaf on stage, before the fall. Below: The author and his daughter in their Meat Loaf T-shirts, likely to become a…
Pith and Substance
In Canadian constitutional law the division of jurisdictions is based on legislative power being exercised within limited heads of power - for example property and civil rights. But to determine…
Pith and Substance
In Canadian constitutional law the division of jurisdictions is based on legislative power being exercised within limited heads of power - for example property and civil rights. But to determine…
The TPP is a Bad Idea, part 27
On June 16th the House Committee on International Trade held its 27th meeting about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Canadian Labour Congress, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Scott Sinclair, and…
For fathers and men everywhere: enough rage and thuggery. Be the person you were meant to be
Between the mass shooting at Pulse in Orlando, the assassination of Jo Cox and this dude rolling on his motor, waving a gun in the air I am beside myself…
Anti-Reality Positions on Climate Change Have No Place in Mainstream Discourse
It must be difficult being a climate change denier today. It’s not that any sudden flood of facts and evidence have suddenly been made available which quashes any serious dispute…
Anti-Reality Positions on Climate Change Have No Place in Mainstream Discourse
It must be difficult being a climate change denier today. It’s not that any sudden flood of facts and evidence have suddenly been made available which quashes any serious dispute…
Oh, I Don’t Know, I Suppose They Think Slavery Isn’t Good Enough for Them.
Young Americans are giving up on capitalism. That's the angle of an article from Foreign Policy. The report paints a grim but familiar scenario.Imagine that you’re twenty years old. You…
Justin Trudeau and the Un-Googling of Stephen Harper
As you probably know I have been extremely pleased by the systematic way Justin Trudeau and his Liberals have been demolishing Stephen Harper's foul legacy.Scrapping his monuments, deep sixing his…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily Law Fact from Wise Law for Friday June 17, 2016. Today we are talking about Employment Law.A video posted by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jun…
Who is reforming policing?
It seems everybody is in on the act these days. The Province of Ontario is reviewing the Police Services Act. The City of Toronto keeps appointing committees to solve its…