Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Daniel Munro highlights how Uber and other service apps manipulate their workers. And The New York Times’ editorial board warns about the…
April 2017
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 11, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. An employee who has been temporarily “laid off” may be…
The CPC leadership race: a lose-lose proposition
Now in HuffPo.
An Excellent Policy Initiative
Although perhaps less than perfect, New York state has taken a bold move in promising free college/university tuition for its residents whose families earn less than $100,000 per year. This…
Usually Chaos
Michael Gerson puts Donald Trump’s attack on Syria in context. It’s not just that Trump is uninformed, he writes. It’s that he’s unformed: Like on health care, he seems to…
Fly the potentially-lethal skies
My recommended ad campaign.
Conservatives in the back stretch.
At most race tracks today, the race fans are offered television views of the back stretch. It helps them follow the race, recognizing that most of the positioning moves in…
United Breaks Faces
@Limericking United was breaking guitarsStill not among corporate starsThey bloodied manHe's no longer a fanof their work. He'd rather take cars. — Saskboy (@saskboy) April 11, 2017 United became famous…
Cell phone video of Nazi comparison in Red Deer Catholic high school class on abortion should raise political questions
PHOTOS: A screen shot of the video at the moment it makes its controversial comparison. Below: Alberta Education Minister David Eggen, Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney as a young man…
Nobel Laureates Assailed Honorary Canadian Citizen Aung San Suu Kyi Over Myanmar’s Persecution Of Rohingya People
In a recent scathing open letter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other Nobel Laureates assail fellow laureate, human rights icon, and honorary Canadian citizen, Aung San Suu Kyi, over her country’s…
While We’re All Worked Up About Chemical Weapons and Innocent Babies
Maybe Donald Trump can spare a thought of two for all the innocent babies who continue to fall victim to Agent Orange in Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, American forces…
Ghomeshi’s Back
Jian Ghomeshi is trying to stage a comeback in the form of a pretentious podcast he’s calling The Ideation Project. Ghomeshi 2.0 – the Ideation Project.
The Anthropocene Equation
This may be a bit difficult to get your head around but a pair of scientists have worked out a new equation to gauge how quickly we – you and…
Vancouverites like gentle rain, and even torrential downpours. We don’t, however, like rain that comes from the side apparently.
What your ‘Vanniversary’ says about Vancouver The City of Vancouver set out to discover more about the people who live here Martha Perkins / Vancouver Courier April 8, 2017 09:25…
I’m Sure He’s Packing His Bags Right Now
Don’t push your luck, Bashar al Assad. Justin Trudeau has said there’s no place for you any longer in Syria. Now Assad, and this goes for you too Putin, you’re…
United we beat Enbridge: Celebrating the defeat of Northern Gateway with the people of Haida Gwaii
Monday, April 10, 2017 West Coast Environmental Law was happy to accept an invitation to attend a celebration in Gaaw (Old Massett) on March 25, co-hosted by Haida Gwaii CoAST…
This week’s column: CPC, losers
Can you lose by winning? It’s not a riddle, it’s a fair question. Surveying the wreckage that now litters the Conservative landscape, it’s a timely question, too. Because, make no…
No, New Brunswick, Don’t. Just Don’t.
I read it in The Guardian so it must be true. “Canadian province gambles future on marijuana’s ‘extreme growth potential.'”Some 100,000 Canadians currently use medical marijuana – and the number…
April 10: The Return of Naziism
April 8, front page of Canada&World news – big story – “Man gets jail for sunglasses smash and grab at vision clinic.” Wow! That changes my day.Today, almost half of…