So my eyes and brain hurt. Tell me why I do this, again?
The other cartoons I put up at LondOntLife were done quickly and briskly on my iPad2 air. The Peanuts parody was another beast all together and took a good day…
May 2017
To Americans He’s Pompous. To Russia, He’s a Giggle.
To Russians, high and low, America’s new president is a laughingstock. U.S. democracy may be facing one of its toughest challenges in hundreds of years, but for Russia, this is…
NAFTA and Labour Rights
I recently spoke at the Standing Committee on International Trade on their study “Priorities of Canadian Stakeholders having an interest in Bilateral and Trilateral trade in North America, between Canada,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Binyamin Appelbaum highlights the strong consensus view that Donald Trump’s planned tax giveaways to the rich will do nothing for overall economic development.…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday May 24, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. Where all matrimonial issues have been resolved as at the…
Eating up the Hill: Sliders with SLOAN in the East Block Courtyard
All of a sudden the weather is nicer in Ottawa, so on Tuesday evening I popped over to the East Block Courtyard for the Society of Composers, Authors and Music…
No One Is Safe
Donald Trump won enough votes in the Electoral College to become president. His voters — in a blind fury — made him the most powerful man in the world. Now…
Smog Free Bike Cleans the Air While You Ride
Daan Roosegaarde designed another piece for his Smog Free Project and it’s a bicycle that cleans the air as you ride through the city. The handlebars contain a filtration system…
The poster boy and the NDP.
Charlie Angus meet Jagmeet Singh. No doubt Charlie Angus MP, candidate for the New Democratic Party leadership has met Jagmeet Singh MPP, the newest candidate for the NDP leadership, before,…
Independent Caucus’s for the Senate
The Senate has just voted for a major shake-up of how members of the Red Chamber align themselves by allowing nine or more members to form a caucus, a substantial…
HuffPo wanted that thing I did on Trudeau, Bernier and Singh
So here it is.
Donald Trump and the Revenge of James Comey
When Donald Trump fired or "terminated" James Comey so soon after blowing him a gangster kiss, hissing in his ear, and seeming to threaten him: He must have thought he…
This Is What Our World Looks Like
In Washington, Kurds protested the arrival of Turkish strongman, Recep Erdogan. As they have in the past, Erdogan’s bodyguards, neatly dressed in suits, waded into the protesters and the capital…
Rachel Notley’s tough talk on pipelines evokes the Peter Lougheed Era of energy policy confrontation
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley at yesterday’s news conference in Edmonton. (Photo: Chris Schwarz, Government of Alberta) Below: Earth scientist David Hughes (Post Carbon Institute photo), B.C. Premier Christy Clark…
Edmonton Election Update: School Board Trustees Now Included.
We are now five months away from the October 2017 municipal elections in Edmonton. Here are some of the latest updates to the list of candidates running in Edmonton’s municipal…
Park Board approves amendments to Park Control Bylaw governing cetaceans
May 16 2017 Vancouver.ca “The Park Board voted last night to amend the Park Control Bylaw after extensive public input, many discussions with Aquarium staff, and a thorough review of…
BC SPCA applauds Parks Board decision on cetacean ban at Vancouver Aquarium
May 16, 2017 The BC SPCA is applauding the Parks Board decision to ban the display of cetaceans at the Vancouver Aquarium as a significant move forward for animal welfare.…
No More Captive Cetaceans
Here is a Facebook posting from David Isbister, one of the community leaders on this initiative. David is a Vancouver born and raised small business owner, activist, musician, and speaker…
Criminality Within WCAI’s Leadership
The fallout from WCAI's Joey De Luca and his dispute with the Alberta Citizens Coalition (ACC) over the planned Edmonton protest at the legislature and subsequent decision to hold his…