Greyhound and RCMP Bring #StarlightTours To Manitoba
Do you remember the Starlight Tours? Now you don’t have to be drunk to experience this police mistreatment, only be a First Nations person who is unwell. A shameful story…
May 2017
Too Good/Bad to Be True? The End of Internal Combustion Propulsion?
It’s been rumoured to be coming. Now it seems that a truly seismic event may be almost on our doorstep. A report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) shows that…
NDP Brings Greens Most Pinecones
Title in honour of a Beaverton joke. Andrew Weaver brings up the issue of Kinder Morgan as something he couldn't overlook when negotiating. — Chandler Grieve (@CTVNewsChandler) May 29, 2017…
B.C. Greens Support NDP. Adios Christy.
The B.C. Liberal government’s reign appears to be at an end. The Green Party has agreed to support the Horgan NDP.The agreement, announced by Green Leader Andrew Weaver and NDP…
A Lesson In Ecological Humility
I saw the following last night on Global. It impressed me so much that we took a drive today to Long Point, an area I hadn’t visited for over 45…
I don’t think he likes politicians
The Pope is at it again: he met with Justin Trudeau and took another glum photo https://t.co/rux2b1a5OP pic.twitter.com/Xk4oWSajXZ — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) May 29, 2017
Oped on #fakenews in the Globe and Mail
Edward Greenspon and I on the likely evolution of #fakenews: a pernicious mix of AI, commercial surveillance, adtech and social platforms that is going to undermine democracy in some critical…
Papa Smirk
Now in HuffPo!
Kinder Morgan Warns Trans Mountain Investors Pipeline May Never Be Built
This article originally appeared on Dogwoodbc.ca. It’s a rare dose of honesty from a company with a history of bending the truth. Kinder Morgan filed a final prospectus last week…
Putin Couldn’t Have a Better Ally
In just four months, Donald Trump has done more for Vlad Putin than the Russian strongman has managed to accomplish in years of scheming and struggle. It must have been…
A Word of Thanks To (or maybe for) Donald Trump
It’s not the sort of thing you might expect from Tom Englehardt of Tom Dispatch, a word of thanks for Donald Trump. Think of him as the end of the…
Dignity, Ontario and the Minimum Wage
Any second now, the Ontario government will announce what it will do for workers. It’s called the Changing Workplaces Review. And if you haven’t noticed, the value of work has…
“We have lots of things that we’re going to do that we won’t say before the election because we want to get elected”
Story here. The knuckle-dragging, red-necked Landowner loon Jack MacLaren should have been kicked out of the Ontario PC caucus long ago. He’s an idiot. He, and his “Trillim Party” are…
Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of May 29, 2017
Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 29, 2017. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates,…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 29, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 29, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: Toronto area housing market has a ‘missing middle,’ new report says Apple…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Rhys Kesselman challenges the Fraser Institute’s grossly distorted conception of “tax competitiveness”: Even with lower overall tax burdens, many Americans bear much heavier…
First Nations Reserves Across Canada to get Toronto Library Cards
A fantastic way to share stories and knowledge is through books and public library systems. Unfortunately too many indigenous reserves and communities in Canada don’t have access to a library,…
Our country: its possible future and its present crisis
Our country: its possible future and its present crisis by Strong, Josiah, 1847-1916; Congregational Home Missionary Society Published 1885 Publisher New York : Published by the Baker & Tylor Co.…
Those Who Know Take On Trump
In today’s Washington Post, three former EPA administrators — all of them Republicans — take on Donald Trump. William Ruckelshaus, Lee Thomas and William Reilly begin with a bit of…
Minister Coteau Finally Sighted By Parents On The Autism File
Micheal Coteau the Ontario Minister of Children and Youth Services as been somewhat like a Sasquatch to many in the autism community. There have been reported sightings, but often those…