He Can Talk The Talk
But his sandal-clad feet cannot walk the walk. After the disastrous tenure of Paul Wells as national political affairs commentator, it was a real pleasure to see that The Toronto…
June 2017
LGBT Rights and the Trudeau Legacy
After fighting for years for their human rights, and having to endure the most disgusting discrimination and violence, this was a good week for transgendered Canadians.A few days ago at…
His Waterloo?
Justin Trudeau is still riding high in the polls. But Michael Harris suggests that B.C. could turn out to be his Waterloo: Trudeau’s most immediate practical challenge to his feel-good,…
Accident victims 1, greedy trial lawyers 0
This is a huge decision, with historic implications. For usurious trial lawyers, it is an unmitigated disaster: they now face the realistic prospect of class action lawsuits by clients they…
Exorcising the errata of ego.
There can be no excuse for slovenly writing. There is that rude awakening when your e-mails include comments on your careless errors. Some days you get more than others. One…
A Referral for a Referral for a Referral
I’m curious: what must have happened to provoke the powers that be to make the health care system so inanely bureaucratic that wait times for life-saving surgeries are dramatically increased…
PC-Wildrose merger agreement leaves many unanswered questions for Wildrosers and the rest of us
PHOTOS: Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean and Progressive Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney shake on their merger plan in this Wildrose photo. Below: Lacking anything better to illustrate this story…
Special Committee Says Canadians Should Have Legal Right to Healthy Environment…Like the Rest of the Developed World
When it comes to developed nations Canada is a laggard on the environmental rights front. Legally speaking, Canadians don’t enjoy the right to a healthy environment like the citizens of…
Even Fox Has Its Limits
I knew this accusation would be made, but even Fox wanted no part of it. Recommend this Post
First Nations Chief Hopeful For Stop to Site C, More Balanced Approach to Resource Extraction
Roland Willson is a practical man. As chief of the West Moberly First Nation in northeastern B.C., he’s got to be. “The natural gas industry is the main source of…
Seven Mexican journalists murdered in first half of 2017
Mexico continues to be the one of the most dangerous place in the world to be a journalist. Martín Méndez Pineda of Acapulco tried to get asylum in the US,…
In court: Communities take on Metro Vancouver coal port project
Thursday, June 15, 2017 At the end of May, as a summer law student at West Coast Environmental Law, I attended Federal Court as an observer at the hearing where…
Trump: The asymmetric revolutionary warrior
Asymmetric Beaver Why are Americans reeling in dismay over the state of politics? Why is the American media locked into total disbelief every day? What has happened? A revolution. Donald…
Alphabet Stage by Linda Phillips tops Audreys Edmonton Bestseller List
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended June 11, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Thursday June 15, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. When a person is married in Ontario, the…
Oppressor and Oppressed Nations: Sketching a Taxonomy of Imperialism (by Gabriel Kuhn)
Introduction In recent years, the left has shown a renewed interest in anti-imperialism. This is an encouraging development, since global economic injustice remains one of the most glaring contradictions of…
Hate Speech is Free Speech
I know, you're reading my entry title and thinking, wow...that is one bold statement or rather, what the hell is this guy thinking!? Free speech is a right that all…
Hate Speech is Free Speech
I know, you’re reading my entry title and thinking, wow…that is one bold statement or rather, what the hell is this guy thinking!? Free speech is a right that all…
DIVISIBLE: Breaking Up the US (by Bromma, 6-17)
As US politics lurches rapidly to the right, worried residents wonder about getting out. Friends talk among themselves about moving to Canada, Europe, Mexico–anywhere to escape Trumpland. Taking a different…
New column day
Here, on the current state of the federal NDP’s leadership race – and how the potential outcomes would figure to affect Canada’s broader political scene. For further reading…– L. Ian…