Me on Adler, on why Trudeau will win again
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June 2017
Canada Lags in Job Quality
The 2017 OECD Employment Outlook provides an assessment of member country performance in terms of the quantity and quality of employment as judged by a new set of key indicators.…
Are Google and its execs crooked? (Also, bonus Canadian Minister of Hubris links.)
The European Union certainly seems to think so: The European Union’s competition watchdog has slapped a record 2.42 billion euro fine — roughly $3.6 billion Cdn — on internet giant…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto on Tuesday June 27, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. Did you know that certain terms of an employment…
Dispatches From Hell
… with a little water thrown in at the end to balance things out. Meanwhile, Fortune Magazine predicts that things will only get much, much worse in the years to…
When Progressives Shoot Themselves In The Foot
As you may know, one of the things that drives me wild is to see progressives attacking each other, instead of the real enemy.Only to end up shooting themselves in…
Time To Jettison Failed Ideas
On our 100th birthday, Michael Valpy writes that “we fell in love with ourselves.” But, on our 150th birthday, our mood has changed: A recent exploration by polling firm EKOS…
The Tube is Heating up While London is Trying to Stay Cool
London’s tube system is literally heating up the city – and that’s a problem. A hundred years ago their subway stations were places to cool down during hot summer days…
Harry says nobody wants the crown!
That was the good news the other day. In an interview with American Newsweek Magazine, Prince Harry of the House of Windsor said that nobody in the royal family really…
Alberta Liberal David Khan’s call for election spending laws to include PACs strikes a chord
PHOTOS: Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan, who is worried about the activities of the province’s Political Action Committees. Former premier Ed Stelmach is visible behind him. Below: Progressive Conservative Leader…
The Chair
Excellent work! Broken Light: A Photography Collective Please welcome first-time contributor Katie Kelleher, a 29-year-old artist living in Asheville, North Carolina. She has been faced with mental health challenges, including…
Will Mandryk Eat His Privatization Crow?
Has anyone watched Mandryk eat crow about this doozy of a column defending Wall’s last campaign yet? “NDP must get off privatization merry-go-round“ “On Tuesday, Wall emphatically said “no” to…
June 25 And The WCAI: Not To Beat A Dead Horse, But….
Look, I know that ARC has spending an inordinate amount of time focused on the Worldwide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI) and their MEGA Rally in Calgary this past weekend. As…
Wonder Woman
Last Tuesday I went to see Wonder Woman , with Jeri. We tried the reclining seat theatre at the Southland Mall. The chairs were no so great. They had cool…
This week’s column: ten reasons Trudeau is going to win again
Justin Trudeau is going to win the next federal election. Now, we know, we know. The election is far away. He’s broken some promises. His legislative achievements are modest. The…
June 26: Canadian hero kills—-somebody….
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/highrises-evacuated-in-london-amid-safety-concerns-about-cladding-1.4176046 Our news media haven’t, as a rule, paid much attention to what caused the terrible high-rise fire in London, England. The cause was the much admired ability of capitalism…
Liberal friends win, taxpayers lose
Regular readers know that BC has a surplus of electricity, created mainly by BC Hydro’s steadily increasing purchases of private power, even though domestic consumption has been flat since 2005.…
World’s biggest coal company closes 37 mines as solar power’s influence grows
Photo from PhilippBreu.com The largest coal mining company in the world has announced it will close 37 mines because they are no longer economically viable. Coal India, which produces around…
Python Politics
Theresa May, Brexit, Python – Perfect.