Setting The Record Straight
Now that Senator Don Meridith, about whom I have previously posted, has switched lawyers, it is gratifying to see that his cowardly cries of racism as a factor in the…
2017
Samantha Bee on Donald Trump’s Hard Power Budget
Well there he was yesterday, sitting behind the wheel of a monster truck, looking like he was about to start mowing down his many enemies, real or imagined.But the truck…
The Lawyer’s Weekly: Social Media Postings Creating a Litigation ‘Gold Mine’
BY SIMRAN BAKSHI, ASSOCIATE LAWYER I was recently interviewed by Lawyer’s Weekly correspondent Kim Arnott regarding the impact that social media can have in family law litigation. Given the nature…
Incompetence At State
Rex Tillerson recently told the Journal Review, ““I didn’t want this job, I didn’t seek this job,” but he took it because ““my wife told me I’m supposed to do…
Confidential Ontario Liberal talking points for that Angus Reid poll
This poll excludes Prince Edward Island, and is methodologically unsound. Whoever is Premier there could be doing way worse! How about those Raptors? And, um, that’s it.
The Quebec Bashing Media and the Tempest in a Snowstorm
It's a classic Canadian story, with some of the good and some of the bad that makes us who we are. And a lot of snow which does the same…
You want Trump to go? And then what?
There seems to be a growing consensus among mental health professionals that Donald Trump might be crazy. After all, he thinks he is President of the United States. How crazy…
Education Minister deserves high marks for ordering recalcitrant religious schools to obey GSA law, but more is needed
PHOTOS: Alberta Education Minister David Eggen. Below: Edmonton lawyer Dan Scott, Kristopher Wells of the U of A’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services and Brian Coldwell of the…
My submission to the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission
Earlier this year I submitted a series of recommendations to Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission, the appointed body tasked with redrawing Alberta’s provincial electoral districts for the next election. I initially…
On the Milo Bus With the Lost Boys of America’s New Right (repost)
Have you heard the one about the boy who cried Fake News? This is a story about truth and consequences. It’s a story about who gets to be young and…
Trump Plays Hardball on RyanCare
Ever petulant Donaldo Trump has grabbed recalcitrant Congressional Republicans by the pussy. Either pass the massive tax cut for the rich wrapped in the cadaver of a healthcare bill or…
SFH, busily corrupting the youth of the nation
…but giving them the right politics!
Alberta’s Pipeline Regulation a ‘Facade’: Experts
The Alberta Energy Regulator — responsible for regulating more than 430,000 kilometres of pipelines in the province — has finally started to try to clean up its image. In the…
SaskPower Is Going To Miss Target
March 16, 2017 Dear Editor, People should be asking how SaskPower intends to meet the 50% renewable electricity by 2030 target set by the Premier over a year ago. Since…
Letter to MLA regarding STC Closure/Privatization
Dear Mrs. Beaudry-Mellor: I’m dismayed by your government’s cut of all rural SK bus service. This is a horrible decision that isolates people in small towns and cities, and harms…
Four Decades and Counting: A Brief History of the Site C Dam
This is a guest post by Ray Eagle. Many British Columbians may not realize that the $9 billion Site C dam, currently under construction on the Peace River, has a…
This Shouldn’t Be Your Daily Laugh, But…
This Hour Has 22 Minutes nails it
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – In the wake of a thoroughly disappointing budget day at both the provincial and federal levels, it’s worth taking note of Ivan…