A Vision From Hell
While safe injection sites are not the ultimate answer to the opioid crisis engulfing increasing numbers of people, they at least save lives. Canada has stepped up to the plate…
January 2018
Keep ’em separated
Recently the Government of Canada included on its summer student funding program a check box that asks whether the business (non-profit/agency/charity/etc.) applying for federal tax funding complies with Canadian law.…
Good morning, class
I’m home in Cowtown, prepping for the millionth time for Law 599.02. Intimidated does not begin to describe it. But current events assist me. The objective of the course is…
Trump Digs A Deeper Hole
The New York Times reports that, back in June, Donald Trump tried to fire Robert Mueller. Trump has denounced the report as “fake news.” Vox reports that Mueller has been…
Ontario banks on the LCBO.
That banker is back. Do you remember Ed Clark? He was the guy from TD Bank who advised Premier Kathleen Wynne to sell off Ontario’s Hydro One electricity distribution system.…
Donald Trump and the Golden Toilet
It's the kind of request that would have made poor old Vincent Van Gogh cut off his other ear.Donald Trump writing to the Guggenheim Museum to ask if he could…
Ryan Dean Arrested and David Tregget Resigns From Storm Alliance
Just a few quick updates. First we learned a few days ago that Ryan Dean had evidently been arrested on outstanding warrants in Edmonton: ARC readers will be familiar with…
Alberta is Losing Out on Millions in Natural Gas Revenue. Here’s Why.
Alberta oil and gas companies are wasting so much natural gas each year that Albertans are losing out on up to $21 million a year in provincial natural gas royalties.…
Falling dominoes.
A flurry of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct allegations, and convictions for rape have dominated the political, sports and entertainment world of late. It may turn into a flood before…
Do This Before Confronting Affirmative Action, Oluo 8/18
Chapter 7 of Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race focuses on ideas and experiences surrounding affirmative action. This awesome chapter has helped me consolidate a few ideas…
A Road Map for the Ontario PC Party
My phone went off around 3AM this morning with various breaking news updates. I got up and having been battling the flu, had a drink of water, coughed up a…
An Update On The Fraser Institute’s Essay Contest
OCDSB Trustees spoke out loud & clear against this distribution. Staff have responded by pulling it. — Theresa Kavanagh (@ironmaamt) January 24, 2018 Last week, I posted about the deplorable…
A Road Map for the Ontario PC Party
My phone went off around 3AM this morning with various breaking news updates. I got up and having been battling the flu, had a drink of water, coughed up a…
Force of Evil: Abraham Polonsky and Anti-Capitalist Noir
Force of Evil Abraham Polonsky The Enterprise Studios, 1948 Years ago I worked in the law office of attorney Leon Despres, former Alderman for Chicago’s Fifth Ward, which comprehends Hyde…
Jan. 25: Wake Up, New Brunswick. Wake Up, World.
Forgive me. Something has to be said about the decline of our press in New Brunswick. It has always been in the toilet. But it’s actually getting worse. And you…
Gun violence in southeast Ottawa
There has been a disturbing trend toward increased gunplay in my part of town. These are almost exclusively gang-related incidents where dealers are taking potshots at other dealers if they…
Nearly Half of Canadians are Left with $200 or Less After Paying their Monthly Bills and Debt
Photo by LaTunya Howard Nearly half (44%) of Canadians are $200 or less away from financial insolvency each month after paying their bills and debt obligations, a new Ipsos survey…
‘I won’t fly refugees to their deaths’: The El Al pilots resisting deportation
Photo from TravelWeek.ca At least three El Al pilots in recent days published public declarations of their refusal to take part in the deportation of asylum seekers to countries where…
Andrew Scheer and the Angry Old Men in the Con Media
It's been almost two weeks since Andrew Scheer came rushing out to denounce Justin Trudeau for imposing un-Godly restrictions on the government's summer job program.But since then Scheer has been…
Albertans lose money while energy companies continue to let escaping methane make climate change worse
PHOTOS: Gas wells a-flaring in the United States’ Bakken Field (Photo: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric and Administration). Below: Canadian Environment Minister Catherine McKenna (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) and Progress Alberta…