THE PATIENT AND FAMILY CV: A CONVERSATION CHANGER!
A couple of weeks ago, I was scanning my Twitter feed and this caught my attention: I’m attending a new endo clinic on Monday. As an endo patient I’m effectively…
April 2018
Reconciliation and Truth-Telling: Acknowledging our Colonial Past
Here is my statement on presenting my motion at Park Board last night. The motion passed unanimously. Post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin famously asked in his 1897 painting: Where do we…
Canada Moving to Exempt Majority of New Oilsands Projects From Federal Assessments
Photo by Eryn Rickard After more than a year of public hearings, the federal government unveiled its new and improved environmental assessment legislation in February 2018 with much ado. But…
Hot? No, Cool.
Heating is a major contributor to modern energy consumption. We like to keep our homes, workplaces and business we attend nice and comfortable. That takes a lot of energy. Only…
Doug Ford, and why the populi like his vox
Abacus (with whom Daisy proudly does work, full disclosure, etc.) has a fascinating poll out about who is in the so-called Ford Nation, what they think, why they think it,…
April 17: Very, very bad…
We are trained by our news media and political leaders to see war as a virtuous excercise when it is practiced by us, evil when it is practiced by others.…
What Comey Left Out
Former FBI director, James Comey, has been getting well deserved comeuppance from the American left for not taking responsibility for the Hillary email fiasco, late campaign, that may have cost…
First Nations Leaders Pledge to Block Pipeline Expansion
Photo from RavenTrust.com At the 2015 Paris COP 21 climate conference Justin Trudeau pledged his newly-elected government would help “to limit global average temperature rise to well below 2 degrees…
"Here I Stand" – The Late Rafe Mair on an Independent British Columbia
Lawyer, Social Credit cabinet minister, columnist, broadcaster: Rafe Mair was one of those legendary firebrands British Columbia occasionally produces. Mair died in early October, 2017, seven months after he had…
New Dark Ages is here!
Just printed off the pre-publication New Dark Ages – to send out for blurbs from various famous folks! This one is going to upset some apple carts!
Why Andrew Scheer Is Looking So Desperate
Oh dear, poor Andrew Scheer has that desperate look on his face again. And no wonder, everything is going wrong.Last night his "emergency pipeline debate" went nowhere, after all he…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Paul Krugman writes that a transition to a clean energy economy is well within reach – as long as politicians don’t put…
Q&A with Christina Monroe – running for LPC Party Secretary
The Liberal Party National Convention is being held in Halifax starting this Thursday. It will pass policy resolutions and hold elections for positions within the Liberal Party Board of Directors.…
Shipping Industry Finally Delivers on Climate Change
When climate conferences occur and parties sign on to legal agreements like the Paris Agreement some industries are excluded. Historically aviation and shipping have been left out from many climate…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact on Tuesday April 17, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Apr 17, 2018 at…
Who Knows What We Might Learn?
Alberta’s outgoing premier, Rachel Notley, will table legislation permitting that province to put British Columbians under some bizarre form of petro-siege. There’s sheer malevolence to it, Notley’s words make that…
The Ball Is In Our Court
I am well past the age when I feel any real hope for the future of our species. Far too many of us are content to define our lives by…
What They’re Trying To Do
In the wake of the stand off over the Kinder-Morgan pipeline, Paul Krugman provides some important economic insights: Not that long ago, calls for a move to wind and solar…
Starbucks, racism and a social media case study
By now, you have heard all about the two real estate brokers who were seated in a Philadelphia Starbucks last week, waiting for another man to meet with them for…
Tri-Curious gets the DVD treatment starting April 21st!
The DVD cover for CAS As many know, on top of my political inclinations, I’m also a filmmaker on the side. In 2016, I was very proud to write, produce,…