LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday June 19, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. In addition to the minimum notice and severance required by…
June 2018
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Ball offers a reminder that Canada’s immigration system includes the needless detention of children – and that we should be working…
How Nations Worked Together to Address the Ozone Hole
Way back in 1987 nations of the world signed the Montreal Protocol to address some environmental problems. The biggest environmental issue discussed at the time was the hole in the…
A Moral Black Hole At The Centre
The big picture, Paul Krugman writes, is shocking and depressing: The U.S. government is, as a matter of policy, literally ripping children from the arms of their parents and putting…
LDP 01: A new liberal party.
It appears that we need to start with a new liberal party in Ontario. Creating and launching a new political party does not happen overnight. A new party has to…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment: Canada’s First Internment Camps
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Comment: Canada’s First Internment Camps: CANADA’S RACIST HISTORY OF EXPLOITATION OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS “Ukrainian and other internees at the Castle Mountain Al…
Calgary MLA Brian Malkinson joins NDP cabinet as Alberta shuffle unfolds as more micro than macro
Alberta Premier Notley runs a pretty tight ship when it comes to her cabinet. So, as expected, there wasn’t much shuffling in the cabinet shuffle announced on the weekend and…
DUCK!
Female Wood Duck – Stanley Park
Neil Macdonald – "This Is America"
In Neil Macdonald’s considered opinion, Donald Trump is no aberration. If anything, he says that Trump “represents the true soul of America.” Along the southern border, families with the will…
Worst President Possible
Who puts children in cages?Not men assured living wages.A #FightforFifteen?A quaint little dream,While American Dreams shrink in stages.#WhereAreTheChildren?#ChildrenConcentrationCamps.This started when?President Orange Gramps.* *Obama and Bush share some blame. — John…
June 19: Pope Francis must be……
…the last Christian in this world. https://zenit.org/articles/pope-francis-prayers-for-people-of-yemen/ Meanwhile, the evangelicals of America cry Hallelujah for Trump. Christians in general should be ashamed of themselves._______________________________________________________________ Praise the Lord. http://theantimedia.com/french-special-forces-yemen/________________________________________________________________ https://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/06/06/news/what-have-irvings-done-new-brunswick What…
Canadian labour in crisis: the way forward
Photo by Roger Annis Workers across Canada, most of whom are non-unionized, will benefit from the success of the Fight for 15 & Fairness campaign that swept the province of…
War on Iran is US Policy Now According to US Secretary of State
Photo by Gage Skidmore On May 21, in his first formal public address, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (sworn in May 2) effectively declared war on the sovereign nation…
There’s a Lesson for Us in This.
Canadians have always taken for granted our “special relationship” with the United States and the longest undefended border in the world, yada, yada, yada. Integrating our economy with America’s seemed…
Should Justin Trudeau Call An Early Election?
As you probably know Donald Trump's decision to declare war on Canada has sent Justin Trudeau's popularity skyrocketing.According to the latest poll his approval rating hasn't been as high since…
Bill Maher on Trump and Trudeau as Goofus and Gallant
Donald Trump's decision to attack Justin Trudeau and declare war on Canada is deeply disturbing and the act of a madman.But one of the bright spots in this darkness is…