Hey Justin, We’re Burning Out Here. Look What Fossil Fuels Have Done to Us.
There’s so much smoke from so many wildfires, they can’t see to count the fires any more. It’s somewhere upwards of 500, that’s all they know. Could be 600. Who…
August 2018
The Con Convention and the Madness of Michelle Rempel
As you can imagine, Andrew Scheer is looking a little beleaguered. Like a man on the edge of a cliff, or a nervous breakdown. But then who can blame him?…
The Party Of the Furious
Maxime Bernier has been erupting on Twitter lately. But he’s not the only member of the Conservative caucus who has been stirring up controversy. Tim Harper writes: To be sure,…
Of foolish people who shun the past.
There is far too much of this rewriting of history going on today. Why should anyone be concerned that Canada’s first prime minister was a drunk? Or was it his…
BREAKING: federal MP favours breaking up federation
I was literally walking somewhere today when my friend Adam started chirping at me on Twitter. Hilarious resulting story here.
Bitter old man
A person shilling for the pension funds management business complained about my recent article revealing extravagant salaries at the BC Investment Management Corporation (BMI). He wrote that I was a…
August 16: Let’s get real. It’s happening.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/14/extreme-temperatures-especially-likely-for-next-four-years http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-declares-state-of-emergency-as-hundreds-of-wildfires-burn-across-province-1.4785983 http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/marine-heat-waves-wildlife-1.4786355 http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/education-age-climate-change/2018/08/what-do-we-teach-while-world-burning https://www.globalresearch.ca/as-america-burns-from-climate-change-trump-officials-attend-denial-conference-to-discuss-why-climate-change-is-fake/5650596 http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/warm-2018-2022-1.4784746 https://countercurrents.org/2018/08/15/undeniable-human-agency-in-climate-change-while-disasters-multiply/ http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2018/08/cool-solutions-mean-hothouse-planet-isnt-inevitable Look. It’s real. We have been lied to by the irving press. We have had years of commentaries telling us fossil fuels…
Three candidates jump into Green Party of Alberta leadership contest, Pro-Life Political Association of Alberta seeks new leader
Photo: Matt Leviki, Brian Deheer, and Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes. Four months after party leader Romy Tittel resigned, the Green Party of Alberta has announced that three candidates have stepped forward to…
Doug Ford’s New Poor Laws Replace Basic Income
Photo by Doug Ford/Ford Nation The decision of the new Tory Government in Ontario to terminate the basic income (BI) pilot project that their Liberal predecessors had set in motion,…
The Day The Media Struck Back At Donald Trump
As we all know Donald Trump is growing more unhinged with every passing day. And has been stepping up his deranged attacks on the media.Like this one he tweeted or…
The Day Andrew Scheer Flogged Maxime Bernier With A Wet Noodle
He tried to hold off as long as he could. He didn’t want to say anything bad about Maxime Bernier, and have his supporters come after him. Or cause a…
Unemployment Down; Minimum Wage Increases
Paying workers a reasonable amount of money works out well fro economies. Raising minimum wage is happening in a few jurisdictions throughout North America and the results are coming in…
A few answers
I was surprised that only ten people stood at the lectern to speak in the Judicial Inquiry’s first public meeting, last Monday. I had expected that at least Brian Saunderson…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday August 16, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. In Ontario, you may complete a Power of Attorney…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Mike Konczal notes that a single-minded focus on shareholder wealth – exemplified by today’s obsession with stock buybacks – has frozen workers…
Calling all smart #UofT and #Ryerson students
Are you smart? Can you write? Can you research? Do you harbour a desire to be a famous hack or flack one day? Good news! Daisy Group is looking for…
New column day
Here, on the need for Canada to give effect to a right to housing in both law and policy – and the Libs’ continued reticence in doing so. For further…
Jack Dorsey, Hypocrite
I am posting less these days, likely because I am losing faith in the possibility of positive change. I realize now, more than ever, that our fate is not in…