Mad Max Bernier and the Incredible Cowardice of Andrew Scheer
I knew Andrew Scheer wasn't going to be too hard on Mad Max Bernier for his brutish assault on diversity.Scheer has yet to criticize the Saudis for their bestial attempt…
August 2018
Electoral reform for Collingwood
Collingwood elects all of its council at large. There are no ward systems for local or neighbourhood voting. But is it the best system for Collingwood? I don’t think so,…
The Copenhagen Syndrome.
You have probably heard of the Stockholm Syndrome. The Copenhagen Syndrome is only different in that it is for people to learn to love bicycles–instead of the people keeping them…
How the Aral Sea got its Flow Back
Perhaps one of the best examples of human destruction of water resources the Aral Sea, and now it’s becoming an example of how humans can repair the damage we’ve done…
A reporter writes
Some reporters like writing process stories. It’s easier than writing stories about actual issues, I guess. Anyhow. A reporter has spent several days talking to anonymous sources about the Toronto…
Statement for the Judicial Inquiry
NB: This is the statement I read aloud at the public meeting for the Judicial Inquiry, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. It is a much-abbreviated version of a statement I have…
The Gravy Train accelerates
BC Investment Management Corporation (BCI), the public pension fund manager in this province increased compensation costs by 30% per dollar of funds managed in fiscal year 2017-2018. It already paid…
We Are At The Airing Of Grievances Point In The Program Featuring Ronny Cameron and "No Show" Goudreau
Alternate title 1: "Cameron and Myatt: Friends Off" Alternate title 2: "'No Show' Claims to Have Minions" It is very clear that the WCAI rally that was supposed to be…
"The Master of Negation"
The title, “master of negation,” could be a reference to only one person, the president of the United States of America, the terrible tempered Donald J. Trump. As a presidential…
Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of August 13, 2018
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of August 13, 2018. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 13, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 13, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Trump’s Border Wall Could Waste Billions of Dollars, Report Says Toronto condo…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Beth Gutelius writes that any discussion about the future of work can draw important lessons from the past, with most of the issues…
Premier Ford – the Early Days
Omar Ha-Redeye discussed some of the policies and politics of the new Ontario government on CJRU with Nancy Cheema. Nancy Cheema and Omar Ha-Redeye discuss the early political moves of…
From The Top Down
Lots of Americans believe that, ultimately, their institutions will save them from the black hole that is Donald Trump. But Anne Applebaum writes that those institutions are failing — and,…
Andrew Scheer and the Return of Mad Max
In my last post I looked at how the Cons had been hit by a series of bozo eruptions, just a couple of weeks before they hold their big convention…
CAPP: Canadian Association for Petroleum Propaganda.
Donald Trump could take lessons from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). These people have been feeding propaganda to Canadians for years. And they are getting better at their…
Hurt you signalling
This is inarguably bigoted. https://t.co/BbwXF4Tb4C — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 13, 2018 3/ But why should we promote ever more diversity? If anything and everything is Canadian, does being Canadian…
Column: when monsters oppose you
Canada is in a social media war with Saudi Arabia. It’s not a real war – at least not yet. Real wars involve bullets and bombs and bodies. This one…
We Bite Our Tongues. Gwynne Dyer Dares to Say It.
Sometimes our inner-Cassandra gets the better part of us, I suppose. We may read the latest report, couple it with the veritable mountain of reports that proceeded it and upon…