A candidates’ debate should be as diverse as the city those candidates hope to lead
…this is so basic, and so fundamental, I can’t believe it actually needs to be said. But apparently it does. This was released weeks ago. It bears repeating.
October 2018
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Judy Paul discusses how everybody benefits from the fight against inequality: Also of interest is the levels of trust and community life were…
Earthgauge Radio – October 2, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/mixdown-18-10-02.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online…
Stuart Mackinnon: For a brighter future, vote for better parks—vote Green
by Stuart Mackinnon on October 2nd, 2018 at 11:09 PMThe Straight.com The need—and the desire—for more public spaces will continue to increase as Vancouver densifies. To ensure a healthy city,…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday October 3, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. The amount of child support payable by a non-custodial parent…
The Second American Civil War
Tom Friedman writes that he grew up in the 1960’s when the United States was divided over Vietnam. But what’s going on now is much worse than the divisions of…
Look up, Mr. Premier-elect
One of the first things François Legault said, after he won the Quebec election, was this: François Legault, the premier-designate of Quebec, says he will invoke the notwithstanding clause to…
Trump’s deniers call for the ‘End of Times.’
And here we thought the Christian Bible was there to forecast the End of Times. The Donald Trump administration in Washington has taken over in the forecasting business. They appear…
Ways to Cool Cities
The urban heating effect is a very real threat to how we cool our cities. The concentration of cement and machinery generates and stores a lot of heat that natural…
Faith Goldy: "Really It [sic] Publicity For Her YouTube Channel"
It has been a little over a week since Faith Goldy and her dude-bro sycophants took their selfie with Ontario Premier Doug Ford: One of those in the photo, "Jack…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Surrounded cats.
It’s in The New York Times. It Must Be True. Trump the Tax Scheme Scofflaw.
The New York Times is dismembering Donald Trump’s claim to be a “self made man” who built an empire with his own hard work and his own money. It turns…
Abby and the heartbreak
She was a small cat. At first we thought she might be not much older than six or eight months, but no, we were assured, she was fully grown. Just…
Oct. 2: A Bad Day for News.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/canada-usmca-1.4845494 Trudeau and Freeland have to smile at the U.S. free trade deal. To be honest and admit that they were bullied into it would cost the Liberals the next…
Bringing Colour to Traffic
Sitting in traffic is no fun and neither is being hit by a car. To solve both of these problems cities around the world are changing their intersections using colourful…
Park board to test out liquor sales at two Vancouver beaches
Next summer, you can enjoy a cold beer or a glass of wine at English Bay and Kitsilano Beach as part of a two-year seasonal pilot. Cheryl Chan Updated: October…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Laurie MacFarlane writes that flows of income and wealth have everything to do with bargaining power and social decision-making, rather than productivity…
Fifteen years
And it happened partly because we had a great leader who was humble enough to know when his time was up, and a campaign manager who did not believe winning…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday October 2, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. Do employees have different severance entitlements under the Employment Standards…