Trudeau Pushed this Woman to a Premature Death
Justin Trudeau was instrumental in causing Audrey Parker’s premature death. Parker was terminally ill with stage-four breast cancer that had spread to her bones and, finally, to her brain. Trudeau…
November 2018
Daisy group and famous friends get ready for our U.S. Midterms party!
Coming up: Lisa Kinsella, Happy Rob Gilmour and Myriam Denis! .@DaisyGrp and some famous friends getting ready for our #USMidTerm party! Coming up: @lisakinsella @myriamdawn @GilmourRob pic.twitter.com/jZSchNZLkU — Warren Kinsella…
What Will We See Tomorrow, America’s Face or Her Back?
It’s unwise to read too much into an American mid-term election. Democrats imagine if they can reclaim the House of Representatives it will mean no end of trouble for Trump…
Home – NaBloPoMo Day 6
Pretty sure that in most prairie homes there is someone’s gran’s needlework that says “home is where the heart is”. We never had that on the wall at our house…
Dear American Democrat friends
We proudly worked for Hillary in 2016, and we worked again for the Democrats in 2018 – and we’re Canadians who can’t even vote today! It’s looking good right now…
Macron Wants New European Army to Defend EU Against Russia, China, and America
French president Emmanuel Macron is calling for a new European army capable of defending the EU from authoritarian threats such as Russia, China and, yes, the United States of America.…
Revealed: what the LPC and CPC war rooms will be using in 2019
Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer are agreed on one thing, at least: the next election is going to be nasty. The 2019 election will be decided less than a year…
Conley trial illustrates the problem with the Laurier Bike Lane
The criminal trial of the driver who killed a cyclist as she was travelling on Laurier makes me think the real crime is the bike lane itself. Read more The…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Guardian’s editorial board writes that stagnating and even declining life expectancies and nother indications of declining social health are the result…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday October 6, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
Very low hospital capacity in Ontario
A key result of low hospital funding (discussed in the previous post) is that Ontario has fewer beds than the rest of Canada and far fewer beds than other developed…
Comey On Americans
James Comey may have played a pivotal role in the election of Donald Trump. But, when Trump fired him, he made an angry enemy of Comey, who has become one…
The poisonous potential of populism.
There is little new about populism in North America. Whether on the left, right or centre of the political spectrum is not the concern but whether society can constrain it…
It’s Time to Argue for Better Modes of Transit
The video above The Guardian explores the costs of subsidizing cars in cities and looks at alternatives to car-focussed design. In the UK Nottingham raised the price of parking to…
The MQO poll and Party Choice #nlpoli
MQO’s quarterly omnibus poll shows some curious changes in public opinion about provincial political parties. The province-wide numbers are not curious: the changes in a couple of the regions are.…
Is Doug Ford’s Government Already Falling Apart?
I guess the look on Doug Ford's face says it all. He doesn't seem to know what's happening, or what he's supposed to say. Except maybe, who knew it was…
Election Eve in United States: What Will Not Happen Immediately If Democratic Party Wins
To write that I was gutted as a result of the November 8, 2016 presidential election really undersells how I felt about it. Then again I suppose there were a…
The Google Walkout
Photo by Shawn Collins Thousands of Google employees throughout the United States and around the world walked off their jobs on November 1, “to protest sexual harassment, misconduct, lack of…
Corbynism and the Labour Party
Photo by Sophie Brown The leadership of the UK Labour Party by Jeremy Corbyn continues to enjoy enormous popularity across the UK. This even despite continual attacks from the corporate…
You Elected Doug Ford. Don’t Criticize Electoral Reform.
I’ve got plenty of arguments for finally getting rid of FPTP, first past the post, voting. Here are four: Stephen Harper, Christy Clark, Justin Trudeau and, now, Ontario’s Doug Ford.…