140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 25, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 25, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Proposed class-action lawsuits filed against Bank of Montreal, CIBC’s Simplii over security…
2018
Be Prepared
Michael Harris writes that the Conservative communications strategy for the next election is pretty clear. They plan to stage a full court Trumpian Press: Their goal? To portray the PM…
Column: anger is an energy
Anger is an energy. That’s a line from Public Image’s improbable 1986 hit single, ‘Rise.’ The former Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten wails it, over and over, and it eventually makes…
LDP 03: A favour from Ford.
If a stronger, more democratic political party is to rise from the ashes of the Ontario liberal party, we can thank premier-designate Ford for one bit of help. Ford has…
Nothing new under the Prairie sun as Alberta Conservatives ratchet up their faux outrage about equalization and Quebec
Jason Kenney, leader of Alberta’s Opposition United Conservative Party, calls the Trudeau Government’s renewal of Canada’s current equalization formula for an additional five years “a slap in the face to…
Attack Ad: Yes or No?
Just for the record progressive voters really don’t care where Jason Kenney lived when he served in Harper’s government or whether he visited Alberta often enough or whether he’s using…
Follow the bouncing ball: World Cup 2018
Every four years, people who couldn’t identify Ronaldo from Ron Howard suddenly become soccer experts. It’s the World Cup, an event so important, so famous, that it doesn’t even have…
Eric Brazau: Islamophobe, Racist, and Liar
On June 21, the following flyer was found on the notice board of a Toronto public library: The person who posted the flyer did not have permission from the library…
Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans BUT DO THEY GET US?
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Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans BUT DO THEY GET US?
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Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans BUT DO THEY GET US?
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The Truth About Carbon Pricing
The taxation levels for carbon set by the federal government will likely prove wholly inadequate in getting people to modify their behaviour to combat climate change. However, given the exit…
Eating up the Hill: Sparks Street Ribfest 2018 — So many ribs
I came. I ate lots of ribs. I don’t want to see more ribs until next June. This is the story of my week at the Sparks Street Ribfest, the…
Could the Unthinkable Happen Again? Sure.
Like most of us, Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan has lived her entire life during the era known as the “Long Peace.” The term describes the past 70-years without war between…
The Pride Parade and the Homophobic Cons
It's the day of the Pride Parade in Toronto, and in just about an hour or so, thousands of members of the rainbow army, and their straight allies, will march…
Canadian Top 40 Political Blog Award
Mind Bending Politics has been presented with an award by the site feedspot as being one of the Top 40 Canadian Political Blogs for 2018. I am very humbled by…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Simon Enoch challenges Scott Moe’s misleading rhetoric on equalization by pointing out that Saskatchewan could easily afford child care and other programs…
A Better Way to See the World
Maps can allow us to see more clearly the true face of everything from sea level rise to light pollution to where the world’s migrants are really headed.
Justin and Pierre: Like Father Like Son
It's a striking scene, Justin Trudeau celebrating Quebec's Fête nationale in his Montreal riding, being confronted by an angry protester.And forced to defend his right to call the province his…
What Happened
Martin Regg Cohn has an interesting post mortem of the Ontario election. He concludes that, because the Liberals pulled their bacon out of the fire a couple of times, their…