Diplomacy, and not bombing, is the way to end Syria’s agony
Photo by Scott Bobb These are serious times. Following the missile attacks on Syria, now is the moment for a powerful push for peace. Boris Johnson’s blithe acceptance on Sunday…
2018
It’s Called "Enmity"
There are plenty of synonyms for “enmity” but somehow never quite enough. Here are some: hostility, animosity, antagonism, friction, antipathy, animus, acrimony, bitterness, rancor, resentment, aversion, ill feeling, bad feeling,…
Just Keep Pushing. Just a Little More.
Justin Trudeau erased any residual doubt that he’s more than a punk yesterday when, following a bizarre meeting with premiers Notley and Horgan, he announced that Ottawa will be using…
Good Morning Fellow Pipeline Owners
Word is that Justin is packing up the federal chequebook and heading to Texas to buy himself – and the rest of us – a lovely pipeline. This way he…
Doug Ford’s Bus and the Road To Ruin
I see that Doug Ford has unveiled his shiny new bus.And a shiny new slogan: "For the People."So he can ride in comfort all over Ontario, giving the people the…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of April 16, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 16, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Bill Cosby has a new lawyer and additional witnesses in retrial for…
Submit. You Will Submit.
In many parts of our country, a lot of Canadians still fawn over Justin Trudeau, still see him as a delightful alternative to that other guy, Harper. In my part…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Tom Parkin discusses the Libs’ identity politics – and how they endanger people’s substantive interests both in what the Libs fail to do,…
Rebel Media are scumbags
Check this out. They are using the Humboldt Broncos tragedy to fundraise.
Non-Profit Create $300 Hep C Cure, For-Profit Cure is $84,000
A for-profit pharmaceutical company sells a hepatitis C cure for $84,000 in the United States, which means that the average person cannot afford it and international the cost of the…
Column: is this worth $2,119 an hour?
July 2017: the Assembly of First Nations have gathered for their 38th general assembly in downtown Regina. Thousands of indigenous people from across Canada are in attendance. Along with speeches,…
A Dark Future
Yesterday’s meeting between Justin Trudeau, John Horgan and Rachel Notley does not bode well for the future. Michael Harris writes: Whatever side you take on Kinder Morgan’s plan to triple…
A Truth Squad for Doug Ford?
Here is a million-dollar idea for the Ontario liberals. It came to me as I read the news that the party was going to waste a million dollars on television…
Constitutional expert debunks “National Interest” argument for Kinder Morgan pipeline
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau (Photo: Premier of Alberta/Flickr) Read this April 13 Desmog Canada article on lawyer Jack Woodward’s view that the “National Interest” –…
All’s fair in politics and the oil business, but the claim Canada’s facing a constitutional crisis is just politics
The fact the federal and Alberta governments were unable yesterday to reach an agreement with British Columbia on proceeding with the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project does not mean Canada…
The Facebook list: What would Trippie Redd want with me?
Facebook founder and boss Mark Zuckerberg is probably one of the world’s most hated men, and not just because he looks like a glass-eyed troll who hasn’t seen sunlight in…
April 15: I"m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.
Back on April 9, as I was preparing this, I was struck with a horrible chest pain of a degree I had never known. Thinking it was a heart attack,…
The UCP Runs Away from the Bubble Zone
Last week the NDP government introduced Bill 9 which will create a 50-metre bubble zone of safety and privacy for women accessing healthcare, including abortions and other reproductive health services,*…