Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Stephen McBride offers some important lessons on austerity from government responses to the 2008 economic crisis. – Zoe Drewett reports on the rising…
2018
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday September 19, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. Many custody disputes in Ontario family law matters are now…
Kick out the jams, mother%™¶ª! The MC5, tonight!
Seeing these geniuses – or what’s left of ’em, anyway – tonight with Lala. Amped.
The Incredible Failure of the Failing Andrew Scheer
As we all know Andrew Scheer and his ghastly Cons try to use the word "fail" as many times as possible when talking about Justin Trudeau.In what is clearly a…
The Cons and the Defector Who Came In From the Not So Cold
For almost two days, Leona Alleslev and Andrew Scheer were the toast of Con Canada. And what a show it was.I mean just LOOK at them. Have you ever seen…
In A Box
Mitch McConnell is a shrewd and putrescent politician. But he did warn Donald Trump not to choose Brett Kavanaugh for his Supreme Court nominee. Walter Shapiro writes: Mitch McConnell sent…
Could Quebec go with Legault?
With less than two weeks to go to the Quebec election, it comes across as a spiritless event. At least the Couillard liberals have not laid down their arms and…
One Spanish City Banned Cars and Found Success
Cars in cities just cause traffic and block other modes of transportation so one Spanish city decided to do something about and banned car traffic in its downtown. The results…
An Abuse of Power
Last Sunday an open letter signed by about 400 Ontario legal professionals was sent to Attorney General Caroline Mulroney asking that she not support the use of the Constitution’s notwithstanding…
As Edmonton and Ottawa awake to Jason Kenney’s (un)diplomatic funny business, stuff starts hitting the fan
Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney and two of his MLAs are running around India again today acting as if they are representatives of the governments of both Canada and Alberta.…
Jason Kenney touts NDP record of low-taxes, efficient power prices during trip to India
Jason Kenney touted Alberta’s low taxes, educated work-force and efficient power prices to the Indian media during a trip to meet with government ministers and business leaders on the subcontinent…
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emily Atkin offers a reminder that the people with the least stand to face the most severe costs of climate change. But…
Support Trans Youth, Say Pediatricians
On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a policy statement declaring that “The Academy stands against stigmatization and marginalization of youths and emphasizes the need for their acceptance…
“Save your pretty words”
“This was your moment to do . To speak to that issue by acknowledging the apology, the findings of the investigation and then to speak to your decision. You did…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Nosy cats.
Most Monarchist Comment of 2017?
I have spoken before of how much I like thesite openparliament.ca. There are fewbetter ways to keep track of what Canadianpoliticians are actually saying. I used it agreat deal during…
Sept. 18: The Lies We Are Told….
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/charts-climate-change-bar-codes-1.4802293 Well, not to worry. This story hasn’t been important enough to make the irving press. Anyway, in this election time the politicians have more urgent issues to discuss –…
Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels, and the Toadstool Nightmare
As we all know, Donald Trump's mental state is continuing to deteriorate. He should be concerned about the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, but he's clearly more worried about Hurricane Mueller.…
What Canada-US Trade Would Look Like if We Were Dealing With a Sane President
A recent analysis piece in TheWashington Post reveals that Canada is probably America’s best trading partner. Canada could even be called the United States’ best major trade partner. It’s the…