Protecting the City of Toronto from Doug Ford
The Ford government lost for a second time in the courts on one of its early and arbitrary initiatives – the downsizing of Toronto City Council. Ontario Superior Court Justice…
2018
Eating OFF the Hill: Pricy tacos at El Camino
I’ve been hearing I must try the tacos at El Camino for a few years now, and despite their Elgin Street locaiton being just down the street from me, I…
Episode 19: Quashing Pipelines and Political Dreams
In this episode of the Daveberta Podcast, Dave Cournoyer and Ryan Hastman discuss the latest news in Alberta politics, including Premier Rachel Notley’s response to the quashing of approval of…
A Yellowlegs Sandpiper at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Yellowlegs Sandpiper
Federal NDP Caucus Meets To Figure Out ‘What possibly could have gone wrong here?"
JAGMEET SINGH!!! Just resign so that New Democrats can repair the damage your inexperience and stubbornness created before the next Federal Election!! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-troubled-ndp-faces-its-do-or-die-moment-in-bc-cauc...
Federal NDP Caucus Meets To Figure Out ‘What possibly could have gone wrong here?"
JAGMEET SINGH!!! Just resign so that New Democrats can repair the damage your inexperience and stubbornness created before the next Federal Election!! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-troubled-ndp-faces-its-do-or-die-moment-in-bc-cauc...
Federal NDP Caucus Meets To Figure Out ‘What possibly could have gone wrong here?"
JAGMEET SINGH!!! Just resign so that New Democrats can repair the damage your inexperience and stubbornness has created before the next Federal Election!! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-troubled-ndp-faces-its-do-or-die-moment-in-bc-caucus-meetings-this/
Too 10 Legal Headlines for the week of September 10, 2018
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of September 10, 2018. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of September 10, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 10, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Ontario elementary teachers’ union files for injunction over sex-ed curriculum, ‘snitch line’…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David Roberts highlights the trillions of dollars in global benefits to transitioning to sustainable energy over the next decade-plus – as well as…
The Kaepernick Effect
I recently wrote a post entitled, The Vindication of Colin Kaepernick, in which I opined on the decision by Nike to use the former NFLer for a new advertising campaign.…
Is The Man Smart Enough?
Like his predecessor, Mike Harris, Doug Ford plans to remake Ontario. And, just like Harris, he’s starting with education. He has rolled back the sex ed curriculum of the previous…
“Crickets:” Huge news for Toronto and the city-province relationship, across Canada
What today’s court decision means:• John Tory was right to oppose the provincial government’s move• As Tory said, you can’t change election rules mid-election• The province can pass laws about…
Schools Should Teach how to Dissent
The role of schools often gets debated in places where safety and wellbeing are in doubt. Some people argue all schools should do is make kids into workers with little…
Weir and Moore Demonstrate Singh / Federal NDP Stunning Hypocrisy
Weir and Moore Demonstrate Singh / NDP Stunning Hypocrisy September 9th, 2018 So much for the federal NDP’s pretense of being the party of fairness, equality and even reconciliation. The…
Weir and Moore Demonstrate Singh / Federal NDP Stunning Hypocrisy
Weir and Moore Demonstrate Singh / NDP Stunning Hypocrisy September 9th, 2018 So much for the federal NDP’s pretense of being the party of fairness, equality and even reconciliation. The…
Weir and Moore Demonstrate Singh / Federal NDP Stunning Hypocrisy
Weir and Moore Demonstrate Singh / NDP Stunning Hypocrisy September 9th, 2018 · 2 Comments So much for the federal NDP’s pretense of being the party of fairness, equality and…
Keeping calm in chaos.
Not being a big fan of Canada’s foreign minister Chrystia Freeland, I must admit that she is very good at handling the news media. Being a former journalist certainly helps.…
Hill Times writes about Tire-gate
Right here. Kinsella nearly gets involuntarily, er, re-tired Hill Times columnist Warren Kinsella looks forward to retirement, he says. But not that kind. Last weekend, Mr. Kinsella was returning to…
Irreconcilable differences? Gulf between the Alberta and federal NDP is wide, and could grow wider
The rift between Premier Rachel Notley’s Alberta New Democrats and the federal NDP led by Jagmeet Singh over the Trans Mountain Pipeline is wide and deep, but it is not…