Advisory: Launch of the Guelph Equine Public Policy Group
The hard reality is that Canadian horses and horsepeople suffer when our voice goes unheard in the corridors of power. The Guelph Equine Public Policy Group will ensure that Canada’s…
March 2019
Ford’s Cuts to Education
As reported in a CBC article, Ford’s cuts to education, so far, aren’t nearly as bad as anticipated. Could it mean he actually listened to citizens? Or maybe they’ve been…
Christchurch
This morning I woke up and started my day with my usual Friday routine; I got cleaned up, got myself ready for work, took out the garbage and the recycling…
It’s the Green New Deal or Else
I suppose we all owe UCLA economist and Hoover Institution senior fellow Lee Ohanian a debt of gratitude for telling us how it is. The “free market” propagandist recently took…
The Christchurch Massacre and the Bigot Cons
It's a sickening act of terrorist violence that has shocked the world.Dozens of people killed in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Slaughtered while they prayed, just because they were…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Nathan Robinson discusses how the language of “meritocracy” is used to entrench structural inequality: The inequality goes so much deeper than that, though.…
The Biker Mob
Donald Trump has warned his opponents that things could get tough for those who try to deny him a second term. Daniel Dale writes in The Toronto Star: U.S. President…
The haters and us
When word of the terror attack in New Zealand arrived, I did what many do: I turned on CNN, and I went to social media. Within minutes, I found the…
The Love Ballad Of Andrew Scheer And Hamish Marshall (In The Key Of Rebel Media)
“Call me Stephen Harper with a smile” Andrew Scheer There is one truism about the Conservative Party of Canada under Andrew Scheer. It may be Andrew Scheer’s smile, but it…
Wise Law Roundtable: Forced Retirement, Age Discrimination and Wrongful Dismissal
Commentaries from Wise Law’s lawyers on current cases of interest Garry J. Wise: Employees over the age of 60 are a perennially vulnerable sector of the Canadian workforce. Forcing an…
Today: Students Striking for the Climate
Around the world students are taking the streets today to let people know that they want to live on a planet without cataclysmic climate change. Previous generations neglected to act…
Fighting the Beer Store fight.
Have you seen the opinion pieces running in what is left of Ontario’s small-town papers? These are warnings forecasting higher prices for beer if we change the way it is…
Massacre At Two New Zealand Mosques; Yellow Vest Canada Members and Other Far-Right Groups Celebrate
I plan on adding to this later today. I just wanted to get the basics out. In Christchurch, New Zealand, a man walked into a mosque wearing a GoPro which…
Forget Julius Caesar, we’re watching the Perils of Pauline, starring Jason Kenney!
It may be the Ides of March, but on the Alberta political stage, today’s production seems to be the Perils of Pauline, not Julius Caesar. For those of you hoping…
To log or not to log North Cowichan’s municipal forest reserve?
By Peter W. Rusland To log or not to log North Cowichan’s municipal forest reserve? And if so, where and how? Those pointed, timely questions were aired and debated using…
CVRD Directors Need An Environmental Assessment Prior To Making A Decision On Westcan Zoning Amendment
By Peter W. Rusland It’s clear Cowichan regional directors must commission a long-overdue environmental impact study of the Cowichan Bay Estuary before deciding about an industrial-rezoning application from a bay…
Arctic Destruction
I just want to put this document here so I can find it again: Global Linkages: A graphic look at the changing Arctic. It was compiled by the UN Environment…
March 14:This VERY Dangerous Time
https://www.guardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/12/us-college-admissions-scandal-corruption-rigged https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-college-scam-court-cheating-1.5055097 Some universities have always been places of privilege and snobbery. That doesn’t mean they are good. It’s just snobbery. It can run very deep – throughout the whole…
Podcasting With Canadia Cast (And Overcoming Sound Issues And A Level 5 Man Cold)
This was me today, a level 5 man cold – and I still made it on to co-host Canadia Cast with Kevin, only to be foiled by a few audio…
Caffeinated & Aggregated: News you may have missed, since February 26th…
Believe it, or not, there are other things happening in Canada and around the world… Here’s a roundup of links to news you may have missed, since February 26th. Why…