#LavScam boom
My God I love Jane and Jody. BREAKING: Jane Philpott says Justin Trudeau violated the law when he expelled her and Jody Wilson-Raybould from the Liberal caucus. She says the…
April 2019
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Simon Enoch examines Scott Moe’s bait-and-switch when it comes to carbon taxes, including his utter refusal to offer any other plan for…
Toga Party, Anyone?
The Romans were well-known for their embrace of bread and circuses. Indeed, an excerpt from Wikipedia sums it all up rather nicely: In a political context, the phrase means to…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 9, 2019. Today we are talking about Employment Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
Ford And The Press
Doug Ford has taken a page out of Donald Trump’s playbook. The media, he says, is his enemy. Rob Benzie reports: Following the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump, Doug…
Trudeau government cyber-promises: still bullshit
Trudeau’s minister responsible for democratic reform – whose first announcement was to announce there wouldn’t be any democratic reform – is now desperately attempting to change the channel away from…
Making noise
This is interesting. Spotted online last night. The notion that New Democrat councillors in Toronto want to shut down a lot of economic activity – and quite a bit of…
Secularism is not the new religion.
An interesting opinion piece by a seasoned Toronto Star reporter the other day posited that Quebec views on diversity differ from the rest of Canada. Frankly I think that is…
The 2005 and 2019 Federal-Provincial Agreements #nlpoli
The Atlantic Accord functions in Newfoundland and Labrador politics in two ways. There is the agreement between the Government of Canada and the provincial government that established the joint management…
Loblaws Corruption Rewarded By Liberals, Conservatives Demand Their Chance
That $12 million in public funds that went to Canada’s second-richest family could have funded some needed and highly desired Indigenous-run renewable energy projects in the North: https://t.co/lpkdzCgMLt — Billy…
The declining impact of ‘bozo eruptions’ – are Albertans the proverbial frog in a pot of boiling water?
Have Albertans grown so inured to Conservative “bozo eruptions” they no longer have much impact? To put that another way, have we grown so accustomed to the Lake of Fire…
Politics
(By Yeats, naturally.) ‘In our time the destiny of man presents its meanings in political terms.’ THOMAS MANN. How can I, that girl standing there, My attention fix On Roman…
Faith Goldy, Kevin Goudreau, and Hate Groups Including Soldiers of Odin Banned From Facebook
I’ve worked at the same job for close to 20 years and I really do love it. However there are drawbacks. On the one hand, my employment allows me to…
Statement on the completion of the False Creek Flats Panel process
April 6 2019 We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate members of the False Creek Flats Panel on arriving at a recommended option for an arterial route. Late…
NOT Prime Minister Material
Andrew Scheer and his supporters show a disturbing alliance to prominent racists. Will he distance himself from white nationalists and other racist groups? If not, we know where he stands…
There’s No Place for Hate in Our Political Discourse
There’s no place for hate in our political discourse. That seems like a fairly elementary statement – and yet, in 2019, I am profoundly saddened that we keep needing to…
Right Policy, Wrong Choice?
One of the big issues to come in the Fall Federal Election will be fighting climate change and carbon pricing. With Conservative politicians vowing to do everything to not tackle…
"at your library" in the north island eagle: column #1
I’m writing a library column for the local newspaper! I’m really excited about it. Everyone reads this free paper, so a column is an amazing opportunity to promote our services.…
pupdate: ten things we love about kai
The yard is only partially fenced, so until we close the gap, Kai is tethered.She doesn’t seem to mind. Allan, Diego, and I are totally smitten by this little munchkin.…
NATO: 70 Years Too Many
Photo by U.S. Department of Defense As we head for NATO’s 70th birthday, it’s time to assess the nuclear-armed military alliance that came into being to ensure western military superiority…