Okay, Liberals – The "All You Can Eat Buffet" is Open
It’s not that often Liberals get to say nice things about The Tyee but there’s a lot of good stuff in it, sometimes even for Grits. A very popular entree…
April 2019
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Roland Paulsen is rightly critical of the billionaire-funded take that we should ignore the ready availability of resources to end severe crises simply…
Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of April 1, 2019
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of April 1, 2019. 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 April 1, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 1, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: Your Ancestors Were Slaves. Who Owns the Photos of Them? Mounties seeing…
What’s Up On The Right
If you want to understand right wing discontent, Elif Shafak writes, take a look at what he calls “the right wing intelligentsia:” There is a new radical-right intelligentsia and they…
Jody Wilson-Raybould launches leadership bid: “I’m running for leader…of the Conservative Party of Canada!”
In the latest twist in the ongoing SNC-Lavalin scandal, former Trudeau government Attorney-General Jody Wilson-Raybould has shocked the nation again by confirming she now plans to challenge Andrew Scheer for…
Congestion Pricing Gaining Popularity
Nobody likes sitting idle in traffic yet we keep building roads and supporting the automobile as a transit solution. To alleviate pressure from commuters driving into the city (who are…
In a time of fools in Quebec.
There is no more appropriate time to recognize the foolishness of the bigotry that emerges periodically in Quebec than April Fools Day. They bring it on themselves. Quebec leaders and…
The Only Thing Middle Class About Andrew Scheer Are His Flowbee Haircuts And Ill-Fitting Suits.
If the 2019 Election is going to be based on pocketbook issues, and affordability – lets look into the pocket book of Andrew Scheer, and how we cannot afford him…
Late night caller
So, I am authorized to tell you this much. Last night, I got a call from an intermediary. Someone I trust. I was asked if I would accept a call…
Gaslighting a society #nlpoli
Saturday morning and Facebook delivered a video clip of Peter Mansbridge accepting a lifetime achievement award. After the obligatory thanks to everyone, Mansbridge delivers a scripted couple of minutes about…
Former NDP leader Brian Mason said ready to bring Alberta-style politics to B.C.
Brian Mason, soon to be a resident of British Columbia, will seek a nomination as an NDP candidate in that province as soon as he can, AlbertaPolitics.ca is reporting. The…
“Andrew Scheer here”
Billy Mays here with your latest As Seen On TV fad/junk: Andrew Scheer here.Trudeau's carbon tax will raise gas prices 4.6 cents on Monday, so fill your tank! Storm the…
Who Do You Believe -Jody Raybould Wilson Or These Two?
Who do you believe? Former AG Jody Wilson Raybould and former president of the Treasury Board Jane Philpott, or PM Justin Trudeau and Michael Wernick, his Clerk of the Treasury…
Episode 32: GSAs, GSAs, GSAs. Week 2 of Alberta’s Election.
Alberta’s provincial election is 16 days away and for the duration of the campaign, we are going to be recording a new episode of the Daveberta Podcast each week. In…