On sound rejections
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal’s decision rejecting the Moe government’s attacks on federal carbon pricing is worth a read in no small part for the general acceptance of a climate…
May 2019
Well, We’ve Kicked Earth to the Curb, What Now? Should We Finish Her Off?
The only surprise is that this should come as a surprise – to anyone. Humankind has so overgrown this planet, our one and only biosphere, Spaceship Earth so grievously that…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 6, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 6, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: Legal Aid Ontario to cut jobs, impose hiring freeze after provincial budget…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Sigal Samuel reports on Gary Bloch’s work in prescribing secure incomes to address health problems arising out of poverty. And Murtada Haizer and…
Pay To Slay
That’s what critics are calling Bill 108, the “More Homes, More Choice Act,” introduced stealthily, as the cowardly are wont to do, by the Ford regime in Ontario. Buried in…
Worried About Mass Extinction? Kill Your Lawn
A UN report released today reveals that 1 million species a threatened with extinction thanks to human actions (as in YOU!). The most effective thing we can do is vote…
For Which People?
Since the Ford Conservatives in Ontario released their first budget a few weeks ago, we’ve seen trickles and trickles of news come out about either details from that budget buried…
The Blind Are Leading The Blind
The United Nations released a summary of a report last week on the health of the planet. Brad Plumer writes in The New York Times: The 1,500-page report, compiled by…
Is Kenney a Constitutional Crisis?
It seems that between Jason Kenney and his predecessor as premier of Alberta, Kenney has the shriller voice. When he goes to Ottawa to bitch and whine about how his…
The Financial Reality of Election 2019 #nlpoli
The reality confronting any administration after May 16 is the same regardless of which party wins the election. The government is unlikely to balance the budget in 2022, regardless of…
Returning soon
April 2019 marked the tenth birthday of this online site. I say thank you to regular readers who participate with comments and make these sections interesting and informative. Special thanks…
A Shake Up for Canada’s Old School Parties
You can think of Canada’s federal politics as bi-polar. We have two parties that will form government, just the two and it shows. Over time the Liberals and Conservatives have…
Talk to you next Sunday
Yesterday Ms Soapbox attended the Alberta Federation of Labour 2019 Convention. It’s theme was Choosing Our Future. She heard some terrific presentations from people like Rachel Notley, John Max Smith…
Stuff Happens IV, The Reckoning, week 18: Jason Kenney goes to war
No one can say that Jason Kenney is easing into his new job as premier of Alberta. After appointing his cabinet this week (one from Edmonton, as expected, most of…
The Smoked-Out Coast
What does it mean to live in America’s Pacific states? Smoke, a lot of smoke, enough that it is changing the way of life, perhaps unalterably. That’s discussed in an…
Hate Groups At Toronto Pegida Rally Burn Quran and Set Off Smoke Bombs
Sooooo, remember when these people claimed to be opposed to Islamic extremism, but not Muslims? No one believed that then nor does anyone believe it now: Here’s Andre Ch (Cdn…
Death Watch for NAFTA II
The Great Negotiator seems to have doomed his vaunted USMCA trade deal. The Bungler-in-Chief Trump has once again screwed the pooch. The deal has been heralded as a win by…
Removal request has been resubmitted
I was on vacation for a week and hadn’t posted since my request to be removed from ProgBlogs. Now that I am back I published a new post this morning…