140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 17, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 17, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: Trudeau government plans to ban ‘harmful’ single-use plastics in Canada by 2021…
June 2019
The New Deal for People
This week marks the final official sitting week of the 42nd Parliament of Canada, the end of four years of Liberal governance. And while the House may come back for…
Scheer’s Problems
Justin Trudeau faces several issues which could doom his prime ministership. But so does Andrew Scheer. Penny Collenette writes that, with friends like Doug Ford and Jason Kenny, Scheer’s quest…
Ontario NDP: “We the Green”?
Ontario’s lacklustre new democratic party partied in Hamilton last weekend. While most of the province was celebrating the Raptors winning the championship title of America’s National Basketball Association, Ontario’s NDP…
My latest: Trudeau’s enemy
Justin Trudeau needs an enemy. In politics, you always do. Someone you can demonize. Someone you can warn voters about. Someone who suggests to voters that, while you may be…
Women in elected politics: is it a choice? #nlpoli
The number of women in elected office in Newfoundland and Labrador remains below the numbers one would expect based on changes in society over the past 40 years. Why is…
Left by the pope with a choice between glory to God and death to the carbon tax, what will Jason do?
Turns out you really can’t serve God and Mammon! Who knew? Tout le monde Conservative Alberta was reeling over the weekend at Friday’s news from Rome that Pope Francis, leader…
GSAs in Alberta (Even Doug Ford Does It Better)
It started when the Kenney government introduced Bill 8, the Education Amendment Act which they said would provide “the strongest statutory protections” for gay-straight alliances (GSAs) in the country. It…
11 things I loved about "rolling thunder revue: a bob dylan story"
Allan and I have been greatly anticipating “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story”, the new film by Martin Scorsese released this week on Netflix. When “The Last Waltz” opened…
Stonewall and the Cowardly Homophobia of Andrew Scheer
This month will mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots that helped spark the rise of the gay liberation movement.And all over the world Pride marches are taking place…
Soldiers of Odin Provide "Security" For Former PPC Candidate At Anti-Trans Rally and Update on Hamilton Assaults By Homophobes Harassing Pride Attendees
I'm going to provide an update on what occurred when members of a number of hate groups attacked participants at a Pride event in Hamilton momentarily, but I first need…
Stuff Still Happens IV, the Reckoning, Week 24: Raptors? What Raptors?
If you’re a regular reader of this blather, you’ll know that I am most decidedly not a “fan” of the Toronto Raptors (and for the record, neither are the millions…
Did the Chinese learn their trade antics from the U.S.?
The China/U.S. trade war heats up. The rest of us get dragged along willy-nilly. Nonetheless, there is a lot of sympathy for the American case. The Chinese have hardly walked…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Michal Rozworski examines the factors which have contributed to Canada’s ongoing housing crisis, including public austerity, consumer debt and undue speculation. Dan…
Mike Harris’ Legacy Lives On
Ontario often is the keystone in federal elections. Paul Barber suggests that, in the next election, that may well be the case: Trying to establish Ontario’s place in the Canadian…
A Wonderful Father – It’s About Love and Security
This is my father, James “Babe” Thomson. I miss him so much – he passed away after a series of strokes in 1975. From my Dad, I learned to feel…
Long Hours & Many Miles
“The hours are long, the workload can be overwhelming. The people you work for don’t always like you and, after four years, they can fire you without saying why.” so…
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends…”
And once more Ontario liberals found that they were not masters of their own destiny. Ontario liberalism is a fiefdom and the serfs were told once more last weekend what…
The Real Con
The Con Game continues. It’s time to know who your bedfellows are as the 2019 federal election looms.
Another Justin Trudeau supporter sends a fan letter
They sure are nice people!