In my April 30, 2019 blogpost, “The Kingsway Cases at the LPAT: An (Unrepresented) Party’s Observations, Part 9: Going Through the Motions,” I updated readers on the KED cases at…
The post below was published as part of a longer article in Inroads: The Canadian Journal of Opinion in their new issue released this week. In it several contributors assess…
US scientists maintain there’s a direct link between the decline of sea ice in the Canadian Arctic and worsening summer severe weather events across the southern US. The study draws…
This week is a very solemn time for Canadians from coast to coast to coast. This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Day-D landings and the movements that led…
I’ve done several environment- related posts today: Stiglitz on the Green New Deal; the Global Footprint Network and Earth Overshoot Day, 2019; human consumption of microplastics; the magnificent Greta Thunberg;…
The Global Footprint Network has announced that Earth Overshoot Day, 2019 will fall on July 29th. If you’re wondering if that’s the earliest ever be assured it is. Last year…
You just might get it. As far as I am aware, this has never happened before: Trudeau will be the first Prime Minister investigated by an international body, during an…
Nobel laureate, Joe Stiglitz, is my kind of economist. The former World Bank chief economist has devoted a lot of his career to fighting the scourge of inequality, he even…
Living in the age of climate crisis will mess you up in ways you might not even imagine, not now anyway. A report by 27 national science academies (trust me,…
Britons are stirring and Greta Thunberg gets a lot of the credit. Public concern about the environment has soared to record levels in the UK since the visit of Greta…
It was just last week that I wrote about a different take on the fall out of the moving of Jane Philpott out of the Indigenous Services portfolio way back…
Okay, D-Day celebrations to commemorate the Normandy landings in 1944. The last tranche of veterans on hand for the 75th commemoration, bless them all. What I don’t get is the…
A whole new culinary tradition may be in store with news that humans eat plastic. A lot of plastic. On average, we eat at least 50,000 particles of microplastic per…
It’s almost been a year since the election of the Ford Conservatives in Ontario, but for many it’s felt like so much longer. Part of that feeling is due to…
When I was in Scotland last summer, I was thrilled to be able to witness Baby Trump rise the into the sky at a protest in an Edinburgh park.Trump wasn't…
Cyclists have somehow got a bad reputation of being lawless street users over the last century. This reputation is poorly earned since the rebels of the road aren’t on two…
The Brits have endured Donald Trump for the last four days. The upper echelons of British society have shown remarkable restraint. The Guardian reports that Prince Charles tried to engage…
Those people who are promoting an intervention for premier Doug Ford’s beer bonanza are missing a few clues. First of all, an intervention is normally conducted by people who give…
Weed is legal in Canada but it is almost impossible to find, especially seeds. They are offered, legally, sort of. The kick in the ass is that Mr. Prime Minister…
Statuesque cats.
