The British Morass
If you think our election was a horror show, Robin Sears writes that you should pay attention to what’s happening in Britain these days: This week the Conservatives were threatened…
November 2019
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 25, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 25, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: Sudbury woman fights for job after being fired on maternity leave |…
How the pollsters got Trump’s victory wrong
Fascinating piece in the Times. Key reasons they messed up: they didn’t weight for education they underestimated intensely anti-Obama voters they missed the “shy Trump” supporters Excerpt: By and large,…
Mitzie Hunter has won my support in the Ontario Liberal leadership race…
Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Mitzie Hunter Like the Democrats to the south who are now trying to figure out which of their presidential candidates is best to beat Donald Trump…
Be a Better Tourist just by Thinking
Over tourism of popular sites, and entire cities, has gotten so out of hand that Venice, Amsterdam, and a handful of other cities have concerned adding a daily fee to…
Who will rule? Google, Huawei or Microsoft?
Who is kidding who in the high-tech wars? Based on what Google Analytics can tell us about readers of this web site, I think you should all sit up straight…
The Big Tech Podcast
I’m excited to share a podcast I have been working on with David Skok, The Logic and CIGI called Big Tech. The goal is to have longform conversations about tech,…
The Rookies, the House, and the Orchestra Pit #nlpoli
What is reported is seldom what happened even though what happened is far more interesting than the stuff that falls into the orchestra pit. Events in the House of Assembly…
Why I’m not so critical about Justin Trudeau lately
As regular customers know, I’m a Democrat. Large “D.” I work on Democratic Party campaigns as a volunteer. In 2016, I worked for Hillary in three states, including her Brooklyn…
Booing Alberta’s premier at public events like Sunday’s Grey Cup — let’s make it a Battle of Alberta thing!
Is the United Conservative Party’s honeymoon over? God knows, it ought to be. Sadly, though, it’s probably not. Yet. Just the same, it was mildly encouraging to hear a few…
Donald Trump’s America
Wow — you MUST take a moment to watch this powerful video. I mean it — please watch it and share!! pic.twitter.com/LUI4bMgsp9 — Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) November 24, 2019
November 2019 Bits and Bites: Defamation Suits, Vanderweide, CNP, and Endangering Lives
Our research into Canadian members of Iron March based on the leaked forum information is ongoing. Suffice it to say we’ve been finding some especially interesting individuals who will be…
Argggh!
Ms Soapbox spent most of Saturday in ER so her blog on Bill 22 won’t appear until Monday. On the upside, the doctors, nurses and healthcare staff at Foothills were…
Andrew Scheer and the Big Red Machine
Well at least now we know why Andrew Scheer has been keeping such a low profile, and looking so weird or so paranoid..It seems he's been trying to recover from…
One Affordable Step In Addressing Homelessness In Cowichan
Too many of our Cowichan Valley citizens face homelessness and all the associated problems that result. Our local governments have funded Social Planning Cowichan and the Cowichan Housing Association with…
We Need Bike Paths, Not Bike Lanes
We keep trying to make cyclists, pedestrians and cars share the same space? Why, when it’s a losing battle?
Stiglitz – It’s Time to Ditch GDP
Justin Trudeau, Bill Morneau and every other perpetual-exponential-growther, or PEG’er, are joined at the hip to GDP, gross domestic product. They are GDP’s high priests. It is, to them, the…
Where Lies The Truth?
Chip Franklin thinks he knows: Hamilton’s greatest fear was a foreign power controlling our president. A prescient warning for Trumpers; he cares not a fuck for you. pic.twitter.com/WSHakyPxkk — Chip…
Conversations with Leigh Robertson and some reflections about making change in the world.
I had a great talk with Leigh Robertson the other day. Our conversation wandered from talking about child labour as a focus for teaching children about the history of the…
Better Metrics
Joe Stiglitz writes that we are facing three crises: The world is facing three existential crises: a climate crisis, an inequality crisis and a crisis in democracy. Will we be…