Humanity is Beginning to Face Up to Global Environmental Breakdown
Earlier this week, I walked with my kids down to the main beach at Bell Park, so that they could splash around in the water. Although the sun was sinking…
2019
Interesting colour scheme for this Liberal incumbent
It tells me I made the right move!
Canada Going Down America’s Rabbit Hole
A nation divided or how we have to reap what Justin sowed. For many of us staring into the abyss of deeply fractured America is chilling. Well get used to…
In court right now, for sentencing of neo-Nazis
Warren Kinsella who lives in the Beaches and is the founder of @STAMPtogether outside court, reacting to the trial judge today saying he would consider re-opening the trial after James…
140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of July 15, 2019
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of July 15, 2019. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jul…
Justin Trudeau, the Alberta Crazies, and the Progressive Bastion
I see Justin Trudeau has taken part in the Calgary Stampede festivities, trying to make friends in a province where so many hate him, as he has every year since…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Cédric Durand and Razmig Keucheyan highlight the return of economic planning as a widely-recognized public policy option – while pointing out the need…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of July 15 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 15, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: 2nd $100M settlement reached in RCMP sexual harassment case Emojis are increasingly…
Getting Nasty
If you were wondering how Doug Ford is faring, a new poll has some answers. Kristin Rushowy reports in The Toronto Star that: The patronage scandal that continues to batter…
Trudeau should listen to McCallum.
John McCallum was building a very solid career as a professor and as an economist when he took a misstep into politics in 2000. While it took him a while…
Restoring Power: The Section 92A Option #nlpoli
One of the potentially most valuable revenue sources would be a new tax on electricity production that could yield upwards of $450 million a year. The bulk of the tax…
OK, he said nothing new, but why did Justin Trudeau’s pipeline presser make Conservatives so angry?
Conservatives’ faux shock at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s relatively news free pipeline construction announcement in Edmonton last week was a thing to behold. The tone generally was, “there oughtta be…
SaskParty Opposes Low Cost, Healthy Transportation
@tbeaudrymellor maybe you've no say in your party's communications, but are you embarased enough to ask them to stop mocking a zero-emission and healthy way to commute in cities? Failing…
Cowboys and Politicians
It’s the last day of the Calgary Stampede. It’s also the last day for politicians to dress up as cowboys for one last photo-op before getting back to business of…
Can We, Should We, Will We Live Forever Online
When typing for this blog I have often wished I could just think my thoughts at the computer and have them type out on the screen. This, no doubt, has…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – PressProgress reports on federal government focus groups indicating the twin problems of precarious employment and high costs of living: According to recently…
indigenous designs are all around us: more thoughts on accusations of cultural appropriation
Coast Salish Orca In 2017, I wrote this post: accusations of cultural appropriation are a form of bullying — and don’t reduce racism, and a follow-up: postscript: some clarifications and…
Taking the Environment to Heart or You Are What You Breathe
How’s your ticker? Probably it’s not as good as you imagine. The problem is – poison air. That’s especially true for those who live and work where the air is…