On transitions
I’ll offer a reply to Cam’s knee-jerk response to the federal NDP’s long-overdue push for the basic necessities of responsible economic and environmental policy – including real carbon emission reductions…
2019
It’s a Manly Thing. Jagmeet Now Opposes Fracking.
Just days after the New Dems were tossed in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith by-election by the Green Party candidate, Paul Manly, a clearly panicked Jagmeet Singh has become “woke” on climate change.…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Eoin Higgins discusses a new report by Elizabeth Warren and Pramila Jayapal on a U.S. political system which is even more corporatist…
Panic! At the NDP Disco
As we get closer to the summer and then the Fall election, the pressure is starting to ramp up on the various parties in Ottawa. For each party, that pressure…
The Faces of the Global Climate Strike Movement
Climate change can’t be ignored anymore. Every year we see an increase in deaths directly related to climate change from flooding to heat waves. Young people are inheriting a planet…
He’s Always On Transmit
Who is Doug Ford at his core? Martin Regg Cohn writes that he’s a one way communicator. He’s always on transmit: Horsepower and political power have one thing in common:…
Liberals often quote Nanos. I don’t think they should do that.
Federal Polling: CPC: 35.4% (+0.9)LPC: 29.7% (-2.1)NDP: 15% (-0.9)GPC: 11.3% (+2.6)BQ: 4.4% (-0.2)PPC: 0.9% (-) Nanos Research / May 10th / 1000 Respondents / Telephone / MOE 3.1% (% Changes…
Mayor Tory asks the rhetorical.
Asking a question rather than making an accusation is another piece of equipment in the politician’s toolbox. Mayor John Tory of Toronto should be an expert at this form of…
Cuts & Critics: Expect fireworks in the Legislature, but no real brakes on radical UCP agenda
Alberta’s 24 NDP Opposition MLAs were sworn in yesterday and Opposition Leader Rachel Notley, not so long ago the province’s premier, named the MLAs who will fill her shadow cabinet…
Kevin J. Johnston Hit With 2.5 Million Dollar Judgement
So, remember when Ron Banerjee settled with Mr. Mohamad Fakih of Paramount Fine Foods who sued both Banerjee and Kevin Johnston based on an especially vial slander that a Superior…
No-Holds-Barred Bill Nye
Clearly, Bill Nye is mad as hell and won’t take it anymore. This piece would certainly make for a nice truth-in-advertising moment juxtaposed against the Doug Ford propaganda ads being…
Muslim citizen wins huge libel award against Ontario hatemonger
Former Mississauga mayoral candidate Kevin Johnston, a Muslim-hating lunatic, has been ordered by a Court to pay $2.5 million to Paramount Fine Foods owner Mohamad Fakih for defamatory hate. The…
How To Explain Global Warming To A Moron like Doug Ford
I don't think it's possible to explain climate change to somebody like the brutish Doug Ford.He's too dumb and greedy.And as proof of that he has just released this tax…
Sure, Jagmeet, But How?
When a New Democrat talks about climate change they need to be very specific and entirely candid. We’ve heard their talk before and it’s usually just empty words. Jagmeet Singh,…
What Would It Really Take?
We all know the injunction – cut greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030 and entirely by 2050. To some that conjures up visions of the end of fossil fuels,…
Sonia Furstenau: The Island’s old growth is under attack
Falling-boundary tape in one of the seven old-growth cutblocks that were proposed by B.C. Timber Sales near Juan de Fuca Provincial Park. Photograph By TJ WATT By Sonia Furstenau…
140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of May 13, 2019
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 13, 2019. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on May…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Daniel Drenzer reviews Joseph Stiglitz’ People, Power and Profits, while noting the importance of pairing progressive policy ideas with a plan for implementation.…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 13, 2019
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 13, 2019 from Wise Law on Twitter: House Judiciary Committee to Vote Wednesday to Hold Barr in Contempt Trump…
Mr Scheer Goes To The Basketball Game
I live just a few blocks away from the Scotiabank Arena, so I'm pretty familiar with the Raptor fans who gather in the square they call Jurassic Park.And since I'm…