#LavScam: some tweets never get old
RT to call on the Prime Minister to testify on the PMO Ethics Scandal under oath. #cdnpoli — Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) October 28, 2013
2019
What is the Value of OLDaily?
OK, before you panic, I’m not thinking of quitting OLDaily. It’s not that kind of post. But still. When I changed email providers a few months ago I lost a…
He’s Got a Point
Law professor and environmental activist, Gus Speth, hit the nail on the head when he observed that science cannot solve climate change that threatens life on Earth. “I used to…
On Deferred Prosecution Agreements
With the uproar over SNC-Lavalin this past week, I decided it would be a worthwhile exercise to familiarize myself with this legal construct that the government introduced with Bill C-74…
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #30
At the Port Hardy Library, we’ve been hosting visits from the local First Nations school, from the the Gwa’sala-Nakwaxda’xw Nations. (That is pronounced GWA-sala Nak-wah-da.) The children have been absolutely…
Stuff Happens IV, The Reckoning, week 6. The Trouble with Trudeau
This was not a good week for Justin Trudeau. The coming weeks may not get any better. The Globe and Mail reported on Thursday that Justice Minister Judy Wilson-Raybould had…
A Big, Fat Nothingburger
I don’t know who did what in the SNC-Lavalin scandal that has ensnared Justin Trudeau. The question seems to be did the prime minister twist the arm of then Justice…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Paul Krugman duly mocks Donald Trump’s attempt to turn any discussion of social investment into a threat of “socialism”: Some progressive U.S.…
Who Is Andrew Scheer? Lesson #2
In the first lesson, we learned that Andrew Scheer is a regular guy. Well, maybe in his own mythology he is a regular guy. Like everything surrounding the Conservative Party…
The Shameful Behaviour Of Pharmaceuticals
Daniel Dale recently wrote a piece about how a provision in the new NAFTA could lead to higher drug costs in Canada. Some Democrats are demanding a change to a…
Debate Or Influence Peddling?
Don Lenihan writes that things are getting Kafkaesque in Ottawa: Franz Kafa couldn’t script it better. The Trudeau PMO stands accused of interfering in a legal process and the former…
#LavScam Toronto Star scoop: Trudeau’s cover-up begins
If Justin Trudeau won’t relieve Jody Wilson-Raybould of her lawyer’s obligation to maintain confidentiality – and if he plans to fight any inquiry into the #LavScam obstruction of justice scandal…
A shadow from the right.
On behalf of the Right Honourable Clarence Decatur Howe, I object. There were many assumptions made about the man when he was alive and many more after his passing. My…
Former CBC journalist John Archer acclaimed as NDP candidate in Edmonton-South West
Former CBC journalist John Archer was acclaimed as the NDP candidate in the Edmonton-South West riding last night. Mr. Archer may not have surprised everyone, but he certainly surprised me…
Mr. Mandel Regrets: Political drama, Alberta Party style … this may be theatre, but it ain’t no masterpiece!
Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel now says he regrets missing the deadline for filing his nomination candidate expense paperwork, but nevertheless expects the courts to make the problem go away!…
Somewhere, Gerald’s head just exploded
My week on Twitter : 2.7K Mentions, 349K Mention Reach, 11.9K Likes, 2.98K Retweets, 1.59K Replies. See yours with https://t.co/TQhKFs0QZY pic.twitter.com/mUqKrYioBG — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 10, 2019
Feb. 09:We still live in 1939
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/antarctica-greenland-weather-1.5011904_________________________________________________________________ There were people who fought fascism, including Brits, Canadians and Americans who fought fascism before that was respectable – through the years when our government and business leaders still…
The Green New Deal
David Appell on the Green New deal: I wish it was only about carbon without the social welfare proposals, such as (G) ensuring that the Green New Deal mobilization creates…