Errors and alternatives
Three years ago, John Horgan’s Government promised the 2017 upward budget revision for Site C would be firm, final and effectively managed. Three years before that, Liberal Energy Minister Bill…
August 2020
Another Roller/Trump Buddy Bites the Dust
Life is not going smoothly for Jerry Falwell Jr., son of the late Talibangelist, Jerry Falwell Sr. Junior was recently suspended from his job as president of Liberty University, a…
Winners and Losers: The Conservative Leadership Race
Now that the votes have been cast, the points assigned and the winner declared in the Conservative Leadership race, it’s time to read through the entrails of what just happened…
Trudeau’s crisis-driven ‘reset’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during his Press Conference at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018. Photo by Valeriano Di Domenico/Flickr. The…
“Take Canada Back” ?!?!?
“Take Canada Back” to when/what/where, etc., exactly?!? ICYMI Erin O’Toole is the newly-minted leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Erin O’Toole ran on a leadership campaign platform that courted…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kim Siever writes about the consistent choice of right-wing governments to use anti-tax rhetoric to goose corporate profits at the expense of the…
Shadowboxing with Russian bots
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo courtesy of the Kremlin/Wikimedia Commons. In the name of democracy Hide your kids, hide your wife, the Russians are coming, but this time for Canada’s…
Manhattan D.A. Shelves Demand for Trump’s Tax Returns
It was a long and hard-fought battle against the legal legions of Trump but, finally, Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., triumphed. He could get Donald Trump’s tax returns. At…
The Morning After: O’Toole Wins
Last night we saw a leadership campaign unlike any other in Canadian history come to an end and in a sense, the ending was somewhat fitting for 2020. Thanks to…
Fires In His Own House
So it’s Erin O’Toole. The pundits are surprised — and so is Peter Mackay. Now that analysts are beginning to sort through the votes, it appears that the party’s social…
Erin O’Toole wants to “take back Canada”
…to what? To this: • he has said he has “concerns” about banning conversion therapy • he’ll create “conscience rights” to make abortions much harder to get• he says he’ll…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of August 24, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 24, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Cyberattack shuts down Canadian government accounts Judge apologizes for calling woman ‘little…
No Erin on the side of caution. Again.
Also: a party that can’t run a simple leadership vote can’t run the country, either. Prescient column. “This data suggests that it may be incredibly risky for CPC members to…
Brandolini’s Law
Ever had the frustrating experience trying to correct someone’s obviously un-factual post or meme on Facebook? And found yourself in a swamp of comments all telling you you’re wrong, an…
An Assessment of Erin O’Toole’s selection as Conservative Leader
In a leadership convention that will be known as much for its counting machines shredding ballot votes and the long delay in announcing results, as it will for the picking…
An Assessment of Erin O’Toole’s selection as Conservative Leader
In a leadership convention that will be known as much for it counting machines shredding ballot votes and the long delay in announcing results as it will for the picking…
It’s Not Like They Had Much to Choose From
Canada’s Tories, like their Republican cousins to the south, are old, white and increasingly irrelevant. Both parties have to pander to an aging demographic that is becoming more xenophobic and…
Kelly Anne Says Adios, Donaldo
Trump apologist extraordinaire, Kellyanne Conway, is leaving the Trump administration – and there’s no two-week notice either. Kellyanne is clearing out at the end of the month. Her husband, George,…
Can Trump’s environmental mischief be undone?
Of all the damage that Donald Trump has managed to do in the last four years, the most serious is his assault on the environment. Aside from pulling his country…