Simple and Crass
The Republicans have decided that they don’t need a platform. What they will run on, Dana Milbank writes, was on full display last night — fear: The Republican National Convention…
2020
Dr.Judith Sayers appointed chancellor of Vancouver Island University
Judith Sayers appointed chancellor of Vancouver Island University Carla Wilson Vancouver Island University’s new chancellor Dr. Judith Sayers. Photograph By Vancouver Island University She noted Monday that VIU has worked…
Wexit Is a Shakedown And the Tories Are Blackmailing Canada
Erin O’Toole could hardly wait to get his ass in Andrew Scheer’s old chair before he was on the phone to Justin Trudeau to raise that gravest threat facing Canada,…
Teletubbies Falwell Likes To Watch
If you’re old enough, and into American odd news, you’ll remember Jerry Falwell saying he thought the purple Teletubbie was gay. His son carried on in the family tradition of…
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…
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…