Mask Madness
With increasing evidence that small, potentially infectious airborne particles of Covid-19 can remain in the air for hours, you would think that the use of masks in enclosed spaces would…
2020
A Year for Fare-Free Transit
Yorkdale Station in Toronto. Photo by Matt Wiebe/Flickr. When I made the case last year for fare-free public transit in Ottawa, it seemed like a longshot. What a difference a…
Jean Chrétien’s austerity made Canada less prepared for COVID-19
Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien speaks at an event in 2013. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The history of the Liberal government of Jean Chrétien and his finance minister Paul Martin…
Another Rant About Overpopulation Arguments
I don’t actually care that much about overpopulation, not nearly as much as I care about re-regulating industry with climate a top priority and changing economic policy to decrease inequities,…
Talking Mandatory Mask Wearing & Another Scandal for the PM with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Jason Lietaer & Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about Ottawa making mask wearing in public…
The New Ambassador
Bob Rae is Canada’s new ambassador to the UN. His appointment comes in the wake of Canada’s failure to gain a seat on the Security Council. Susan Delacourt writes: Bob…
Jason Kenney is ‘All In’ on Keystone XL.
Alberta premier Jason Kenney just went ‘all in’ against a stacked deck. Most of us thought Jason Kenney was smarter than that. He seems to be betting that Donald Trump…
Covid Journal, July 7, 2020
A few topics for today: Why isn’t the Rideau Hall attacker a terrorist? Why aren’t we using Covid as an opportunity to start doing things differently?
Muskrat committee flags cost risk for potential alternate transmission software #nlpoli
At the end of December 2019, the Muskrat Falls Oversight Committee added development of alternate protection and control software for the high voltage direct current transmission system – that is,…
Bill 30, the UCP’s health care omnibus bill, is bad, but not as bad as it could have been
The two most striking features of the health care omnibus bill introduced yesterday by the United Conservative Party are that it opens the door to a higher degree of privatization…
Alberta Wars Episode I: Harper, The Phantom Menace
It’s been difficult for me to focus on writing this past month. It might be hard to believe but beneath the cool persona I present for the purpose of political…
Unpublished TV, published
Me and some way smarter people, tonight on @UnpubOtt TV: https://t.co/0tYrlt6D7L #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 7, 2020
Talking Bob Rae as UN Ambassador & New Ethics Investigation of the Prime Minister on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the appointment of Bob Rae as Canada’s…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Robert Reich discusses how Donald Trump’s insistence on pushing reopening without a plan to alleviate an ongoing pandemic has led to disaster both…
140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of July 6, 2020
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of July 6, 2020. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jul…
One Thing We Have Learned from Covid-19
The global pandemic should have erased any doubt that relying on government to handle crises is a lousy bet. On threat after threat what we get from our political caste…
When Munich Re Walks, You’ve Got a Problem
One of the world’s biggest insurance giants, Munich Re, is pulling its coverage of the Justin Trudeau Memorial Bitumen Pipeline, a.k.a. Trans-Mountain. Munich Re is one of a number of…
The Cost Of Illiteracy
God knows, the United States has failed many times to live up to its ideals. But its great leaders understood those ideals and put them into words. Unfortunately, Donald Trump…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of July 6, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 6, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions Judge temporarily blocks publication of…