Meme Monday #8
The Queen and Prince Philip have a solid marriage despitethe pressures their roles place on it. Or maybe its because of those pressures that their marriage has been going strong…
2020
It’s time for Hong Kong to reckon with its far-right (reposted from lausan.hk)
This article was translated by the wonderful Lausan collective. You can find it and many other articles offering “decolonial left perspectives on Hong Kong” here. It’s time for Hong Kong…
Canadian mining companies and the making of modern Colombia
In February 2011, thousands of activists marched in several Colombian cities against the controversial Angostura project proposed by Canadian mining junior Greystar Resources. The International Finance Corporation, the private lending…
Covid Journal, November 30, 2020
The son of polio vaccine inventor Jonah Salk talks about patents, the public interest and pharma; Let’s give younger people some hope rather than blame them for our mess.
Vote No. 23 is the first shot in Erin O’Toole’s war on China
Illustration by Canadian Dimension On November 18, Conservative MP Michael Chong introduced the following motion in parliament: That, given that (i) the People’s Republic of China, under the leadership of…
Talking COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution & the Federal Fiscal Update 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 Dennis Matthews. We discussed the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic, the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Daniela Gabor writes that there’s no reason to treat the spending needed to allow people to survive a pandemic-induced recession as an excuse…
Difficult Times
Chrystia Freeland delivers her economic update today. Chantal Hebert writes that, for Freeland, today is an inflection point: Monday’s long-awaited federal fiscal update will be Chrystia Freeland’s first major solo…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the week of November 30, 2020
Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of November 23, 2020. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
How Iceland Conquered COVID-19
Iceland’s size helped it grabble the COVID-19 pandemic in a way that other nations couldn’t. The country was able to test half its population and keep a close eye on…
My latest in the Sun: the vanishing vaccine
Politics is all about symbols. Ask Jimmy Carter. Remember him? He was one of the very few one-term presidents. Usually, presidents get elected for two terms. It’s pretty hard to…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of November 30, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 30, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: A man wearing Trump gear who was seen deliberately exhaling on women…
We are going to miss Mr. Trump
Don’t get me wrong here. I know full well what a horror it has been with Donald Trump at loose in the White House. I am really not sure if…
Worry, fear, and the Zero Risk Bias #nlpoli
Accepting that life is all about risk is the first cognitive step.Mark Kingwell, On Risk (2020)The reporter just wanted to confirm how many active cases there were in the province.…
Worry, fear, and the Zero Risk Bias #nlpoli
Accepting that life is all about risk is the first cognitive step.Mark Kingwell, On Risk (2020)The reporter just wanted to confirm how many active cases there were in the province.…
Worry, fear, and the Zero Risk Bias #nlpoli
Accepting that life is all about risk is the first cognitive step. Mark Kingwell, On Risk (2020) The reporter just wanted to confirm how many active cases there were in…
Oppositional by nature, the UCP acts as if Rachel Notley’s NDP was still the government
Perhaps because he’s the only United Conservative Party MLA in Edmonton, Justice Minister Kaycee Madu seems to have become the Kenney Government’s main spokesperson responsible for yelling at the NDP.…
November 29: A better world under Joe Biden?
Get real. For a start, He and his wife had a good income, but not a sensational one right up to 2017. And that was the year he did well…
Kenney’s ‘Data-Based’ Covid Restrictions
There are some leaders you’d follow to hell and back, and then there’s Jason Kenney. On Nov 24 Mr Kenney declared a second covid related public health emergency and outlined…
Man and beast feast on this year’s chum salmon runs to the Cowichan River
Larry Pynn While tourists enjoyed a world-class wildlife spectacle this month — Steller and California sea lions hauled out on the Cowichan Bay waterfront — Cowichan Tribes engaged in a…