Standing on Principle Against “The Big Lie”
It’s been a while since I spoke about the politics of our neighbours to the South, and there’s been a good reason for that. Let’s be real here, when Donald…
May 2021
Communist love in the time of capitalist doom
The Communism of Love: An Inquiry Into the Poverty of Exchange Value Richard Gilman-Opalsky AK Press, 2020 “This book is about the communism of love. It is, in other words,…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Do children inherit parent’s debt?
Most debt doesn’t transfer from a parent’s estate to a child. If the deceased did not have enough assets to pay off the debts, the creditors may require a sale…
Ford’s War On Th Environment
Under the cover of the COVID emergency, Doug Ford is selling out the environment. Martin Regg Cohn writes: Under cover of COVID-19, Premier Doug Ford has been selling out the…
My morning in tweets
I love the people who yell at Dr. Fauci on Twitter, because they think he has enough free time to find their stupid tweets on Twitter — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren)…
When every vote counts.
There are Canadians I know in the Jewish community who tend to come down hard on me if I criticize Israel. It just cannot be helped though when that country’s…
Plague Update: Cons Spin The Blame Bottle — Lands On Selves
You read this PPE shame before on my blog, but it was brought up in a mailing by local Conservative MP M. Kram. “Never-Ending Blunders – Tons of PPE from…
Jason Kenney shut down the Legislature, but debate on Alberta’s dismal COVID-19 record migrates to House of Commons
Not only is the Kenney Government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic a spectacular failure, its strategy for suppressing public awareness of just how bad things have become in Alberta dramatically…
$17,297.48 For One SVJI Meeting!
John Megarry filed a Freedom of Information Act requesting the town provide the costs of having the two lawyers from the town’s inquiry legal team speak online to council for…
Reckoning with genocide and the denialism of the Canadian state
Fort Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School students. The institution was operated from 1884 to 1969 by the Roman Catholic Church. Photo courtesy of Library and Archives Canada. Tamara Starblanket is a…
My latest: the twisted cedar!
Latest. So, this is taken up at the very remote spot I’m buying. And this is exactly what I saw: a moss-covered cedar twisted just like this, like something you’d…
Rebooting Calgary’s downtown core
Calgary’s downtown core has long been a hive of commercial activity, a major energy centre in more ways than one. Not long ago the city had the second-highest number of…
Delivering Trees With a Side of Irony
The current Liberal government in Ottawa has made some pretty big promises during their current tenure over the past six years. Many of them have been well meaning and necessary…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 5, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Secret William Barr memo saying not to chargeTrump must be released, judge says via CNN News – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
When Both Things Are True
In normal times, this would be the period of time when we’d be reaching the end of the current minority Parliament in Ottawa. All the signs of an impending federal…
My latest: C-10 must be stopped. But who will stop it?
It’s not censorship. It’s not censorship to want to use the law to prohibit, and punish, those who make and distribute child pornography. It’s not censorship to object to hate…
Saunderson’s Petty Vindictiveness on Display
If you ever doubted our mayor, Brian Saunderson, was engaged in a petty, personal vendetta against people who thwarted him in 2012, you only need to read a recent article…
The Big Lie Is The Big Disease
It has been remarkable to watch what has happened to the Republican Party. Tom Friedman writes: Under Trump’s command and control from Mar-a-Largo, and with the complicity of most of…
Simran Bakshi on Employment Law: Challenging Your Employment Agreement
If your agreement was signed after your employment already started, it may not be enforceable. If your job title or duties significantly changed since your agreement was signed, your employment…
Architects Need to Build Their Knowledge to Build a Sustainable Future
Current popular building practices lack a nuanced approach to sustainability due to years of it being culturally ok to put future generations into ecological debt. Thankfully, things are starting to…