A snapshot in time.
Nothing is more foolish than to read the opinion polls of today and apply them to a general election somewhere down the distant road. The polls are nothing more than…
May 2021
Covid Journal, May 5, 2021
The debate is over. Let’s get moving forward – get vaccinated.
Jason Kenney steps up to rostrum, announces new COVID-19 restrictions, then skedaddles
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney stepped up to the rostrum at his hastily scheduled 6:02 p.m. “news conference” yesterday, reeled off what he proposes to do about the fact Alberta now…
Rash of Tree Thefts In North Cowichan
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Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cushioned cats.
When Lockdown is a Luxury You Can’t Afford
The current Covid hotspot is the world’s second most populous nation, Narendra Modi’s India. As the pandemic, and especially the double-mutation Indian variant, sweep through India’s major cities, other countries…
Is Canada Sliding Into a Form of Tribalism?
Like most democracies, Canada has always had a left/right, liberal/conservative divide. For most of this nation’s history there were bonds between the two, enough that we were usually able to…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 4, 2021
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Steve Martinez, please stop, as he was recently released. Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/updates-4-may-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along…
Who is considered an expert? News reporting on drugs must do better
According to Rebecca Hume and Katharina Maier, centring the voices and lived experiences of people who use drugs (PWUD) as well as the insights of harm reduction and public health…
May 20-23: The Great Transition 2021, “Building Utopias”
Every year, activists and militants from the Historical Materialism network organize The Great Transition/La Grande Transition conference. While it still can’t be held in person this year, due to COVID-19,…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Apoora Mandavilli warns about the looming prospect that the U.S. will be unable to reach herd immunity through vaccination due to right-wing…
A Little On Workspaces and Design
This morning on CBC, there was a brief segment on “what will workplaces look like after COVID”. They brought in someone from one of the big architecture firms to talk…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 4, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Group of Ontario police officers launches charter challenge of pandemicrestrictions via CBC News – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
“If All You Have is a Hammer….”
As a practitioner of the political arts, I can’t help but watch and observe how people of the others side or other political teams operate. I’m a big believer that…
Writing politics during the pandemic
Neon installation by British multimedia artist Tim Etchells, displayed on the side of the Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens, Greece from November 7, 2016 to July 31, 2017. Photo from…
Pensée Du Jour
Nothing profound, other than to say it is good to know that amongst the provinces, Ontario is not alone in its government’s ineptitude. H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
Join the No-Mow May Campaign
Pollinators love the spring and they love your lawn….until you cut it. Spring time is when pollinators need a quick get up and go meal, which usually comes from those…
Kenney’s Hell
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that Jason Kenney is in a hell of his own making: Alberta has now recorded more daily confirmed COVID-19 cases on a per capita basis than any…
Simran Bakshi on Workplace and Employment Law
Employers Beware – Even the most Remote Possibility of Violating the ESA will render a Termination Provision Invalid Termination clauses in employment contracts must be drafted very carefully, with due…
Talking More Confusing Messaging on COVID Vaccinations with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Jason Lietaer for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about NACI’s confusing and conflicting advice on…