Tom Berger, R.I.P.
I was saddened last month to hear of the passing of Thomas R Berger, the pioneering lawyer, human rights advocate, politician and Royal Commissioner who was famous for three things…
May 2021
What does the UCP do now that its favourite researcher says she never thought Canadian environmental groups were being used by U.S. interests?
What is the United Conservative Party’s position, pray, about Vancouver blogger Vivian Krause’s bombshell assertion she always understood the environmental conspiracy to landlock Alberta’s oilsands she promoted so energetically had…
Musical interlude
The Glorious Sons – Daylight
How races differ
Science has little use for the term “race.” Defining it is too problematic due to genetic variation among individuals and populations. To quote geneticist Kenneth Kidd, “Race is not biologically…
Alberta’s Dilemma: When do we recognize that the world is changing?
Back in 2015, I started asking a simple question: is Alberta ready? Whenever I talked to politicians or entrepreneurs or thought leaders, I asked that same simple question. I asked…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – John Michael McGrath makes the case for optimism about our potential to avoid further waves of COVID as long as COVID-19 vaccinations overtake…
Covid Journal, May 22, 2021
Opioids – The Shadow Pandemic; Opposing Bill C-10.
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 21, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Ohio mother allegedly faked daughter’s terminal illness to obtain funding for trips, housing via CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Unrelentingly Stupid
As odious as it is to stereotype people based on their geography or any other criteria, (actually, I do it all the time when talking about Americans) the following certainly…
Israel’s actions endanger Jews everywhere
IDF soldiers clash with Palestinians in Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, on December 31, 2017. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90. Israel’s longest-serving prime minister has…
Musings on Aesop and Local Politics
I’ve always liked reading “wisdom tales”; I still read and delight in those Zen Buddhist stories that Paul Reps recounted in his book, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, which I first…
COVID Speaks
Andrew Nikiforuk, in The Tyee, gives COVID a voice. It’s a must-read piece. The virus offers ten lessons. I’ll only deal with three of those lessons. The first involves eternal…
Investing in Care, Not Profit
Central to building the care economy is reversing our dependence on for profit delivery. Here is a position paper by a number of colleagues and I on addressing the tragedy…
More on language laws.
You never know where interesting comments will come from. A reader in British Columbia agreed with my comments recently on how to protect the French language. As a he is…
More on language laws.
You never know where interesting comments will come from. A reader in British Columbia agreed with my comments recently on how to protect the French language. As a he is…
State of the Media: Postmedia, looking for a future, post media as it were, wants to deliver your parcels!
Let’s give ourselves some respite from the horror of living in Alberta under Jason Kenney and his United Conspiracy Party. Instead, here’s an inspiring, upbeat story about an old business…
My people
This is the first band I will be RUNNING to see once I get my second shot: pic.twitter.com/FCBAE2TfvU — Beck (@BeckTheGirl) May 20, 2021
Canada, Trudeau’s plaything
@JustinTrudeau has capitulated to the demands of Quebec’s nationalist government. The Constitution debate is back. If it happens, the separatists won’t be satisfied and will demand more. If it doesn’t,…
Nestlé workers demand equal pay for equal work
Nestlé Canada workers strike outside the factory entrance in Toronto’s west end. Photo courtesy of Unifor Local 252. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, workers at the Nestlé manufacturing plant in Toronto’s…