The Value Of Police Body Cams
With increasing awareness of the wrongdoing that police sometimes perpetrate, video recordings of their interactions with the public are becoming of increasing importance, both in Canada and the United States.…
June 2021
Anti-Vaxxer Escalation in Nova Scotia
As we move further along through the COVID pandemic, we’re starting to see progress. More and more Canadians are getting vaccinated, things are slowly opening up and case numbers are…
Manage the Summer Heat in Your Home Without AC
Global warming is making our cities hotter than ever before, which has led many to turn on the air conditioning. The irony is that to keep us cool we turn…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Making a Last Will during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Critical Race Theory? Right!
Republicans have been railing about Critical Race Theory for some time now. But you saw Critical Race Theory in action yesterday. Dana Milbank writes: Critical race theory (at its core,…
Does the Pandemic Divide Us?
While there might be light at the end to this tunnel we have been in, will we come out divided and insular to our fellow Canadians? Have the restrictions on…
Christian Champion, Jason Kenney’s favourite curriculum advisor, risks becoming the UCP’s Tzeporah Berman
Jason Kenney did not seem pleased when the first reporter to ask a question at his June 18 news conference on his COVID-19 reopening plans raised the topic of offensive…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Water cats.
Of Course It’s Dysfunctional, Junior. You Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way.
Yeah, Sure. Building the case for an early election, prime minister Trudeau today complained that parliament is afflicted by “toxicity” and “obstruction.” Hard to tell what he’s complaining about. Toxicity…
When the Real Lessons of the Commune are Missed: Ajith Responds to Badiou
This is a response to Alain Badiou’s “The Paris Commune: Marx, Mao, Tomorrow.” It was originally published on Ajith’s Medium page on June 16, 2021. In a piece on the…
How to Beat Writer’s Block: An Author’s Tale
Once upon a time, I lived in Prague, in a part of town known as Smichov, long before I had to learn how to beat… Continue ReadingHow to Beat Writer’s…
The Missed Chance for the Red Chamber
This is the last week of this Parliamentary session and is most likely the last week of the 43rd Parliament. If the election comes as expected, this week is really…
Electric awesomeness. Harley Livewire.
LiveWire Electric Drive Motorcycle – Harley-Davidson USA It’s beautiful, it’s fast, it’s a Harley – and it’s electric. Instant torque from an electric motor means great acceleration. An electric motorcycle…
On Bill C-6 – Conversion Therapy
Bill C-6's next step is on to the Senate once the House of Commons holds a third reading vote. I expect the usual suspects like Senator Plett will do their…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Canadian Press reports on new Leger polling showing that over two-thirds of Canadians want to see COVID-19 protections remain in place…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 22, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay:Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatens to jail those who refuse Covid-19 vaccine via CNN Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet06222021 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Some Good News And Some Bad News
First the good news: Canadians as a whole are feeling pretty cheery about being part of a multicultural, diverse country. Now the bad news: One-third of a survey’s respondents say…
Why the ‘New Corporation’ is bad news for democracy
The New Corporation: How “Good” Corporations Are Bad for Democracy Joel Bakan Allen Lane, 2020 Joel Bakan begins his latest book, The New Corporation, by noting that, in 2019, “…the…
Inflation Panic
Canada’s inflation rate — at the moment — is 3.6% Some people are freaking out. They suggest we’re headed for a re-run of the 1970s. Paul Krugman writes that what…
Talking Ontario Cabinet Shuffle with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Lindsay Maskell & Kate Harrison for “Political Heat” panel. We talked about Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet shuffle, what…