July 27: The Final Days?
I,000 children is just the starting record of Canadian indigenous children as young as three being murdered with the authority of Canadian governments and the Roman Catholic Church.It was a…
July 2021
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Stepped-up cats.
A Potential Hitch in Someone’s #elxn44 Plans?
We’re in the dying days of July and the August long weekend is right around the corner. Given all the speculation and talk around when the next Federal election will…
Prisoners’ Justice Day 2021 in Montreal
VIGIL Prisoners’ Justice Day / Journée de la justice pour les détenu.e.s Tio’tia:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal August 10 2020 / le 10 août 2021 18h30-20h30 Parc Vinet (near CEDA)…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates July 27, 2021
NOTE: If you currently send the updates to Doug Wright, he has been moved: Douglas Wright #57973-060 FCI Gilmer Post Office Box 6000 Glenville, West Virginia 26351 If you send…
About that Border Opening
A lot of us don’t agree with the federal government’s decision to open the US/Canada border to fully vaccinated Americans on August 9th. Maybe our concerns will prove unwarranted. Canada’s…
How Secure Is Your Phone?
Your phone’s security is probably not too bad, aside from it being a tracking device. And especially when someone buys state-sponsored spyware to attack you and your network: It's been…
Beyond Growth, Get Used to the Idea.
“Only a Fool Keeps Chasing an Impossibility” It has been slow in coming but it seems the world is finally coming to realize that our belief in growth is a…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Apoorva Mandavilli reports on the CDC’s return to recommending that people wear masks indoors to try to avoid another COVID wave. Matt…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 27, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay:Landmark Vatican fraud trial begins as cardinal faces charges over London property deal via CNN Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet07272021 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Fake Meat is so Much Better
The new alternatives to meat like the Beyond Burger are remarkably better for the environment than processed animals. This is found by a research team at the University of Michigan…
Junk Science Masquerading As Political Advocacy
Yesterday, I learned of the existence of a group calling themselves "Gender Dysphoria Alliance Canada". I was not happy with what I saw. They claim to be "evidence-based", and that's…
A Much-Needed Solution
If you have been reading this blog lately, you will likely know the low opinion I hold of those who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Despite rising cases of…
Simran Bakshi on Workplace and Employment Law: SCC Clarifies the Law on Bonus Entitlements during the Notice Period
The Supreme Court of Canada in Matthews v Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., 2020 SCC 26 was clear that an employee who would have received a bonus during the notice period,…
Climate capitalism and ‘regimes of obstruction’
A pump jack operates in an oil field in the Permian Basin in Texas. Photo by Jacob Ford/Odessa American. The Big Stall: How Big Oil and Think Tanks are Blocking…
The F-35 Canada doesn’t Need.
American airplane manufacturer Lockheed Martin’s sales staff had a marker event last month. They found that Switzerland wanted to buy 36 F-35 stealth fighter jets. It makes you wonder though…
Regulators who oppose regulation
A Boston Globe report ought to interest Canadians because the Massachusetts experience improves understanding of how regulators who do not believe in regulation work hand-in-hand with industry…
A Far Different Future Sooner Than You Might Imagine
One thing that can be said for the unfolding climate emergency is that it has forced us to see ourselves not as Masters of the Universe but as a species…
Welcome home, blogger! Don’t worry about closed Alberta hospital beds – we have pepper spray and pickup trucks
SIDNEY, B.C. Welcome home, blogger! Alberta Premier Jason Kenney trying to prove that he’s a real manly Alberta man too (Photo: Twitter/Jason Kenney). Having spent a few days dealing with…