Justin Trudeau and the Shrinking Of Erin O’Toole
As you may have noticed Erin O'Toole has been keeping a low profile since Justin Trudeau whupped his Cons by more than forty seats. The ghastly little Con hasn't dared…
October 2021
Just A Quick Note
If you saw yesterday’s post, you might want to go back to it for some updates. The tale is not quite as straightforward as originally reported, but, I think, still…
Certain Days Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar 2022 – Now Available!
Full of essays, beautiful artwork and important dates in social justice history! Now in its 21st year of publication, the Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is required reading…
Reversal Of Fortune
As Canada, the United States and China battled over Meng Wanzhow’s extradition, her company — Huawei — underwent a reversal of fortune. David Olive writes: Huawei has always insisted that…
What’s the point of voting NDP?
Burnaby South MP and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh at a rally in Vancouver. Photo by Diane Smithers. The joviality and popularity of its leader cannot hide the fact that…
Refugees Who Helped Snowden Landed in Canada
Edward Snowden did a very brave thing of exposing how the American government spies on its citizens, foreigners, and allied nations. Thanks to his efforts the web is now a…
Dougie Dimes Us.
Ontario premier Doug Ford must think he is John D. Rockefeller. That was the Rockefeller who built Standard Oil of New Jersey into the industrial bemouth of today. It was…
‘Troubling’ North Cowichan report suggests forestry management not within scope of biodiversity consultant
Originally published by https://sixmountains.ca By Larry Pynn Larry Pynn ‘Troubling’ North Cowichan report suggests forestry management not within scope of biodiversity consultant On Thursday, North Cowichan council will consider…
Dismissed by CBC Ombudsman, Commissioner’s complaint about story shows ‘Alberta Inquiry’ all but down for the count
One Alberta story that didn’t get nearly enough attention in the past few days, and none at all from mainstream media, was Alberta Inquiry Commissioner Steve Allan’s risible complaint to…
Park Board approves planning of creek through Spanish Banks parking lot and dog park
Kenneth Chan, Daily Hive |Oct 5 2021, 1:43 pm Planning for the daylighting of Canyon Creek at Spanish Banks Beach Park will advance, following a unanimous decision by Vancouver Park…
Old Habits Hard to Kick
We’re on our third Liberal government. Long on promises but lagging on delivery. Despite all the grand pledges at the 2015 Paris climate summit governments are still slipping more than…
You Can’t Keep A Good Man Down
…especially a man like restauranteur Jody Pendleton, who so loves his freedom that he exercised it by firing all of the staff from his four eateries who have been vaccinated…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Smriti Mallapaty reports on new research suggesting that vaccines provide only partial protection against the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Sarath…
Legal Tweet of the Day: October 6, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: House committee investigating Jan. 6 can’t find Trump aide to serve subpoena via @CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
Ottawa’s municipal unions have blown a fuse on vaccine mandates
CBC is reporting that four of Ottawa’s unions — CUPE 503, CUPE 5550, ATU 279 and ATU 1760 — are grieving the city’s no jab, no job policy. And it…
Johnson’s Sour Paradise
Yesterday, I wrote that some Republicans are playing dumb because it gives them a perceived political advantage — until it doesn’t. Britain has its own version of feckless Republicans. Currently,…
Life’s hard truths
I am reluctantly coming around to the conclusion that I may never get to be principal dancer in Stravinsky’s Le Sacre Du Printemps with the Moscow Ballet Company in my…
Have you kissed a farmer today?
Reading the latest statistics about the urban-rural divide in Canadian politics the other day was a disappointment. It seems the split is becoming more pronounced. In Canada, our rural voters…
Zoom meetings
So I just started a short-term job and one of the things I am going to be learning about is how to host Zoom meetings. Not, like this guy, I…
It’s almost magical how something can be true one day in Alberta while the complete opposite is true the next!
It’s almost magical the way something can be true one day in Alberta and the complete opposite is true the next. Readers need not be particularly well informed to recall…