An Exercise in Hypocrisy
A story in CollingwoodToday is titled, Collingwood residents asked to add to council code of conduct. It suggests the town (aka council) is looking for public input into the always-changing,…
November 2021
Can Kenney Keep His Cool?
It appears that in the hiatus, waiting for parliament to convene later in the month, the news media have been having some fun. They are doing their best to start…
No one expected Devin Dreeshen to quit Jason Kenney’s cabinet – so what happened between Monday and Friday this week?
Almost no one expected Devin Dreeshen to resign from Jason Kenney’s cabinet Friday morning. The thirtysomething minister of agriculture may have been mired in a messy scandal stemming from allegations…
Musical interlude
Purple Disco Machine feat. Eyelar – Dopamine
BIG CHANGE
Big change is hard though of course big change is just what’s needed. The experts warn and our leaders confirm that we are in the midst of a climate emergency,…
Trudeau’s Lousy Bet.
A report published in the journal Nature Energy predicts that Athabasca bitumen’s days are numbered. By 2036 half the world’s fossil energy reserves could become “stranded.” The bursting “carbon bubble”…
Betcha didn’t know the American government can imprison people with no charge and no trial.
This may be a brief post. My computer has gone quite insane – and I don’t know which repair shop I should go to. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We don’t hear about it,…
This Makes Me Sad, Fire Takes Landmark From Corner Gas
Fire destroys iconic grain elevator from TV show Corner Gas https://t.co/N6nWCPsVoe — CBC Saskatchewan (@CBCSask) November 5, 2021
China’s winding road towards capitalism
View of downtown Shanghai, China at night. Photo by Li Yang/Unpslash. There is perhaps no bigger controversy among partisans of the left than the nature of China and its economy.…
The Climate Crisis – Why We’re Not Playing to Win
It’s been some time since I realized that we will never avert climate catastrophe until we recognize that Earth is finite and the only future for humanity depends on our…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 5, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Alberta judge convicts man of assault for coughing on server in Calgary bar via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Emma Buchanan writes about the restrictions on media access that have resulted in people being poorly informed about the damage done by COVID-19.…
Trying Air Canada’s new Ottawa to Toronto Island service
For years, Porter Airlines has had a lock on the Toronto Island Airport, aka Billy Bishop or YTZ, flying Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft to points in Eastern Canada and the…
Loblaw sees ‘profit improvements’ in wage and benefit cuts
Loblaw makes its profits by paying workers poverty wages, writes Mitchell Thompson. Photo by Lars Hagberg. Twice since the pandemic began, the billionaire CEO of Loblaw Companies Ltd. has risked…
Fading Politicians
Politicians are not the big wigs they used to be. Glen Pearson writes: For those eager to watch the regular gatherings among leaders of the most powerful democratic nations, this…
Are Erin O’Toole’s Cons Getting Ready To Give Him the Hook?
Ever since the COP 26 summit began, Erin O'Toole has tried very hard to pretend that it isn't happening. Not saying anything, not even tweeting a word about it. No…
Chronicling the decline of the industrial age in Hamilton
Shift Change: Scenes from a Post-industrial Revolution Stephen Dale Between the Lines, 2021 How do you write a city? The lives, the languages, the million tangled paths. The strip malls,…
It’s Too Late for Ford.
The Ford government in Ontario is desperately seeking voter approval for next June. The election is seven months away, but to win, the conservatives figured they better start early. The…
UCP bill will allow big money and dark money back into election financing, restrict free speech rights, NDP Opposition says
Alberta’s United Conservative Party introduced new election financing legislation yesterday that appears likely to allow big money and dark money to start flowing back into provincial politics as well as…
Schadenfreude, Hydro-Québec and the Maine referendum
It’s called schadenfreude, the satisfaction you get from someone else’s misfortune. Some Albertans may be feeling it this week after the referendum in Maine that rejected a Hydro-Québec transmission line…