Minister Freeland and the global tax
I first took particular notice of federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland when I read her book Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else.…
November 2021
The Bad News About the world’s most evil nation (just south of our border) and our wimpyness
This is just a short note because I’m having big problems with my computer, and I have to find one hell of a good repair man. Just a reminder of…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sarath Peiris rightly calls out Scott Moe and his government for making it a goal to punish the poor within Saskatchewan. – Marco…
Our latest Sun Media hit: the Nowhere Man
The post Our latest Sun Media hit: the Nowhere Man first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
In for a tonne, in for a megatonne!
And here we always thought that world meetings were fun? Here was prime minister Justin Trudeau and his minister of global warming, Steven Guilbeault, at the COP26 climate conference in…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 3, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Doug Ford’s surprise minimum wage hike angers businesses and workers via @TorontoStar – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Our Council’s Reprehensible Greed
Our council’s sense of entitlement again came to light this week. A report from a consultant tabled in the Nov.1 meeting of the Strategic Initiatives Standing Committee recommends that the…
Too Selfish And Too Stupid
Will Rogers once famously declared, “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” Last night, the Democrats proved that they are still no organized…
#COP26 #2021: Some Promising News
#COP26 #2021 offers some promise when it comes to action from the top, especially financial companies. That said, we need all governments to take action in a serious way ASAP…
With Afghanistan fiasco, Canada’s ‘feminist’ foreign policy lies in pieces
With the Taliban trampling on women’s rights and girls’ education up and down the country, Justin Trudeau’s much touted ‘feminist foreign policy’ now lies in pieces. Photo courtesy the Canadian…
Jason Kenney throws chief medical officer of health under the bus for Alberta’s vicious fourth wave of COVID-19
The second-most-predicted event since the election of Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party as premier and government of Alberta in 2019 has come to pass. The most predicted event…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Costumed cats.
James Lovelock Surfaces. How the Climate Effort Could Backfire.
The venerable James Lovelock has chosen the opening of the COP26 climate summit to send a few words of warning. His message is we don’t stand a chance unless we…
Fool Me Once…
A splendid speech by Justin Trudeau at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Lots of promises. He’s really, really good at those. We signed on to end deforestation. We’re in…
Even Bees Practice Social Distancing
Pandemics happen often in the animal world, and not even little insects can avoid them. Researchers have discovered that one of the greatest creatures on the Earth, the humble bumble…
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
I don’t know how else to interpret today’s media event wherein UNIFOR National President Jerry Dias and OPSEU President Smokey Thomas appeared in Milton praising Doug Ford’s plan to increase…
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
I don’t know how else to interpret today’s media event wherein UNIFOR National President Jerry Dias and OPSEU President Smokey Thomas appeared in Milton praising Doug Ford’s plan to increase…
How to Livestream COP 26
If you want to sit in on any of the COP 26 sessions, the proceedings are streaming live on YouTube. Here’s the link: COP26 – YouTube You can watch recordings…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 2, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: TDSB places teacher on home assignment after he wears blackface at high school via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Unpublished Ottawa: equalization fuzzification
TONIGHT @ 9 pm ET/ 5pm PT on #UnpublishedTV: Alberta’s Referendum on Canada’s Equalization System https://t.co/xmvbnd19C5 via @YouTube. Hosted by @EdHandMedia with special guests: @kinsellawarren, @planetjanetyyc, @danielbeland and @DrSChouinard #cdnpoli…