Inside Laurentian University’s demise
In April 2021, Laurentian University announced plans to cut 58 undergraduate and 11 graduate programs and lay off more than 120 faculty. As Ron Srigley writes, this move signaled the…
December 2021
Trump, Trust and Truth.
If wife Melanie doesn’t poison his late-night cheeseburgers first, Donald Trump is planning his return to the U.S. presidency in 2024. He already has a large chunk of U.S. voters…
Does Kenney understand Alberta?
A recent survey, conducted by Maru Public Opinion and Janet Brown Opinion Research, took a reading of Canadians’ views of Alberta. The poll measured the reaction to a number of…
The Reichstag Fire of the War on Christmas?
The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Let ‘Er Rip! Alberta Opens the Taps.
Make hay while the sun shines. UCP Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the province has not set production limits on the oil industry since December of 2020. She said the…
Inaccurate carbon accounting
Calling bioenergy “carbon-neutral” suggests that emissions are instantaneously offset, when in reality it can take trees decades to absorb all the carbon emitted by burning wood, say critics…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Bruce Arthur writes about the need for governments’ responses to COVID to adapt to the increased risk posed by the Omicron variant.…
Yet More Disrespect From Madigan
Earlier this year, I wrote about how Councillor Bob “Lapdog” Madigan had behaved in a churlish, misogynistic manner towards female members of council during council meetings, first in March, 2021,…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 9, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Justin Trudeau announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics via @TorontoStar – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Collingwood’s “Broken Windows”
If I sometimes seem to complain in a picayune manner, harping on the same signs of scruffiness and neglect that we see more often around town these days, there’s a…
Navigating the housing crisis with poverty wages: What hope for young Canadians?
We need to change course and start thinking of housing as a human right. Photo by Louis Tricot/Unsplash. For the last fifteen years, young people in Canada have been struggling…
Follow The Money
We’re beginning to get some idea where the money to finance the Trump insurrection came from. The Washington Post reports: Eight days before the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, a…
COVID and Homelessness: Ten things to know
I was recently invited by the The Economics Society of Northern Alberta to speak at their 2022 Outlook Conference about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on homelessness. Here’s an…
Climate of Promises.
Did you know there is going to be an official plan on how Canada will achieve its climate target for 2030? We would probably feel more encouraged by this if…
Despite a few dissenting voices, unsettling new nomination-stacking law shows Jason Kenney firmly in control of party and caucus
Presumably the risk remains small that deep-pocketed United Conservative Party activists will ever buy party memberships in the names of hundreds of random Albertans, funnel the funds to the party,…
My latest: how to know who Justin Trudeau really is, in the place where his soul is supposed to reside
Pretend, for a moment, that you are a big wheel in the federal government. Prime Minister, even. Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, too. Pretend you are running a…
Liar, liar, pants on fire….
Okay. What happened today in Ottawa is something I thought was going to happen. And it’s disgrace for all Canadians. Americans have been told that China is evil because a…
It’s the Latest Thing. Let’s Just Call It "Reality." The Era of Growth Ends in Ten Years.
Flashback 50 years. 1972. Boston. MIT. A study is released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that concludes industrialized civilization will end around the middle of this century. But that…
Erin O’Toole and the Moral Corruption of the Cons
It was an amazing sight. Erin O'Toole shaking hand with Justin Trudeau, after the Bill to ban conversion therapy received unanimous approval in the House of Commons. Staring into the…
Conversion Therapy Ban Enacted
It’s now the law of Canada. The ban on conversion therapy received royal assent today. It’s done. At last.