Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Holiday cats.
December 2021
Organized irresponsibility
For decades, flood risk studies written by specialists have accumulated on shelves in Victoria. One government after another failed to prioritize actions recommended by experts. They rated other expenditures as…
It is long overdue to put all the facts on the table regarding Bell McKinnon Local Area Plan
Chris Crowther’s letter to North Cowichan Council Dear Council: I am writing in support of Councilor Justice’s motion to seek planning staff’s professional opinion regarding possible impacts of building…
What is Canadian feminism?
New feminists abortion caravan in Toronto, 1970. Photo by Jac Holland, courtesy the York University Libraries/Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections/Toronto Telegram fonds (F0433). The following is an excerpt from…
When I Took Orders from a U-Boat Kapitan
I had the misfortune to wind up in a dodgy (seedy?) highschool in southern Ontario in the 60s. When I returned to begin grade 11, there was a new sheriff…
Is Boeing a Metaphor of our Times?
Boeing grew out of war. Its engineers designed and launched the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress. There followed the B-29, the B-47 and the also legendary B-52. On the civilian side,…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 7, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Black man convicted by all-white Tennessee jury in room with Confederate flags gets new trial, appeals court says via @ABAJournal – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
How Mangroves Manage Climate Change
Dense mangrove forests provide an ecological boost wherever they are found because they protect both land and sea species. They are really ecosystems unto themselves with nuance and each with…
Legislators Dug This Hole. It’s Time They Got Us Out of It.
Former World Bank chief economist and Nobel laureate, Joe Stiglitz, has made the study of inequality his life’s work. It was the subject of his PhD thesis. I have some…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Gurney writes about what continues to be a woeful response to COVID in Ontario among other provinces, while Jason Herring reports…
What Went Wrong?
I have been thinking a great deal about the recent shootings at Oxford High School in Michigan that saw four students killed and seven injured, including one teacher. Despite very…
Plastic Words
Andrew Nikifiouk writes that we refuse to face the cascading crises in front of us: Two weeks ago, I gave a talk at the University of Victoria arguing that our…
Do Not Go Gentle.
It would appear that conservative leader Erin O’Toole does not intend to “Go gentle into that good night.” He does not seem to be Welsh poet Dylan Thomas’ sort of…
Why It’s Important to Remember the Montreal Massacre
It's been 32 years since their young lives ended so suddenly and so brutally. If they had lived some of them could could be grandmothers today, with daughters attending the…
Pay attention to MLA Dan Williams’ attacks on Alberta Health Services – he’s likely saying exactly what Jason Kenney thinks
Peace River MLA Dan Williams’ member’s statement in the Legislature last Thursday attacking Alberta Health Services leadership for trying to require employees to be vaccinated against the disease that has…
It’s only class war when it looks like we might hit back
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal loaves of bread” –Anatole France We are…
The Communist Family
From each according to his abilityTo each according to his needs* If you did not know the source of this you could easily mistake it for a description of the…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 6, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Judge tosses Peel cop’s gun case over racial profiling. It’s the fourth time a judge has rejected the officer’s evidence via @TorontoStar – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Is America’s Radical Right Rallying for a New Offensive?
Conservative extremism isn’t easy. It’s exhausting although it’s always rewarding when you can tilt an entire country’s political keel. You know it’s working when leaders such as Florida governor, Rick…