Pedro Castillo’s victory raises hopes beyond Peru
There is good reason to believe that Pedro Castillo will not betray the Peruvians of humble origin who elected him, writes Steve Ellner. Photo from Twitter. Peru’s long-standing polarity between…
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Bell Canada Tolls for Thee!
Looking at a two-page, aren’t-we-nice advertisement for Bell Canada in the Toronto Star yesterday, it brought memories of a friend who passed away some dozen years ago. When I first…
Lotto Vaxx to include Mexican vacation prizes as bid to woo vaccine-hesitant UCP supporters nears peak irony
If “the Open for Summer Lottery is a once-in-a-lifetime response to a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic,” as Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro put it in a news release about vacation package prizes…
BC NDP, guardians of the environment… the corporate environment
The origin story of Stand.earth—previously ForestEthics, successor to Clayoquot Rainforest Coalition—illustrates how little has changed in recent decades. NGOs and concerned citizens are ever the underdogs when competing with governments…
Doubling Down on Green
Today was a very busy day on Parliament Hill, and that went well beyond the extended sitting hours in the House of Commons. We’re full on into silly season in…
A disgrace
Partisanship over principle. Vote-chasing over important constitutional norms and processes. https://t.co/NoGLvjdiJL — Jody Wilson-Raybould 王州迪 Vancouver Granville (@Puglaas) June 16, 2021
Was Trump right about the WHO?
Former U.S. President Trump (how pleasing to say “former”) was not a fan of the World Health Organization (WHO). In fact, he had withdrawn his country from the organization effective…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Tavia Grant writes that a year and half of experience have confirmed that the most important element in reducing the workplace spread of…
Maxime Bernier is suing us for damaging his reputation. Seriously.
So, our motion to dismiss the lawsuit launched against us by Maxime Bernier – seen above, in handcuffs and in police custody a few days ago – is being heard…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 16, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Harvey Weinstein to be extradited to California for additional sexual assault charges via CBC Read more: http://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet06162021 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Simran Bakshi on Employment Law: What to do if I’m about to be dismissed?
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A Look In The Mirror
There is a scene in the 1960 movie, Inherit the Wind, (about the Scopes Monkey Trial) where Spencer Tracey and Frederic March, courtroom adversaries, discuss faith. March insists it is…
Canada is built on wealth supremacy
“The Protectors of Our Industries,” a political cartoon by Bernhard Gillam depicting the conflict between labour and capital. It appeared in humour magazine Puck on February 7, 1883. Image from…
American Charities May Legally Have to Divest from Fossil Fuels
Student groups have long called for their educational institutions to divest from the destructive fossil fuel industry (and ideally reinvest in renewables). This passionate demand from students has seen success…
Constitutional Skirmishes Again
For the last thirty years, Canadian politicians have been pretty quiet about the constitution. But, recently, it has been pushed front and centre by three of the provinces. Susan Delacourt…
The Beatles: Songs and Lives
This week I finished re-reading The Beatles: The Biography by Bob Spitz, the best biography I’ve read of the group that defined music, culture, and style in the Sixties: the…
Teaching Tolerance
Running home in heavy rain as a youngster, I noted, while passing a small black lady on our street, that she was wearing a raincoat just like mine. When I…
Never mind the evidence, Jason Kenney insists he never called for a niqab ban in his Ottawa days
“I’ve always said that Canada is a country that protects and respects religious freedom and pluralism, and the government has no business regulating what people wear…” — Jason Kenney, yesterday.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Naptime cats.
Around the World, People are Losing Trust in The System
The latest Edelman Trust Report finds that people are losing trust in both society’s institutions and capitalism itself. The culprit? Intractable inequality. Despite strong economic performance, a majority of respondents…