My latest: is it March 2020 all over again?
Remember March 11, 2020? Of course you do. It was the day the world changed. It started, as world-endings perhaps do, in unexpected ways. Everyone has their own “where were…
2021
Michael Harris on How to Destroy the Conservative Brand
Stephen Harper, Jason Kenney and Erin O’Toole. To Michael Harris they’re the unforced errors of the Conservative Party. The Conservative Party of Canada’s slide into irrelevance has turned into a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Matt Gurney writes that the COVID pandemic has exposed – without ameliorating – our political leaders’ inability to respond to any real crisis.…
Environment Canada’s Weekend Outlook for BC’s Southern Mainland
Here it is, straight from Environment Canada’s presses: Another front will approach the south coast on Saturday. Rain will begin for most areas Saturday morning but the heaviest rain will…
“True Blue” Redo
We’re coming to the end of the first week of Parliament and it’s been nice to see the place up and running again. But there has been another development that…
One Such Person
Florida governor Ron DeSantis holds degrees from Yale and Harvard law. That’s supposed to signal intelligence and competence. It does not. DeSantis is vehemently opposed to any COVID 19 protocols.…
The devil is in the details.
They are pealing back the Christmas wrappings on the Rogers deal for Shaw Communications. We held little hope for these hearings at the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) this week…
Can we prevent capitalism from destroying the world?
Journalists should pay close attention to Albert Camus because they have a responsibility to raise strong warnings of a potential climate-induced collapse of civilization.
Could history repeat itself and leave Alberta taxpayers on the hook for Jason Kenney’s legal defence against defamation suit?
Two decades ago, Alberta taxpayers found themselves on the hook for more than $730,000 to settle a defamation suit against Stockwell Day, who had been an MLA when he wrote…
Climate Change is a Lot Like Prize Fighting
Most boxers can take a punch. The champions can take a lot of punches and keep fighting to the end. The climate emergency is not for rookies. Today, the punches…
Damn, Damn, Damn
I’m heading into a tumultuistime as I prepare to move from Ottawa down the road to Kingston on Dec. 13. I also need to get some serious repairs to my…
Sidewalk Tax? You Must Jest?
Yes, the www.sidewalktax.ca is a jest, it’s poking fun at the Saskatchewan Governmenet in a way that might pique your interest if you’re just an average driver going about your…
The Ugly Cons and the Road to Fascism
It was a magic moment. And a very Canadian one. Mary Simon, our new Governor General, reading Justin Trudeau's Speech from the Throne, in English, French, and Inuktitut. And the…
Release: DJ Kelly forced to withdraw application for Ward 4 Calgary City Council election judicial recount
For Immediate Release: November 25, 2021 – Calgary, Alberta DJ Kelly, candidate for Calgary City Council in Ward 4, is announcing the formal withdrawal of the judicial recount application for…
"From Failure to Failure"
“Sold Out” Indeed – The federal climate commissioner has passed judgment on our governments’ efforts to fight climate change. It’s a well-deserved “F.” Despite three decades of effort, Canada’s carbon…
UCLA Study, Worsening Western Wildfires Man-Made
Western North America’s rapidly worsening wildfire problem is anthropogenic, i.e. man-made. A study out of UCLA confirms that VPD, or “vapor pressure deficit,” is to blame. Climate change — and…
Oh Yeah, We’ll Be Back to Normal In No Time.
When the only thing holding up the rails are – the rails – this fix will take a while. You not only have to replace what was there but you…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 25, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: 3 white men guilty of murdering Black man Ahmaud Arbery, Georgia jury finds via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Reducing conflict with China an environmental necessity
HMCS Winnipeg, along with HNLMS Evertsen and RFA Tidespring, are shown in formation in the Taiwan Strait during Exercise Pacific Crown, September 9, 2021. Photo courtesy the UK Ministry of…
Nikiforuk – 7 Rules for Surviving Natural Disasters and Our Boneheaded Politicians
Climate catastrophes are coming on fast and furious these days spurring on our politicians to truly great achievements in platitudes. There’s nothing they won’t do for us, “nothing” being the…