Stop the Lucrative Cruelty in Yemen
There was an online rally with some impressive speeches about the war on Yemen today, What Yanis Varoufakis referred as a form of “lucrative cruelty.” Here’s the full video and…
2021
The duty to end Israeli apartheid
Qalandiya checkpoint in the West Bank. Photo by Adam Nieman/Flickr. This week I tried to explain here that the continuing occupation and its transformation from a supposedly temporary situation to…
What If They’re Right, What Then?
There are few things good about becoming a senior citizen except that this is probably a good time to be nearing the station. I do not envy those who will…
More than ever, let’s imagine a possible new world
The World Social Forum believes another world is possible. Photo by judygr/Flickr. We have succeeded in translating meetings, conferences, and even celebrations to virtual. However, how can we move international…
The Dishonourable Senator from Northwestern Ontario: Buh-Bye!!!
Today is a day I thought I’d have to wait at least a few years for. Sure I had hoped that this day would come sooner than later but given…
Does Canada Need a Head of State
From Twitter Adrian Harewood @CBCAdrianH 23 Jan Why in 2021 is a Canadian Prime Minister, the leader of a #G7 nation, still reporting to a #Queen who doesn’t live in…
A COVID Wake Up Call in the Form of a Chart
Do you believe it’s already the last week of January? This year seems to be moving fast so far and it hasn’t been that great. As was pointed out to…
Talking COVID and the Return of Parliament on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the return of Parliament in Ottawa for…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jim Brumby writes about the multiple growing disruptions to economic health and security which could be addressed by a wealth tax. – Kim…
Why Saunderson Should Resign Now
Imagine an issue so important, so utterly non-partisan that both the National Post and the Toronto Star — two newspapers of widely divergent politics, perspectives, and ideology — agreed. That…
Erin O’Toole’s Still Massive Far Right Problem
If Erin O'Toole thought he could solve the Cons far right problem by expelling the ugly bigot Derek Sloan, he must be sorely disappointed, or seriously deluded. For although it…
Making Government Work
Joe Biden has talked a lot about unity. But, E.J. Dionne writes, unity is being overtaken by urgency: Senate Democrats won their 49th and 50th seats in Georgia’s two runoff…
Burning Iron: An Eco-Friendly Brewing Process
Swinkels Family Brewers in the Netherlands recently adopted a new way to heat their brewing process: melted iron. And it’s arguably sustainable. It’s not as weird as it sounds. Essentially…
Covid Journal, January 25, 2021
‘Stay in place’ measures are necessary to prevent Covid spread, but what are we doing to REALLY get at the largest volume of Covid deaths – ie. with the nation’s…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the week of January 25, 2021
Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of January 25, 2021. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of January 25, 2021
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 25, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: ‘Enough is enough’: Toronto issues 75 weekend charges for lockdown violations Toronto…
Trudeau’s chance to kill TransMountain!
It’s no secret. If U.S. president Joe Biden can cancel the Keystone XL pipeline, why cannot Justin Trudeau cancel twinning of the TransMountain pipeline? The single line can still be…
Episode 67: Senator Paula Simons and Alberta Unbound
Independent Alberta Senator Paula Simons joins the Daveberta Podcast to discuss what it is like to represent Albertans in the Canadian Senate during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also discuss the…
How much of the pipe that was supposedly ready to build Keystone XL is fit only for scrap?
Alberta is unlikely to recoup much of its $1.5-billion loss on the Keystone XL Pipeline by selling off unused pipe now that the Biden Administration has pulled the plug on…
Albertans support net-zero by 2050, but …
A recent survey by Janet Brown Opinion Research, commissioned by the Pembina Institute, showed some encouraging attitudes of Albertans toward climate change. For example, two-thirds of those surveyed support the…