Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Michaeleen Doucleff offers an FAQ on the causes and consequences of long COVID in its various forms. Guy Quenneville reports on the need…
2021
‘The Dead Candidate’s Report’: An interview with Lesley Hughes
The Dead Candidate’s Report: A Memoir tells the story of a celebrated journalist who decided she wanted to be a member of Canada’s Parliament, only to have her candidacy cancelled…
Bigger Is No Longer Better
Doug Ford wants to build a new highway as part of the system of highways that surround Toronto. But he’s running into opposition. Ben Spurr writes: While the Ontario PC’s…
To be in Gatineau this time of year.
As the first bite of winter streams through the Ottawa River cauldron between Ottawa and the old city of Hull, the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Committee (CRTC) is meeting at Les…
Good news about COVID vaccine for kids? Never mind that! Jason Kenney has a rant about David Suzuki
Jason Kenney actually had some good news to impart yesterday – that the rollout of Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine will commence in Alberta on Friday. Instead, Alberta’s premier spent most…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Tuckered-out cats.
The future of the Six Mountains is ours to decide now
By Where Do We Stand 3 Years ago, our community asked for a pause of logging and pubic consultation on the future of the North Cowichan Forest Reserve.Now we are…
The Nature of Irresponsibility
We are living in very tense times, there is no doubting that. The past 20 months of COVID has raised all of our anxieties, and on top of that you…
“A free speech ruling that celebrates (of all things) free speech”
From Michael Taube. Full column here. Snippets below: “Canada respects the principle of free speech. Unfortunately, our governments often have a love-hate relationship with this important personal freedom. They’ve created…
Well, That’s a Relief
The Trudeau government will end the pandemic, fight climate change and rebuild the economy. It’s right there in today’s Throne Speech. And if this prime minister is known for anything,…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 23, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Premier slams Ontario developer that raised condo prices by $100K after cancelling sales deals via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
No Matter Where You Turn, You Run Face First Into Walls. What Would a Progressive Do?
Maybe you doubt that Canada is in the throes of a climate emergency. Then you’re an idiot. Maybe you cling to blind hope that “they’ll think of something.” Then you’re…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Doug Saunders writes that Europe’s devastating new wave of COVID – like those elsewhere – can be traced directly to politicians pandering…
John Kennedy — Country Bumpkin?
John Kennedy — the Senator from Louisiana, not the president — knows he’s got a good shtick. Robert Mann writes: An acerbic Biden critic, Kennedy is a fount of sharp-but-folksy…
CD stands with the Wet’suwet’en
Along with many other progressive forces in the settler community, CD stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en and their struggle to exercise their sovereignty and protect their land. Image by…
Electric Public Transportation is the Future, Not Cars
Politicians and car makers will often tout that the future of sustainable transportation lies in electric vehicles. Let’s be clear: cars won’t save us. In fact, cars are responsible for…
Redux Alberta.
They are at it again in Alberta. Out-of-touch politicians are fighting over the spoils of an Alberta that no longer exists. They are fighting over the tar sands bitumen that…
What is it about environmentalist and scholar David Suzuki that makes Alberta Conservatives lose their minds?
What is it about David Suzuki that makes Alberta’s Conservatives lose their minds? On Saturday, the high-profile Vancouver-based scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster spoke at a protest in Victoria where he…
Next Week – "A Parade of Storms"
On the heels of last week’s storm disaster, much of British Columbia is now facing a second atmospheric river. The storm has come ashore at Haida Gwaii and is expected…
Suzuki Predicts Pipelines Will Be Attacked
It’s a matter of life or death to David Suzuki. The government has a choice, end these climate killing pipelines or see them destroyed. “We think dinosaurs were losers because…