Too Selfish And Too Stupid
Will Rogers once famously declared, “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” Last night, the Democrats proved that they are still no organized…
2021
#COP26 #2021: Some Promising News
#COP26 #2021 offers some promise when it comes to action from the top, especially financial companies. That said, we need all governments to take action in a serious way ASAP…
With Afghanistan fiasco, Canada’s ‘feminist’ foreign policy lies in pieces
With the Taliban trampling on women’s rights and girls’ education up and down the country, Justin Trudeau’s much touted ‘feminist foreign policy’ now lies in pieces. Photo courtesy the Canadian…
Jason Kenney throws chief medical officer of health under the bus for Alberta’s vicious fourth wave of COVID-19
The second-most-predicted event since the election of Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party as premier and government of Alberta in 2019 has come to pass. The most predicted event…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Costumed cats.
James Lovelock Surfaces. How the Climate Effort Could Backfire.
The venerable James Lovelock has chosen the opening of the COP26 climate summit to send a few words of warning. His message is we don’t stand a chance unless we…
Fool Me Once…
A splendid speech by Justin Trudeau at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Lots of promises. He’s really, really good at those. We signed on to end deforestation. We’re in…
Even Bees Practice Social Distancing
Pandemics happen often in the animal world, and not even little insects can avoid them. Researchers have discovered that one of the greatest creatures on the Earth, the humble bumble…
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
I don’t know how else to interpret today’s media event wherein UNIFOR National President Jerry Dias and OPSEU President Smokey Thomas appeared in Milton praising Doug Ford’s plan to increase…
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
I don’t know how else to interpret today’s media event wherein UNIFOR National President Jerry Dias and OPSEU President Smokey Thomas appeared in Milton praising Doug Ford’s plan to increase…
How to Livestream COP 26
If you want to sit in on any of the COP 26 sessions, the proceedings are streaming live on YouTube. Here’s the link: COP26 – YouTube You can watch recordings…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 2, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: TDSB places teacher on home assignment after he wears blackface at high school via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Unpublished Ottawa: equalization fuzzification
TONIGHT @ 9 pm ET/ 5pm PT on #UnpublishedTV: Alberta’s Referendum on Canada’s Equalization System https://t.co/xmvbnd19C5 via @YouTube. Hosted by @EdHandMedia with special guests: @kinsellawarren, @planetjanetyyc, @danielbeland and @DrSChouinard #cdnpoli…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Mark Armstrong reports on the G20’s agreement on a painfully-unambitious vaccination target for poor countries which is still unlikely to be reached.…
Launch day reviews of Alpha Max
Launch day is always a nail-biting affair. So, in an attempt to keep a skein of control on this thing, I thought I’d list the… The post Launch day reviews…
Business As Usual
I have to confess that I am not following the Cop26 Glasgow Summit very closely. My suspicion is that all the hot air being vented there will only aggravate our…
The most important battle for press freedom of our time
Street art depicting Julian Assange in Lambeth, England. Photo by Duncan C/Flickr. For the past two days, I have been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via video link…
The Fall Of Jason Kenney
Jason Kenney once bestrode Alberta like a colossus. Now, Jason Markusoff writes, he’s on the way out: When he first rode into Alberta in his blue pickup truck, Kenney seemed…
Canada’s eviscerated democracy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a campaign rally in Vancouver, November 18, 2019. Photo from Facebook. On September 20, Canadians voted to hold the line. While forty seats changed hands,…
Ford’s Snakes and Ladders.
The Ford government in Ontario is desperately trying to find a rationale for voter approval. It wants to be seen to be doing something that will earn it a chance…