My latest: the anti-vax truckers – Trudeau’s newest best friends
Let’s do a recap, shall we? People partying on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. People defacing the statue of Terry Fox. People breaking into the Shepherds of Good Hope…
January 2022
Putting Things Into Perspective
We have heard so many words these past few days, noble utterances coming from ignoble sources. I believe the following sets things into an interesting perspective. Recommend this Post
The Ground Letting Loose Under Stornoway
I’ve seen a lot of comments lately about how this has felt like a very long January, and I can’t help but concur. Between Omicron, snowstorms, deep cold and now…
Return to Afghanistan
A small group of American soldiers and some American civilians have returned to Afghanistan. The’ve returned to help restore peace and order to the nation they had so terribly destroyed.And…
The petro-war of Chrystia Freeland: Canada’s military support for Ukraine
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko holds a bilateral meeting with then Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland in Kiev, September 2017. Photo from Twitter. According to the Globe and Mail,…
By The Company They Keep
Freelance columnist, Supriya Dwivedi, writes that “Canada needs a healthy Conservative party. Not whatever this is.” There are consequences to peddling misinformation and refusing to overtly condemn extremist rhetoric, as…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 31, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Multiple criminal investigations underway for ‘desecration’ of Canadian monuments after protests against Covid-19 mandates, police say #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
The Morning After: The Second Day of Whatever the Hell That Was
Yesterday in this space I gave a summary of the awful things that happened in Ottawa on Friday and Saturday, where a group of self-proclaimed “peaceful protesters” settled into the…
Did Jason Kenney’s support for Ottawa anti-vaxx-mandate convoy protest encourage copycat Coutts blockade he now condemns?
It would be ironic if Premier Jason Kenney’s baseless claim a week ago that Ottawa’s vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers had led to empty shelves in Alberta grocery stores ended…
Indigenizing Canadian foreign policy
Indigenous communities across the country and around the world are on the front lines of defending and protecting the Earth from further resource pillage. Photo courtesy United Nations Permanent Forum…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Yasmin Tayag discusses the progress being made in determining how long COVID is caused – though the only point that appears beyond dispute…
Covid Journal, Jan 31, 2022 ‘What the Truck’ Edition
GoFundMe should save its brand image and freeze the Trucker Convoy account. Use the funds for improving our world and not fueling the protest. The post Covid Journal, Jan 31,…
Mexico Targets American Gun Manufactures
The drug cartels in Mexico are backed by American guns and profits from selling drugs to Americans. The Mexican government can’t do anything about the demand side within America, but…
We need to talk about the Conservatives
Conservatism has been shut out of government amid a hard rightward shift, political infighting and the pursuit of socially and culturally divisive wedge issues, writes Eric Strikwerda. Photo from Wikimedia…
An Enraged, Ignorant Minority
The protesters claim they want “freedom.” But, Michael Harris writes: What freedom is it that they are celebrating? Essentially, the freedom to disrupt and endanger the vast majority of their…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the Week of January 31, 2022
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of January 31, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 31, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange allowed to seek appeal against extradition to the…
What will Jason Kenney Do?: On the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act, the Wet’suwet’en and the Freedom Convoy 2022
Way back in 2020, the Kenney Government passed the “Critical Infrastructure Defence Act” (CIDA). Now, to make a long story short, the CIDA was the Kenney’s Administration reaction to a…
Boy Blue in Waiting.
It seems the news hounds and pundits have made up their minds: they expect Pierre Poilievre, MP from Carleton, to be ready to accept the conservative crown after Erin O’Toole…
Top Banking CEO blames workers’ wages for causing inflation
In the end, workers are attacked on two fronts via inflation rhetoric. First, by banking CEO’s who claim workers make too much money, and second, by the Conservatives who claim…