A depiction of the Battle of Amoy, fought between British and Chinese forces during the First Opium War. Painting by Michael Angelo Hayes/Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection/Wikimedia Commons. Amid…
Nancy Olivieri, Michael Hurley, Vivian Stamatopoulos, and Natalie Mehra explained Doug Ford’s sneaky passing of Bill 37 just before Christmas in today’s Toronto Star. They warn, “Hope to live out…
One step forward and two steps backward. When it comes to COVID, that’s the pattern. Ontario is once again repeating that pattern. Bruce Arthur writes: Four days after the chief…
It has too often been said that the business of business is to make money. That is foolish and incorrect. The only rationale for any business is that it meets…
The plan to approve coal developments on the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains is another thing that remains on the United Conservative Party’s agenda – if not for 2022,…
Santa was good to the U.S. armed forces. On December 27th President Biden signed a defence bill for nearly $770-billion. This was $24-billion more than he had asked for, but…
The past few days have seen the emergence of an effort to build up self-reporting capacity to fill in where provincial governments are choosing to be wilfully blind to COVID…
I’m getting weary of the recent deluge of articles and op-eds about secessionism in America, nascent civil war, violent unrest. Then I came across a piece in today’s Guardian written…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario moves school online, closes indoor dining and gyms as part of sweeping new COVID-19 measures #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
In a world riveted to violent natural catastrophes – hurricanes and tornadoes, floods and droughts, heatwaves and wildfires – slower moving calamities are easily overlooked. Canadians don’t dwell on the…
The internal logic of capitalism has tainted our government’s response to the pandemic. Corporate profits were preserved, while the interests of the working class were disregarded. Pandemic austerity and vaccine…
A new year! People make resolutions. People make promises. People promise to do things differently. It’s likely that there have been fewer resolutions this time. Why? Because people have been…
A light armoured vehicle (LAV) manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada in London, Ontario. Photo courtesy General Dynamics Land Systems. The military and arms industry sustain many ideological institutions,…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – CTV reports on Alberta Health Services’ recognition that tens of thousands of the province’s residents project to suffer from long COVID. Alex McKeen…
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If you thought that 2021 was going to be a year of radical change, Susan Delacourt writes that you must be disappointed: It has become a cliché to call 2021…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 3, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: US Supreme Court receives appeals asking to block large employer vaccine mandate…
I apologize to readers who have been wondering what happened to my blog. It seemed to go haywire, with an old, out-of-date theme showing and no posts since Nov. 18.…
Word has just come in that RCMP are arriving to Wet’suwet’en Territory in response to the reoccupation of Coyote Camp. The Unist’ot’en Village and Gidimt’en Checkpoint are both seeking supporters…
Canadians should be very concerned about talk of a divided America. There is nothing friendly about dividing up a country. The antipathy and rancor exist long after the deed is…
