Morally and Ethically Bankrupt
It’s official: our council is morally and ethically bankrupt. You may have felt that from their past behaviour, but Monday night they confirmed it for everyone. There is not a…
January 2022
ANALYSIS: Who’s Fuelling the Truckers Protesting Vaccine Mandates?
ANALYSIS Who’s Fuelling the Truckers Protesting Vaccine Mandates? When the convoy left BC Sunday a fundraiser had pulled in $2 million. A key organizer is tied to the Alberta separatist…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 25, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Four US attorneys general sue Google for ‘deceptive’ location tracking #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andre Picard recognizes that stoking sentiment about being “done with COVID” only increases the likelihood of further transmission and mutation, while Gail…
The Transformation of Paris from Traffic Jams to Quick Movement
Paris once had a reputation for horrible traffic, long queues of cars and taxing journeys via cars. When you have a problem stemming from one element sometimes it’s best to…
Alternatives in Canadian foreign policy and the racism of ‘The National’
According to the late Greg Donaghy, former Head of the Historical Section at Global Affairs Canada, the Pierre Trudeau “government’s sustained and cumulative engagement with China, Japan, and the rest…
His Days Are Numbered
Erin O’Toole is a strange creature. He’s a leader who doesn’t act like a leader. Althia Raj writes: Watching Erin O’Toole obfuscate with reporters Monday — on whether he supports…
Covidiots: The Clay Feet Edition
Boomers like me often live in the past when it comes to musical idols: the Beatles, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison. to name but three, were the gods at whose altars…
what i’m reading: gone to the woods, a riveting memoir by author gary paulsen
Gary Paulsen wrote some of the best children’s literature, most famously Hatchet. The tale of a boy who must survive on his own in the woods until he is at…
Levering Legault.
If there is one thing all politicians need to understand, it is that a margin of one or two per cent in opinion polls is meaningless. A strong breeze can…
With ‘red alerts’ plaguing Alberta ambulance calls, health minister Jason Copping forms advisory committee to search for a fix
With EMS “red alerts” spiking in Alberta and both Calgary and Edmonton running out of ambulances to respond to emergencies roughly every 90 minutes, Health Minister Jason Copping yesterday announced…
Chained
ChainedTo the wall of our roomYeah you chained me like a dog in our roomI thought that’s how it wasI thought that we were fineThen the day was night The…
The Pyrocene
Human civilization depended on many things. We usually consider the development of agriculture as a pivotal factor. However, even before that, man had to master fire. Humankind, alone among all…
America Has Entered the Anocracy Zone
Barbara Walter has made a career out of studying civil war. The UC San Diego professor and author of “How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them,” claims that…
Omicron, a Blessing in Disguise?
To me it sounds counterintuitive but, hey, if it’s true it’s welcome. There’s a lot of talk about the Omicron variant of Covid-19 effecting a transition from pandemic into an…
Ecclestone’s New Endeavour
I see from emails he has been sending out that former councillor Cam “Sleepy” Ecclestone has decided to run in the upcoming provincial election as a member of the Consensus…
My latest: hashtag this, Neville Chamberlains
Now we know how we could have stopped the World Wars. Just, you know, hold up a piece of paper with a hashtag on it. That would’ve stopped Hitler, big…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 24, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: East Coast Hockey League suspends player indefinitely after alleged racist gesture toward Black opponent #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Saudi Arabia is escalating its attacks on Yemen, and Canada is helping them do it
Aerial bombing of Sanaa, Yemen, by the Saudi-led coalition, March 2016. Photo by Fahd Sadi/Wikimedia Commons. In the past few days, Saudi-led coalition forces have intensified their bombardment of the…
Widely condemned ‘Truckers For Freedom’ rally features Trudeau figure in a noose
Aside from needless greenhouse gas emissions, the only accomplishment of the so-called Truckers for Freedom convoy is further consolidation and recruitment of the far-right. Whatever your stance on vaccines or…