RCMP arrest 13 people, seize weapons and ammunition near Coutts border blockade
By Caley Gibson Global News Posted February 14, 2022 10:09 am\ Alberta RCMP Supt. Roberta McKale speaks about an investigation at the Coutts border blockade that led to…
February 2022
Krugman on Truckers
Paul Krugman’s post-mortem on the supposed truckers’ convoy. Casting bones and reading entrails he discerns the ugly face of today’s right wing. The “Freedom Convoy” has been marketed as a…
Plain Talk. We Deserve Better.
A searing op-ed from Al Jazeera goes for the throat of the “truckers’ revolt.” Nobody, not the truckers, not the agitators who stirred these idiots, not the police and definitely…
Feeble us and the U.S.
There's a reality we've never faced. Canadian and American military are both pretty feeble. In 1945, it seemed they would conquer the world. And they said they would do that.…
Grew Up Stopping
Growing up in Saskatchewan, prior to cell phones, it was common to encounter a car at the side of the road, and you’d slow and stop to check they were…
Feeble us and the U.S.
There’s a reality we’ve never faced. Canadian and American military are both pretty feeble. In 1945, it seemed they would conquer the world. And they said they would do that.…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Doug Cuthand writes that falsely pretending we’re “back to normal” in the midst of a pandemic does nothing but put people at needless…
Why Does a Trucker Need Body Armour and Guns?
So much for peaceful protest. RCMP have arrested members of a “core group” at the Coutts border crossing after finding rifles, handguns, ammunition, body armour and high capacity magazines in…
The Age of "Collective Helplessness"
We live in a time of existential challenges. The climate breakdown, resource exhaustion and depletion, the strains of overpopulation, the rise of tribalism accompanying the decline of democracy, the list…
A "Darwinian Sensibility"
With Covid restrictions falling like autumn leaves, what awaits? New York Times columnist, Charles M. Blow, reminds us that Covid-19, in one or more variants, is here to stay. As…
There will be blood
Peace-loving freedom folk. Right. Gotcha. pic.twitter.com/HOtCHRQcpO — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 14, 2022 The post There will be blood first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 14, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario to remove vaccine passport system on March 1, masking requirements to remain in place #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
How Doug Ford hid from dealing with the Freedom Convoy
We are now into the third week of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ that has besieged downtown Ottawa, inspiring similar protests at border bridges across Canada and throughout the province of Ontario.…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the Week of February 14, 2022
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No Longer The Peacable Kingdom
The events of the last three weeks have exposed the failure of multiple governments across Canada. At the root of it all, Susan Riley writes, is a failure of leadership:…
No return to ‘normal’ LGBT politics!
We need a reorientation of LGBT politics that understands radical queer and trans liberation as part of overall vision of social and racial justice, writes Gary Kinsman. Photo by Hollie…
Dutch Climate Lawyer Wins Dresden Peace Prize
Yes, a lawyer won a peace prize. Roger Cox, a Dutch climate lawyer who took on Shell, has been awarded the 2022 Dresden Peace Prize for winning a case that…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 14, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 14, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Ottawa announces review of Canada’s competition law, with focus on wage fixing,…
Ontario NDP Go Nowhere.
It is almost sad. Only 15 per cent of the Ontario new democratic party voted against keeping MPP Andrea Horwath as leader. The vote appeared to be the result of…
Today’s news: Ottawa Strong
The people of Ottawa started fighting back today – in the cold, standing out on the streets, being yelled at, carrying handmade signs, abandoned by their own police department and…