Freedom or Just Free-Dumb?
It’s a sad statement on modern affairs that the word “freedom” has been reduced to a generally meaningless term, thanks to the constant gaslighting by the right. Every rule, regulation,…
February 2022
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 4, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario elementary teachers awarded $103M as ‘remedy’ for Liberals’ Bill 115 #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
What’s That Smell? Is It Fear?
Reliably rightwing newspaper columnists seem rattled by the ouster of former Conservative leader, Erin O’Toole. They’re suddenly worried about the extremists in the Tory ranks, perhaps fearing some sort of…
So you're quoting The Rebel
Seeing people quote Levant's Rebel as a news source is both amusing and scary. As a news source it's on the level of the Weekly World News. A little background.I…
So you're quoting The Rebel
Seeing people quote Levant’s Rebel as a news source is both amusing and scary. As a news source it’s on the level of the Weekly World News. A little background.…
what i’m reading: the uninhabitable earth by david wallace-wells: a handbook for despair
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells is a book about the not-distant future: what will happen to the planet as climate change continues. I waited a long…
A Clear And Present Danger
Susan Delacourt writes that the truckers came gunning for Justin Trudeau and took out Erin O’Toole instead: They rolled into Ottawa looking to get rid of Justin Trudeau, but they…
‘Don’t Look Up’ or: How Adam McKay learned to keep worrying and love the nihilism
Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy in Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up. Still image courtesy Netflix. Don’t Look Up Adam McKay Netflix, 2021 “Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting…
Why the left shouldn’t underestimate Pierre Poilievre
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre comments on the finance committee’s WE Charity affair study, November 16, 2020. Still image courtesy CPAC/YouTube. Erin O’Toole is out as Conservative leader. After a disappointing…
The Problem is the Party.
Canada’s conservative and liberal parties are what is often described as “Big Tent” political parties. It means the parties try to include a wide range of political views for their…
Emboldened by Erin O’Toole’s fate in Ottawa, UCP anti-vaxx faction eyes Jason Kenney
Emboldened by the success of the social conservative coup plotters who overthrew Conservative Party of Canada leader Erin O’Toole in Ottawa Wednesday, the same anti-vaccine faction of Alberta’s United Conservative…
Five environmental groups file statement of claim in defamation suit against Jason Kenney
After giving Jason Kenney more than two months to apologize for or retract his claims they spread false information about Alberta’s fossil fuel industry, five environmental groups followed through yesterday…
Where can I buy a "just watch me" T-shirt?
Trudeau: Yeah, well there's a lot of bleeding hearts around who just don't like to see people with helmets and guns. All I can say is, go on and bleed,…
Covid Journal, Feb 3, 2022 ‘What the Truck’ Edition: #GoFundMe to Face Commons Investigation
GoFundMe has been asked to answer some VERY serious questions in front of Canada’s government. Get your popcorn out. The post Covid Journal, Feb 3, 2022 ‘What the Truck’ Edition:…
Where can I buy a "just watch me" T-shirt?
Trudeau: Yeah, well there’s a lot of bleeding hearts around who just don’t like to see people with helmets and guns. All I can say is, go on and bleed,…
Danielle Larivee, nurse and former NDP cabinet minister, announces plan to return to public life
After all the grim, disturbing and strangely familiar Groundhog Day news yesterday, it was nice to learn this morning of a positive development in Alberta politics – the return of…
The perils of left populism
Downtown Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy protest. Photo courtesy Freedom Convoy 2022/Facebook. This article is a response to “What the Left can learn from the ‘Freedom Convoy’,” by Emma Jackson,…
The Brutal And Sudden End Of Erin O’Toole
It is said that in the last few minutes of his very short life as Con leader, Erin O'Toole finally lost his cool. His beaming mask slipped off his face,…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 3, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ottawa’s police chief says the city might need military’s help to end the trucker protest #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Conflict, Disorder and Whatever the Hell This Passes As
There are many saying and idioms that we have when we talk about Canada, our politics and just how we usually go about things. Some are cliches but others are…