More Lies
On the Right these days, lies are the common currency. Supriya Dwivedi writes: Conservatives are incensed over a truck tax that does not exist. The outrage stems from an opinion…
April 2022
Ireland launches Basic Income for the Arts
Ireland’s National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA) has been lobbying for a basic income for artists since 2017. Photo by Phil Roeder/Flickr. The launch of a basic income for artists…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of April 25, 2022
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EU Says No to Forever Chemicals
The dangers of microplastics and “forever chemicals” are well known and now legislators in the European Union are acting to protect their people from these primarily petroleum-based creations. New restrictions…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 25, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 25, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Fired for refusing to disclose COVID vax status, Manitoba man sues pharmaceutical…
what i’m reading: the turning point: 1851: a year that changed charles dickens and the world
The Turning Point: 1851 — A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World was written for me. I love Dickens. He’s among the core writers whose work means the…
Bitcoin Boosters Beware.
At times, you just shake your head and quietly ask yourself, ‘What’s the use?’ You try to warn cryptocurrency advocates and they think they know what they are doing. There…
Today’s News: Dogs of Ukraine
Here is a post that collects some of the great tweets and photos I have found that highlight the dogs of Ukraine: Remember Patron ? the little hero bomb detection…
A party divided against itself cannot stand – especially when so many members can’t stand their leader
A house divided against itself cannot stand. That goes for political parties too, I daresay. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). And I’d say the United Conservative Party led…
Feds’ proposal on Holocaust denial a very bad idea
The gated entrance of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (work sets you free) in Oranienburg, Germany. Photo by Thamara Salvagni. The federal government has…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Adam Miller discusses new research showing nearly half of Canadians have already caught COVID-19 at least once, while Charlie Smith offers a…
Macron – By a Nose
The G&M has pronounced Emmanuel Macron re-elected president of France. French President Emmanuel Macron defeated his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday by a comfortable margin, early projections by…
What is Council Doing to Our BIA?
Last week, the chair of our BIA (Business Improvement Area: our association of downtown merchants and businesses) resigned from the organization he has served on for the past seven years.…
How A Trudeau Wins
Pierre Poilievre sounds a lot like Donald Trump. But, Chantal Hebert writes, if you look at how Poilievre’s campaign is organized and executed, the model looks less like Donald Trump…
The Weakening of Democracy.
“One of the biggest reasons for the weakening of democracy is the profound change that’s taken place in how we communicate and consume information,” Barack Obama, April 21 2022 In…
The Weakening of Democracy.
“One of the biggest reasons for the weakening of democracy is the profound change that’s taken place in how we communicate and consume information,” Barack Obama, April 21 2022 In…
Hepburn’s Horrors.
Way to go, Bob Hepburn. The Toronto Star pundit tells us that that Ontario premier Doug Ford is chortling over the polls the conservatives have been taking. If Ford is…
Today’s News: "Ukraine’s military can win this war"
Been asked what exactly needs to sink in from this. Hope it’s clear that Ukraine has a military than can win this war. Give it the tools that it needs…