My latest: the Tories disqualify themselves
“Governments defeat themselves,” said my boss Jean Chretien, and we all nodded. Pause. “But nobody is as good at defeating themselves as the Tories!” And we all laughed. Because it’s…
July 2022
Nowhere Near
The Conservative Party has kicked Patrick Brown out of its leadership race. The Canadian Press reports that: The campaign for Patrick Brown said it was consulting its legal team after…
so many left behind: the ever-widening digital divide
Last year, while attempting to get a parking pass during our vacation — without a phone, my phone having been fried by an update — I got caught in a…
Ottawa must be honest with Canadians about troops in Ukraine
The NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group conducts an exercise in the Camp Ādaži training area in Latvia as part of Operation Reassurance, September 1, 2019. Photo by Corporal Djalma…
Can We Re-Invent Liberalism?
With a small rump of liberals in the Ontario legislature and no leader, Ontario’s liberals have an opportunity to rethink the future of their party. We can plan on a…
Today’s news: Comments on the passing scene
Its been a crazy day, eh? Patrick Brown is out: So arrogant he doesn’t even show up to debate other #CPC hopefuls, this after likely eliminating Patrick Brown. @PierrePoilievre so…
In Alberta, it would appear that Conservative politicians really can run and hide at the same time!
If the leading candidates in the long race to replace Jason Kenney as leader of the United Conservative Party have proved anything, it’s that there’s no truth to the old…
Climate change, what can we do?
Governments have not done the things needed to address climate change. In Canada, particularly in the western provinces, politicians raised middle fingers to climate scientists. Tens of billions of taxpayers…
The Conservative Party couldn’t organize a two-house paper root
Trudeau: Nobody can be as corrupt as me. Poilievre’s Conservative Party: Hold our beer. https://t.co/PFRdTr3v2b — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) July 6, 2022
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats at home.
Obligations to future generations
The Supreme Court ruled that cumulative effects from decades of industrial development on lands of northeast BC infringed treaty rights of Blueberry River First Nations. I suggest that cumulative effects…
CANADA AT WAR.
IN THE 1919 PERIOD, WAS AT WAR ALONG WITH THE u.s. AND bRITAIN IN THE VERY POOR COUNTRY OF pAKISTAN. aND WHO DID OUR HEROES KILL? THEY WERE CHILDREN. yES.,…
Alberta boy names 2021. From A to Zyril.
Every year around this time, the Alberta government releases lists of every name given to babies born in the previous year. The media tends to concentrate on the top 10…
Abolish NATO for World Peace!
On June 29, 2022, members of Peace Alliance Winnipeg joined peace activists in a dozen cities who demonstrated their opposition to NATO and Canada’s membership in it. You can find…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Eric Topol discusses the ominous rise of the Omicron BA.5 COVID-19 subvariant. Katelyn Thomas reports that Quebec has joined the jurisdictions demanding…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 5, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Rule changes allow hundreds to update their gender on N.S. identification #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3yI1C94 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Pierre Poilievre and the Terrorist Threat
Pierre Poilievre has always been attracted to far-right extremists. There he is with Andrew Scheer greeting the United We Roll convoy back in 2019. Even though it was riddled with…
AFN’s toxic politics hurts First Nations
Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald. Photo courtesy Kamloops This Week. How it started. One year ago, RoseAnne Archibald from Taykwa Tagamou Nation in northern Ontario made history,…
Does He Care?
CTV News reports that former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall was in contact with one of the organizers of the Truckers’ Convey: Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall was in contact with…
This Left Me Feeling Queasy
I confess, making it to the 3:27 mark was a real effort, one fortified by a pre-dinner libation(s) last evening. However, eventually I steeled myself to watch the remaining minute,…