Old School, Eh!
Say what you like about us older Canadians, but ours were the golden years. I will never forget the convenience of getting a passport for the wife overnight. And I…
September 2022
Today’s News: Dark Brandon rises
At first I wasn’t sure whether Biden’s speech tonight was a good idea. But seeing the speech and now the reaction to it, I am feeling a very positive vibe.…
Troubling information from recent public disclosures
BC’s Auditor General says the 2022 surplus would be $6.5 billion higher if government followed Canadian Public Sector Accounting Standards. The surplus would have been $8 billion had government also…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 1, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Health Canada set to announce approval of Moderna vaccine for Omicron variant: sources #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3TuEwLP – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Rachel Aiello reports on Health Canada’s approval of COVID booster vaccines targeted at the Omicron variants. And Andrew Romano discusses the hope…
Creepy
Wasn’t Socrates executed for corrupting the youth? Courting a child wearing Minnie Mouse ears sets my ‘Spidey sense’ tingling. H/t The Salamander Horde Recommend this Post
On Peanut Butter and Covid in Schools
A woman on twitter posted an unfortunate tweet, I assumed satirically, that a good solution to keep immunocompromised kids safe from Covid while they eat lunch indoors is to send…
Ancient Election Wisdom
I recently came across this piece by Marcus Tullius Cicero (one of my favourite classical authors) on the Sententiae Antiquae website (a good source of classical Latin and Greek translations),…
Pessimism seems appropriate
Instead of following the science that states clearly that fossil fuel production must decrease, Canadian governments are using our money to increase the output coal, oil, and gas. I will…
Poilievre Is A Character Out of Orwell
The National Post reports that Pierre Poilievre wants to control political language: Pierre Poilievre plans to force the federal government to stop using overly complex bureaucratic wording by passing a…
Mikhail Gorbachev’s misunderstood legacy
A cartoon showing Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev looking in dismay at a massive stone hammer and sickle, now shattered into many parts. Illustration by Edmund S. Valtman/Library of Congress. There…
The Confidence of the CAQ.
Welcome to the opening salvoes of the 2022 Quebec provincial election. In his opening announcement, premier François Legault was telling the news media that he is running on his identity…
Happy happy joy joy
Just some happy things today: Serena wins and Palin loses and for one second the world feels in balance. — Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 1, 2022 Serena wins! I found…
Doug Schweitzer quits, effective midnight last night, tosses hot potato to UCP
Calgary-Elbow UCP MLA Doug Schweitzer’s resignation became official at midnight last night. Former Clerk of the Legislature Rob Reynolds (Photo: Government of Alberta). By quitting now, with no explanation, the…
Lizard brain or legacy? Why is Jason Kenney, soon to be history, announcing big plans for Alberta’s latest windfall?
Inquiring minds want to know: Why is Premier Jason Kenney announcing big plans for Alberta’s latest windfall when he won’t be premier much longer? Alberta Finance Minister Jason Nixon (Photo:…