Not True Enough
Althia Raj writes that there are several theories circulating about why Patrick Brown was booted out of the Conservative leadership race: Former NDP leader Thomas Mulcair claimed this week that…
2022
Alberta’s Angst.
It was a long time ago, that as a teenage member of the Canadian Air Force, I drove from North Bay, Ontario to Cold Lake, Alberta. It was part of…
Today’s News: The Tale of the Ten-Year-Old
The Tale of the Ten-year Old has now become a shameful part of American history for Republicans and for American media. Every conservative thought experiment about the pregnant 10 year…
UCP appoints lawyer who wrote favourable review of book denigrating Islam to lead Human Rights Commission
Notwithstanding serious concerns raised about Collin May’s past praise for a tendentious book denigrating the Islamic faith, the United Conservative Party Government proceeded on Thursday with his controversial appointment as…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Saturday reading. – Jennifer Lee reports on the newly-released documents confirming that Alberta’s lifting of COVID protections was purely a matter of political oneupmanship rather than…
National Post Letter
Electoral reform opponents are once again pulling out the old Israel canard. I’ve responded with a letter attempting to set the record straight in today’s National Post: Electoral reform Re:…
Saturday Photo: Trees and the City
It’s hot today, and the trees in this part of town offer a welcome respite. The shadows are dense in the morning, and people are seeking them out. Planting street…
It May Not Survive
Ruth Marcus — who writes a column in The Washington Post — holds a law degree from Harvard. She admits that she was skeptical about prosecuting Donald Trump: Not so…
Upgrades are Unsettling.
A beleaguered Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has demanded that Rogers Communications explain to the commission what caused the catastrophic failure in their network last week. Frankly, the failure was…
Today’s News: Shot / chaser
The shot: From six years ago The chaser: From Friday Obviously the news agenda for at LEAST the next 72 hours is CANCELLED while we decide what we think about…
Musical interlude
Kalax feat. Pyxis, Jay Diggs – Out of Time
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 15, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: 10-year-old girl should have carried pregnancy to term, says lawyer who drafted model anti-abortion law #law #legal #lawtwitter via @ABAJournal https://bit.ly/3OcvzCX – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Ricardo Duque Gabriel et al. examine how the costs of austerity extend beyond the human toll of diminished well-being to include the undermining…
Monbiot Wins Orwell Award for Journalism
Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, has been awarded the George Orwell award for journalism. The prize is awarded for commentary or reporting that comes closest to meeting the ambition of George…
A Shrinking Tent
The fallout from Patrick Brown’s disqualification from the Conservative leadership race continues. Kevin Philipupillai reports in the Hill Times that: Supporters of ousted Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown, including new…
Why we need to (re)nationalize Air Canada
Air Canada Airbus A320-211 at the Ottawa International Airport. Photo by Heads Up Aviation/Flickr. It would be tempting to base an argument in favour of nationalizing Air Canada solely off…
Ford Among the Big Kids.
Ontario premier Doug Ford was out west this past week hobnobbing with the big kids. Canada’s provincial premiers and territorial leaders were doing the annual medicine dance to convince Ottawa…
Today’s News: Whose side are these guys on?
The US story of the day is the news that the Trump’s White House Secret Service deleted its text messages from Jan 5 and 6 2021. Accidentally! Yeah, sure… I…
Fossil fuel dangers are even worse than we knew
Researchers from Harvard and three British universities assert that more than eight million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution. The scientists estimate that exposure to particulate matter from…