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2022
School wars in Ontario: McKinsey consultants, eLearning, and wage cuts
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, middle, and Education Minister Stephen Lecce, right, walk the hallway at a Toronto-area middle school, November 2020. Photo from Twitter. Since 2018, Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives…
No, Brian Hasn’t Done Any of That!
You probably got one of these disinformation campaign cards in your mail this week. It says that Brian Saunderson and Doug “Jabba the Hutt” Ford are “putting money in your…
Done Like Dinner.
It would seem that Ontario’s conservative leader Doug Ford has never missed a dinner. He is the proverbial ‘fat cat.’ He is a salesman without scruples. He uses people. He…
Today’s News: From all over
I just watched Global’s balancing act.They have criticized PMJT for going too far and not going far enough at the same time. — ㄒ๏? ɨ๏ ㄒɨ? e̴ ?????️? (@Aho2ToMan) May…
For a high-profile minister, UCP’s first official leadership candidate, Travis Toews, has flown under the radar
Despite his high-profile job as Alberta’s finance minister and soaring political ambitions, Travis Toews has kept a remarkably low profile. Mr. Toews schmoozing supporters in the Alberta Legislative Building Rotunda…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Outsider cats.
The United States specializes in exaggerating the threat
Soldiers salute the American flag at Camp Taji, Iraq, March 18, 2020. Photo by Caroline Schofer/US Army. Every day we gather evidence of the pathetic performance of the Russian military…
The hopeless malaise of the Ontario election
Progressive Conservative Party leader Doug Ford. Photo courtesy QP Briefing. Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservatives spent the election in Ontario hiding from protestors, the press, and the public. Ahead…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 31, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Police charge man who allegedly showed up to North York Jewish school with weapon and said ‘I want to kill Jews’ #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3x2F3Lv – Garry…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kimberlyn McGrail examines the excess deaths caused by COVID-19 in Canada. Eric Berger discusses the continued lack of progress in diagnosing and…
My latest: Doug vs. Pierre
This is a tale of two “Conservatives.” We say “Conservative” in quotation marks to make a point. And the point is this: Doug Ford and Pierre Poilievre may be notionally,…
Canada votes against health care for Palestinians at the World Health Assembly
World Health Organization headquarters, Geneva. Photo by Yann Forget/Wikimedia Commons. On May 25, 2022, the World Health Assembly held a vote regarding the dire health conditions in occupied Palestine. The…
Art wall dilemma
Art wall verdict: too much art, not enough wall. pic.twitter.com/0FSTWB7bPz — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 31, 2022
Biker Chaos
Recently, Justin Trudeau had to cancel a public appearance in British Columbia. Michael Harris writes: The RCMP decided that it would not be safe for Justin Trudeau to make a…
Simran Bakshi on Workplace and Employment Law: Another Blow to Employers – There is no saving a Termination Provision that is in part illegal
What happens if one provision in a section on termination of employment is unenforceable, but not another? The Court of Appeal considered this question in Waksdale v Swegon North America…
Pavlov Had His Bell
… and the dogs responded accordingly. Marjorie Taylor Greene has her “peach tree dishes,” also guaranteed to get the MAGA dogs salivating, even baying. Marjorie Taylor Greene says the government…
Canada Implements Handgun Ban
Mass shootings in the USA have tripled in the last few decades with mass shootings becoming an almost daily occurrence. Canadians are no strangers to mass shoutings either, with too…
They Lie, You Know.
Leaked memos, a quiet word with someone ‘in the know.’ You hear a lot of tall tales from politicians as they come to the end of their campaign. It is…
Today’s News: American Grotesque
Nuts! Sorry, I should say: Both the Uvalde *and* the Buffalo shooting are being characterized as false flag operations. Even worse! — Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) May 31, 2022 The idea…