Warren’s great reset
What’s wrong with wanting to reset the world? War, disease, despots, starvation, climate upheaval and more. I don’t know (or care) what reset the people in Davos want, but I’m…
2022
Bill 96
I’m tired. I’m tired of the language merry-go-round in Quebec. Francois Legault’s government is on the cusp of passing Bill 96, which would further restrict the rights of Quebec’s English…
Guns without butter
Ottawa political circles must have heaved secret sighs of relief when Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh announced their confidence and supply agreement on…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of May 16, 2022
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of May 16, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 16, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Chef Mario Batali Goes on Trial in Boston for Sexual Misconduct Senators…
Atlantis, Ukraine
Scene from Valentyn Vasyanovych’s Atlantis. Photo courtesy Grasshopper Film. Atlantis Directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych Grasshopper Film, 2019 “I’d rather take pictures than use weapons.” —Valentyn Vasyanovych Warning: This review contains…
Megaprojects: over budget, over time, over and over again
John Horgan’s five years as Premier will cap a 30-year career in provincial politics. While current opinion polls show satisfaction with his leadership, history will discount the blarney and examine…
Today’s News: We need to remember the ones we have lost
it’s not the ocean you hear when you hold a seashell to your ear, or your own heartbeat drumming and echoing back at you. it’s the ones you’ve lost calling…
Poilievre’s Peeve.
Ottawa area MP Pierre Poilievre has something to complain about. After his carefully choreographed campaign for the conservative leadership has led the field, he is starting to see his basic…
The week ahead: There will be two big stories on Wednesday, one will be about a premier, the other about a hockey game
Back in 1991, when morning newspapers pretty well set the news agenda for everyone else, what went on the front page of Thursday’s edition would have been the topic of…
Kenney’s Insulin Pump Debacle
On May 2, the Kenney government announced it would avail diabetic Albertans of newer, more technologically advanced insulin pumps. Then 10 days later it announced it was “pausing” this decision…
The Wonderful Humbling Of Pierre Poilievre
It's almost too good to be true. Like a Con version of the story of the Hare and the Tortoise. Pierre Poilievre gets off to a flying start, leaves the…
David Milgaard Dies
A man who helped define the Canadian justice system as deeply flawed, has died at age 69. David was sent to jail for a murder that he didn’t commit. The…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Judy Melinek offers a coroner’s perspective on the large number of ways in which COVID infection can result in death or severe…
Faux Populist
In his first quest for the brass ring, Doug Ford ran as an unapologetic populist. Robin Sears writes: Like Donald Trump, Ford’s deepest angst is being viewed by his hated…
A Hapless Hepburn.
As a former Torontonian and a life-long Ontario resident, the Toronto Star is a tough habit to break. Like many readers, I have a difficult time reading much of Rosie…
Today’s News: the tide is turning in Ukraine
Just a short posting tonight, but it appears that the tide in Ukraine is turning: Long story short. Russia seems to be pulling out of the area to the north…
My latest: boffo box office? Not so much
Can you picture it? If Cecil B. DeMille was still around, and he was directing a big-screen re-do of his 1958 epic, The Ten Commandments, Stephen Harper would be cast…
Saturday stuff: funny, with a side of dogs too
this website is great because a super famous movie star like bette midler can get ratioed by uhh, jorts the cat pic.twitter.com/vwAAWaYCvA — the hype (@TheHyyyype) May 14, 2022 This…