Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – David Dayen discusses how manufacturing monopolies have produced the U.S.’ shortage of baby formula. And Alyssa Rosenberg recognizes that any reasonably-governed country would…
2022
Saturday Photo: Still Life with Morning Light, Flower and Clementines
Lovely Mothers’ Day floers and other nice things
Federal agency rules ‘Product of Israel’ labels violate Canadian law
Label on a bottle of wine at the Psagot Winery outside of Rammalah in the West Bank. Photo by David Kattenburg. We are pleased to announce that the Canadian Food…
The nerve centre of the resistance: an international conference in Lviv
In the wake of Russia’s invasion, many leftists and anarchists have fled to Lviv, which makes the city something of a nerve centre for the resistance. Photo from Shutterstock. Last…
Not Their Party
If you want to know how far the Conservative Party has devolved, consider former prime minister Kim Campbell’s comments on what’s going on there now. Sarah Turnbull writes: Amid discussions…
Doug Ford’s Legacy.
The question was posed the other day as to what is Doug Ford’s legacy as premier of Ontario? It led to a lengthy discussion. In the end, the conclusion was…
Today’s News: We like short shorts
Here’s the cover photo of 2010 book about the SlutWalk Movement — just thought I should help out that Ottawa school trying to “measure” the shorts and skirts of its…
Kenney Government seeks ‘a unicorn’ to solve health care crisis – what it needs is more nurses
There was a whiff of desperation in the air at Jason Kenney’s health care news conference yesterday morning, which had been touted in advance to journalists as “an update on…
How low will these Conservatives go?
A recent headline in the The New York Times read “Long After Blockade, Canada’s Truckers Have a Political Champion.” The champion it was referring to was the Conservative Party of…
Musical interlude
Arcade Fire – Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
Monbiot – the Fly in the Ointment
When it comes to averting climate catastrophe there are many perilous challenges but one stands head and shoulders above the rest – the very people we elect to high office.…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 13, 2022
A B.C. township sold off a man’s property over $6,700 in unpaid taxes. Now it’s been ordered to pay him $350K #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/39jaBTU – Garry J.…
Public Drinkin’: T.O. Is Poised To Create Heaven On Earth, But Do I Approve?
Next summer T.O. plans to let you drink publicly, or at least in parks and on beaches. So far so awesome, but I have questions. For example, does the parking…
Public Drinkin’: T.O. Is Poised To Create Heaven On Earth, But Do I Approve?
Next summer T.O. plans to let you drink publicly, or at least in parks and on beaches. So far so awesome, but I have questions. For example, does the parking…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Phil Tank offers a reminder that Saskatchewan’s citizens shouldn’t follow the lead of its government in wrongly pretending the COVID-19 pandemic is over.…
Paltry Offerings – Part 4
For those in Ontario who care about the environment, this editorial cartoon from Graeme MacKay requires no explanation, but serves as yet another apt warning of the perils entailed in…
Student Debt
In both Canada and the United States, proposals are being floated to deal with the problem of student debt. Paul Krugman writes: What I think I do know is that…
Fighting for Fairness.
Thank you, thank you, to the federal Competition Bureau. It has acted where the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has not. The CRTC let Canadians down. It, quite frankly, lacks…
Today’s News: But did the rocks actually hit you?
I can’t help it. I am comparing the sympathetic media reaction today toward Singh, after a few jerks screamed curses at him as he was moving toward his vehicle after…
Confident Jason Kenney will jet off to Washington the day before UCP says if he gets to keep his job as Alberta premier
It seemed like a strangely bold move yesterday for Jason Kenney to announce he’ll be jetting off to Washington, D.C., to testify to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and…