Separation of God and state
This week the House of Commons debated a motion by the Bloc Québécois regarding the House’s morning prayer. Yes, the morning prayer no less. As a number of MPs pointed…
2022
The Con Debate and the Dismantling of Pierre Poilievre
I had vowed not to watch another Con leadership debate again, but when the time came I couldn't resist. And I'm glad I did watch it. Because it was the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Danny Halpin reports on new research showing that people who have suffered from long COVID are at far greater risk of blood…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 12, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Lawyer disbarred years after GTA clients lost $7.7M in syndicated mortgages #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3w5CoQW – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Israel’s killing of Al Jazeera journalist demands international investigation
Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was one of the best known Palestinian journalists. Image courtesy Managers. Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) calls for an…
About That Conservative Leadership Campaign
It would seem that the leading contender for the helm of the federal Conservatives, Pierre Poilievre, brings neither credit nor credibility to his party. H/t de Adder Bruce Arthur writes…
More Bombast
The Conservatives had another raucous debate last night. And it’s clear, Bruce Arthur writes, that Pierre Poilievre will say anything in his quest for the party leadership: In a Conservative…
The Reformatory debate in tweets
I am entertained by the feedback that is already dominating the #cpcdebate — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 12, 2022 OMG this thing has the production values of a high school…
Ford is No Tory.
There seems to be no doubt at all that Torontonians are very pleased that Doug Ford did not defeat John Tory for mayor of Toronto eight years ago. Four years…
Today’s News: Sad Trombone Sound
I guess expecting Canadian Conservative voters to listen to an actual DEBATE is just too much to ask of the Youngs today, not to mention really B-O-R-I-N-G, man! Brother Wells…
The Conservative leadership debate: Not as funny as The Debaters! Not as informative, either
Hey! I watched The Debaters on the CBC last night! Frontrunner Pierre Poilievre at the exact moment he tried to think of the title of a book he’s read and…
NATO advances
Vladimir Putin. Yet another megalomaniacal psychopath pursuing Lebensraum, a true heir to the Nazis he claims to despise. If he has accomplished anything in his invasion of Ukraine, it is…
Some People Never Learn
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Betting Against Humanity
Whether you like it or not, they have you firmly in their crosshairs. “They” are the fossil energy giants and they’re planning to unleash “scores of ‘carbon bomb’ oil and…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 11, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Competition Bureau files court applications to block Rogers-Shaw merger #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3wk5jzA – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction highlights the fundamentally flawed evaluation of risk which is resulting in our suffering from far…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Providing for Guardianship of your Children in your Last Will
You can definitely name somebody in your last will to have custody and guardianship of your minor children in the event both of the parents pass away. Now, the appointment…
A Recipe For Electoral Disaster
There was a big difference between Ontario’s leaders’ debate in North Bay and the Conservative leadership debate in Ottawa. Susan Delecourt writes: It may not be fair to compare them,…