DFO – Ottawa’s West Coast Menace
They knew. They all knew. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans knew. The last Conservative government knew. The Trudeau government knew. And they made it their secret. Canada was warned…
2022
Nuclear Blackmail – Again
Russia is threatening its neighbours with nukes again. Moscow has said it will be forced to strengthen its defences in the Baltic if Finland and Sweden join Nato, including by…
Updated for 2022: Civic Hatchback vs LEAF Hatchback
In 2019 I wrote a guide for people to help them decide which vehicle type saved them more money: an affordable used EV with a solar panel grid-tied system, or…
My latest: eliminate the Canada Council instead
Life imitates art. The reverse is true, too. But what does it mean when those who promote art – those who are supposed to know a great deal about art…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Zak Vescera exposes how the Saskatchewan Health Authority warned Scott Moe’s government that it was extending a COVID wave, endangering lives and…
Canada needs to acknowledge its violent history in Korea
Still image from the film Korea Brigade, produced by Canada’s Department of National Defence in 1951. Directed by Sergeant L. Stephens. Photo courtesy Library and Archives Canada. In a statement…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 14, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ottawa school board votes to mandate masks, as TDSB appeals directly to students, parents #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3JG402n – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
A Master Class
If you have been reading my blog lately, you will see that I have posted a few times about the ongoing bribery by Doug Ford in his efforts to secure…
The Over Hyped Rise Of the Con Clown Pierre Poilievre
It was the largest Pierre Poilievre rally ever. About 5,000 people come out to support his kooky campaign to become Con leader. And our shabby shuffling right wing media was…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: How important is it to have a Will if you are in your 30s and don’t have many assets?
Having a Last Will is still important, even if you are young. There is no better way to provide for your family and your future. You can create a Last…
The Conservatives’ Biggest Problem
Lawrence Martin writes that the Conservatives have a problem that continues to haunt them through decades: It is their record against Pierre and Justin Trudeau. In the eight elections in…
Erase the Canada Council instead
“Erasing Indigenous perspectives.” That’s a serious allegation to make in a tweet, government agency that is making the allegation 100 years after the fact, and without any evidence. But, tell…
Quebec’s fight on the right.
It looks like Jean Charest has overestimated his conservative party credentials in Quebec. He hardly has the time to sign up CPC members one at a time. He needs to…
Today’s News: Putting on the pressure
Russian warship, go fuck yourself! In the last two days, we’re had news that Ukraine hit an important north-eastern railway line over a bridge outside of Belgorod, Russia. Earlier, we…
It’s been a remarkably bad few days for former Alberta justice minister found guilty of contempt of court
It’s been a remarkably bad few days for Jonathan Denis, once Alberta’s justice minister and attorney general and nowadays a fixture in provincial and federal Conservative circles here in Wild…
The Sleeping Giant Stirs
When the movement to arrest global warming took hold the rationale was that, if we didn’t reduce man-made greenhouse gas emissions, we risked crossing a tipping point that would trigger…
Scott Moe Doesn’t Care
It seems so obvious, I almost didn’t bother blogging about it. Scott Moe doesn’t care that Saskatchewan’s climate pollution is out of control. He barely admits there is a problem,…
Now Comes The Necessary Part Ontario Edition
Nevertheless, and irrregardless of and notwithstanding that federal-provincial jurisdiction exists the actions that are necessary for the next Ontario government to take are the same as those the newly elected…
Language is a Physical Construct
Capturing a short tweet threat for posterity, because it will just disappear in Twitter. Language is a physical construct; it exists in the world, not the mind. We contribute to…
My latest: The Conservative destroyer is here, and he isn’t who you think he is
What if I’m wrong? That’s all I learned in law school, really. Six or seven seminal legal decisions, and that: To ask yourself, always, if you’re wrong about a conclusion…