Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jennifer Rigby and Julie Steenhuysen report on the latest COVID-19 wave and its direct connection to the elimination of public health protections. Eric…
2022
Trudeau’s 2030 climate plan looks for solutions in all the wrong places
Carbon capture, utilization and storage features heavily in the Trudeau government’s new climate plan, but critics question whether it represents another gift to to the oil and gas industry. Photo…
Letters from Ukraine
The following interviews are part of a weekly series conducted in French by Tous Dehors with “A,” a Ukrainian student from Kharkiv. They have been translated and published in English…
They’re Getting Angrier
The Conservatives are thrashing about, angrily proclaiming that they are the party of small government — as Justin Trudeau announces that the government is getting bigger. And, Susan Delacourt writes,…
Defining Dignity.
Ontario liberals have taken a bigger bite of the future than they might realize. They want to bring dignity to the people of Ontario. They want to start with the…
Today’s News: Strange days indeed
Does anyone remember how, before the US invaded Iraq in 2003, there was a bizarre collection of odd con men characters hanging around the Bush Administration — Cheney and Rumsfeld…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Furnished cats.
Pierre’s Libertarian Economy
So, putative CPC leadership front runner Pierre Poilievre wants to rejig our economy and monetary policy to use cryptocurrency. In Poilievre’s mind, central banks have “too much power”, and expanding…
Are We Being Set Up? Your Insurer May Be Playing You For a Sucker.
Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hanover Ruck – these outfits know a thing or two about risks and usually give you the straight goods. They’re the giants that retail insurers rely…
Premier Kenney—conservative saviour?
The premier of Alberta has a mission, one that goes beyond leading the UCP and running the province. He must save his party from lunatics. At least according to a…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Adam Kleczkowski examines the effectiveness of COVID-19 interventions two years into the pandemic, while noting the importance of applying the precautionary principle…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 29, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Access to justice still a problem as some Ontario family courts return to in-person hearings #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3JPGYHv – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
The Cheque Was In The Mail
Yesterday, retrieving the day’s delivery from our mailbox, I really was not surprised to find an envelope from the Ontario government. It contained my licence sticker rebate for the past…
The Great Simplification
Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has shaken up global oil markets. Andrew Nikiforuk writes: Putin’s ugly war of annihilation in Ukraine has probably ended globalization as we know it, along…
Winds of Change in Power Generation
Wars fought over oil and wars funded by oil sales are both problems we’ve seen in the 21st century. Fighting over a depleting planet-destroying energy source may soon be a…
My latest: Putin’s end
Vladimir Putin is going to be 70 years old this year. He may be the richest man in the world. He may have super-yachts, and Swiss bank accounts containing ill-gotten…
Toronto: Tory’s Town.
Toronto Mayor John Tory has been the perfect mayor for Toronto during the pandemic. No doubt many Torontonians were pleased to hear that he will stand for re-election this fall.…
Today’s News: Ukraine headlines decline but Ukraine war does not
The Ukraine flag still flies. As the war enters its second month, and neither Russia nor Ukraine appear to be able to hit decisive blows just now, the news headlines…
Controversy over sophomoric meme, admission police interviewed premier, distract from lame Axis of Inflation news conference
The adults definitely don’t seem to be in charge any more over in Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s office. It didn’t take very long after the slap heard ’round the world…