Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of January 24, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 24, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Netanyahu’s Lawyers Discuss a Plea Bargain to End His Graft Trial What…
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The Time of the Turtle.
With the upcoming provincial election in Ontario, liberal leader Steven Del Duca is starting to get some television coverage. Watching him talk on TV, he still reminds me of a…
Is the UCP suggesting it’s time to show Russia a thing or two by halting the TMX pipeline expansion?
Will members of all Canadian political parties soon demand that we halt the TMX pipeline expansion project? I ask because, with the current great power tension in Ukraine likely to…
Time is well past due to address climate change, for our own sake
Recent events only confirm the environmental threat's realVancouver Sun 22 Jan 2022Stuart Mackinnon says. The recent storms have shown how vulnerable Vancouver's coastal infrastructure is.The seawall around Stanley Park sustained…
Time is well past due to address climate change, for our own sake
Recent events only confirm the environmental threat’s real Vancouver Sun 22 Jan 2022 Stuart Mackinnon says. The recent storms have shown how vulnerable Vancouver’s coastal infrastructure is. The seawall around…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Alex Ballingall and Raisa Patel ask why Canada’s federal government seems to have learned nothing from four previous waves of COVID. And…
Ukraine crisis: US ‘toolboxes’ are empty
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a hastily arranged summit in Geneva, Friday, January 21, 2022. Photo from Twitter. US Secretary of…
A Bullied Councillor Resigns
On Friday, Jan. 21, Councillor Tina Comi resigned from council. I am deeply disappointed and troubled. She was the only one at the table not among the slate of slavish…
Too bad we didn’t use this brilliant strategy to prevent the World Wars!
Trudeau government peacemaking. It works. #cdnpoli #lpc #cpc #ndp pic.twitter.com/BEYpOltJBQ — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 23, 2022 The post Too bad we didn’t use this brilliant strategy to prevent the…
Bad News is Increasing, but More Slowly?
Teaching in Ontario right now is an absurdist’s wet dream. Schools can only close if there’s more than 30% absent, and many classes are half full, but nobody’s actually away…
Covid Journal, Jan 17, 2022 (What the Truck Edition)
What the Truck? A brief exploration into the massively delayed response of Canada’s Cons to Biden’s vaccination requirements for truckers entering the US. The post Covid Journal, Jan 17, 2022…
BC government cut health coverage to migrants twice during the pandemic
BC excludes some workers, students, and newcomers to the province from receiving healthcare benefits. This forces people to pay for their own healthcare out of their own pocket. During the…
Oh, The (In)humanity
I doubt there is anyone amongst us who is not thoroughly tired of Covid-19, the terrible virus that has forced us to live circumscribed lives for the past two years.…
Ignorant Of History
The filibuster is alive and well. And Joe Manchin has cited James Madison in his argument to keep it. James Bouie writes: “Allowing one party to exert complete control in…
KINSELLACAST 194: Mraz, Belanger on image – plus Spiritual Cramp, Nothington, Stand Atlantic
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I. Can’t. Even.
The Trudeau government’s use of a hashtag to fight a military invasion now makes sense. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/ZIlIuRB4AR — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 23, 2022 The post I. Can’t. Even. first…
Doug Doubles Down.
In Ontario, casino gamblers are allowed to double their blackjack bet on any two cards totaling nine, ten or eleven. This is called a ‘double down.’ Since most Ontario gamblers…
Are The Anti-Vaxxers Trying To Overthrow the Government?
It's been almost three years since hundreds of truckers surrounded Parliament Hill demanding an end to the war on climate change. And Andrew Scheer and Pierre Poilievre went out to…
Too Good to Pass Up. In Ireland, These Three Guys Walk Into a Post Office…
This can’t possibly be true, can it? Gardaí have launched an investigation after two men carried a dead body into an Irish post office in an apparent attempt to claim…
Darkness and its delights
Essay: 3:30 min read “Wait, wait, what are you doing?” “I’m, you know, acting,” I said to my acting professor, Fred Euringer. “No, no, you… The post Darkness and its…