Covid-Free Schools are Possible!
A school in Texas has been 100% Covid-free with zero learning loss. They used good masks indoors (N95 or better) with no ‘mask breaks.’ Everyone eats outdoors even in the…
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Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of August 8, 2022
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Council’s Inappropriate Pay-Raise Decision
Late last month — less than three months before the next municipal election — council made significant decisions about their own pay and the role of the mayor. Given that…
Why the Price of Gas Needs to Stay High
People who rely on unsustainable energy sources tend to complain about the price of their energy (despite the subsidies they receive). We need to stop listening to those people who…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 8, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 8, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: EXCLUSIVE: San Mateo County sheriff orders raid on Indiana garage that builds…
Doug Ford’s ‘strong mayor’ system is an anti-democratic power play
Doug Ford and John Tory pose for a photo during a charity cricket match in 2014. Photo courtesy Toronto Sun. “If I ever get to the provincial level of politics,…
Only Heroes Need Apply.
We need some heroes. Wannabes and also rans don’t do the job. We need an effective opposition for Queen’s Park. Both the liberals and new democrats need new leaders. We…
Full stop to full on in eight months – why’s the UCP on fire to move 500 to 1,000 people into Athabasca almost overnight?
Why is Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides suddenly in such a rush to relocate 500 Athabasca University employees now scattered across Canada to the institution’s namesake town in the aspen…
Today’s News: Cheering
Big Democratic win today in the US Senate. This “Dark Brandon” meme seems to have legs: Thanks, @POTUS. pic.twitter.com/2PxrbDOtJB — Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) August 8, 2022 #DarkBrandonRises pic.twitter.com/skjETVXU5Y — Molly…
Nancy P’s Asian adventure
On first hearing about U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned visit to Taiwan it struck me as a rather, shall we say, stupid idea. It would infuriate the…
Doing the right thing
British Columbia could be in the sixth year of the PowerBC program had John Horgan been sincere when he announced it in 2015. Instead, the NDP government and public institutions…
Today’s tonic: “Ontario has a doctor shortage. So why isn’t the Ford government licensing more internationally trained physicians living here?”
Today’s tonic: “Ontario has a doctor shortage. So why isn’t the Ford government licensing more internationally trained physicians living here?” https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/08/07/ontario-has-a-doctor-shortage-so-why-isnt-the-ford-government-licensing-more-internationally-trained-physicians-living-here.html #onpoli #cdnpoli #doctors #todaystonic #foreigntraineddoctors
A Sunday Reflection
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Clayton Ruby was a shining example of ‘how much one person can do’
Canadian civil rights lawyer and activist Clayton Ruby passed away on August 2. He was 80-years-old. Photo courtesy the Toronto Star archives/Toronto Public Library. Who you gonna call? Clay Ruby.…
Our Troubled Urban Forest
On August 8, Collingwood council will “consider” a proposal to spend “up to $100,000 to retain a consultant to inform the next council on how Collingwood can better protect tree…
A Man of No Letters.
It is amazing how the human mind can wander. I was reading the other day about Ontario premier Doug Ford’s reluctance to release the mandate letters he is reputed to…
Weekend funnies
Starting with some good cartoons: The GOP’s miscalculation: Handmaids vote. #MobilizeForMidterms pic.twitter.com/xeatccejZJ — Nick Knudsen ?? (@NickKnudsenUS) August 6, 2022 We thought everybody had already been divided into voters and…
Young Canadians, it’s your turn
In 2020, young people went to Germany’s Constitutional Court to argue the country’s Federal Climate Protection Act (“Bundesklimaschutzgesetz” or “KSG”) was insufficient and therefore violated their constitutional rights. They succeeded.//
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Kayla Kuhfeldt et al. study the effect of a combined vaccine and masking policy, and find that those basic public health measures were…