Another Hike
Economists expect that the Bank of Canada will raise interest rates today. Craig Alexander writes: The Bank of Canada is struggling to get inflation back under control. Since it adopted…
January 2023
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is an Executor?
What is an Executor? An Executor is the person who’s the legal representative of your Estate. After you die, your Executor is responsible for taking all of the assets and…
Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight
Photo by Jamie Christiani/Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists WASHINGTON, DC – The Doomsday Clock was set at 90 seconds to midnight, due largely but not exclusively to Russia’s invasion of…
There Came a Dark Rider.
Behold the new, the quiet Pierre Poilievre, the leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. The braggart of Carleton riding is now resident in Stornoway. His next stop is the prime…
And whoosh! The McGonigal spy story is gone!
Was there ever a conspiracy theory more bizarre, more crazy, than believing that Russia was behind Trump’s unexpected 2016 election victory? But just because something sounds crazy doesn’t mean it…
No matter what the Law Society decides about his conduct, Tyler Shandro’s reputation is bound to suffer
Whether or not the Law Society of Alberta hearing that started yesterday into Justice Minister Tyler Shandro’s conduct back when he was health minister in Jason Kenney’s cabinet results in…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cuddled cats.
Today’s tonic: “Seriously, why should we care about anything Twitter trolls have to say?”
Today’s tonic: “Seriously, why should we care about anything Twitter trolls have to say?” by @reggcohn https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2023/01/23/seriously-why-should-we-care-about-anything-twitter-trolls-have-to-say.html #cdnpoli #Twitter
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Anne Sosin and Martha Lincoln discuss the war on empathy embodied by the flurry of media attacks against anybody with the temerity…
Photo Versions Created with Franzis Color Projects
Way back in the day when I used to be a member of the Camera Club of Ottawa and we met at the NRC building on Sussex Drive the most…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 24, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Twitter faces lawsuits over unpaid rent for U.S. HQ, U.K. office #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3H4rZZV – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
The plague of social isolation
“Cell Damage.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. The is very little to recommend about my old gym, other than the low monthly fee, where I worked out nearly every day from…
We Don’t Need Them
The major auto manufacturers shifted their focus to SUVs more than a decade ago. Sedans and subcompact cars are not where they make their money. Zoe Long and Jonn Axsen…
Postmedia shoots more hostages to keep debt payments flowing to New Jersey hedge fund
New Jersey’s largest newspaper chain shot another dozen Canadian hostages last week as the end game of its northern extortion scheme grows ever closer. If the federal government doesn’t allow…
It’s a Political Down Time.
At this time of year, we get a lot of introspective about politics, mainly because there is not much else to write about. Yes, I know that no two snowflakes…
Mike Cardinal, influential minister in Ralph Klein’s cabinet, dies at 81
Mike Cardinal, a member of the Alberta Legislature from 1989 to 2008 and an influential minister in Ralph Klein’s Progressive Conservative cabinet, died on Jan. 12. He was 81. The…
Davos and me (and some Conservatives)
In 1971, German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab founded the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Forum is funded primarily by its corporate members—typically global corporations—with some public subsidies, and guided…
Is the Economy “Running Hot”? Or Cold, and Getting Colder?
The Bank of Canada is widely expected to increase its policy interest rate again this week, for the eighth time in the last 10 months. Media and financial market commentary…
Public service swiftly checks Premier’s Office emails, unsurprisingly finds nothing
It’s a dirty little secret of Canadian government that plenty of public business is nowadays conducted outside legitimate channels to avoid public accountability. Email, WhatsApp, ProtonMail and Signal are the…