Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of March 13, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 13, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: B.C. set to introduce legislation targeting revenge porn Ontario’s top court strikes…
March 2023
Dougie and Bibi: L’État c’est moi?
What have the Province of Ontario and the State of Israel in common? They have political leaders who want to rewrite the law. They want to be the law. Neither…
Can more for-profit health care be stopped?
Photo by Hamza Butt/Flickr The new health accord between Ottawa and the provinces provides more money, but it could also easily bring an even faster rollout of for-profit provision of…
A special day
Some folks think social media is a toxic cesspool and avoid it. Other search for valuable content and find it. Many have found Zachery Dereniowski, creator of this video, which…
Growing consensus that Alberta NDP’s communications strategy is failing prompts calls for tougher approach
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley gave a rip-roaring speech to the party faithful in Edmonton Saturday, but a consensus is emerging among the commentariat and many voters that the Opposition…
Joltin’ Judge Brown lasts one round
There was a mystery haunting our Supreme Court throughout February. Justice Russell Brown wasn’t showing up for work. Last week the mystery was solved. The judge has been suspended with…
The Reno
Ms Soapbox is on week six of an eight week renovation. The sad little room in the photo is what is left of her writing room. She’s taken to working…
More Venery
A Repugnance of Republicans. A Sycophancy of Saundersonites. A Conspiracy of Conservatives. A Misanthropy of MAGA-Hatters. A Cowardice of Councillors. A Laziness of Reporters. A Slyness of Staff. A Corruption…
Saturday Photo: Sledding as the Winter Ends
Beautiful sunshine today, with temperature below freezing. Things are melting in the sun, nevertheless, and the days of sledding are numbered. Winter is drawing to a close.
Combatting the ruinous greed of the developers
Condo towers in Toronto. Photo courtesy PARTISANS Projects/Flickr. Last November, Gaétan Héroux and I wrote an article for Canadian Dimension on an emerging struggle to prevent the construction of a…
How Long Will It Last?
Jagmeet Singh is not happy with Justin Trudeau. Althia Rag writes: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh had tough words for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week. “It seems like the prime…
Busting the rent control myth
Photo by Kurt Bauschardt/Flickr Rent control is back. Or rather, it never really left. We’ve just started paying attention again. For decades, we were told by policymakers that rent control…
Poilievre: Pees into the Wind.
Like wise writers everywhere, it is great fun to drop the bomb in your last paragraph. Chantel Hébert did it the other day in the Toronto Star. In a story…
Today’s Random Stuff: Cats and Pigs and Politics
Its the weekend, so here we go with some random stuff from the lighter side. BBC News posted an very odd tweet about how the pandemic hadn’t really affected anyone’s…
Rachel Notley vows reinvestment in health and education, hammers UCP record, after accepting riding nomination
Vowing to reinvest in education, make “bold reforms” necessary to fix health care, and put an end to plans to fire the RCMP and gamble with Albertans’ pensions, NDP Leader…
Has the Alberta Legislature noticed what the 5th largest economy is doing?
If Albertans want to understand how economically viable our Natural Gas and Oil sector is, all we need to do is look towards California. California has the largest economy in…
The Challenge of Citizen Engagement
I recently read a good opinion piece in The Meaford Independent, titled, The Challenge of Remaining Informed & Engaged in Municipal Governance in Our Busy Modern World, In it, editor…
Hard To Swallow
While there are many topics of pressing concern to write about these days, I can’t resist a lesser story that in my view underscores corporate greed, writ large. Some may…
A Fatal Disease
Ignorance is a curse. Willful ignorance is a fatal disease. Kevin McCarthy has succumbed to the disease. Dana Milbank writes: Not since the Know-Nothing Party disappeared in the 1850s has…