Today’s Scene: An Inquiry If Necessary, but Not Necessarily An Inquiry
A batch of very good substacks this week. When it comes to the news of the day, the conclusion of the Canadian columnists I read is this: 1. If China…
March 2023
Barrie Needs Bradford Bypass.
It was disappointing the other day to read a letter to the editor of Barrie Today from the executive director of the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition. It is very hard…
Ron Liepert, colourful former Alberta cabinet minister who unseated ‘Canada’s Worst MP,’ is set to retire
When Calgary Signal Hill Conservative MP Ron Liepert announced on social media on Feb. 17 that he is about to retire, no one seems to have thought to thank the…
We are so very rich
The money just rolls in—$892 per second. We are wallowing in it. Alberta’s non-renewable resource revenue for the 2022/23 fiscal year is the highest in history, by far—40 percent higher…
One of these countries is not like the other
In the United States, allegations about Russian election interference led to a three-year, multi-volume report and 37 indictments. In Canada, allegations about Chinese election interference have led to zero, zippo…
There’s money galore for private clinics — while the PCs starve health care
Actual provincial program spending is much less than “planned” Provincial Spending was $6.4 billion less than planned over the first 9 months of the fiscal year 2022/3 according to the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Wallace-Wells discusses how the U.S. is woefully unprepared to deal with the real prospect of another pandemic (particularly on top of the…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 1, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario reviewing whether to ban TikTok on government devices #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/41EYnf5 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Self-determination in Ukraine should cut both ways
The Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria, a day after it had been painted in the colours of the Ukrainian national flag. Photo by Vassia Atanassova/Wikimedia Commons. There…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: 4 Things to Think About When Making a Last Will
If you’re making the Last Will there are 4 things that you should think about. Who do I want to leave my property to after I pass away? 2. Who’s…
Stupid is as stupid does
You don't get to be Prime Minister by being stupid. But @justintrudeau is profoundly, deeply stupid for not heeding the calls to kick the growing China scandal to an inquiry.…
Why They Took The Offer
The premiers didn’t like Justin Trudeau’s offer on health-care. But they accepted it. Michael Harris writes: The chair of the premiers’ council, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, noted the significant shortfall…
Dalton McGuinty could’ve easily won the Ontario Liberal leadership through Weighted One-Member-One-Vote
Former Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty Ontario Liberals meet this weekend in Hamilton for their 2023 Annual General Meeting to again consider whether to open up and reform their party’s leadership…
A Healthy Healthcare?
The other day prime minister Trudeau said at a Toronto event that the federal government was not the boss of the provinces. This is despite the very healthy amounts that…
Budget 2023: Smoke, mirrors, sleight of hand, and promises that don’t have to be kept
Finance Minister Travis Toews got up on his hind legs in the Alberta Legislature yesterday, promised to spend more on health care and education, set up a billion-dollar special projects…