A $2.5 Billion Subsidy to Loblaws, Metro and Sobeys
This week, the Liberals announced a food program that would ultimately transfer $2.5 billion in subsidy to Canada’s food monopolies. What a shame. The post A $2.5 Billion Subsidy to…
March 2023
The Bully at Queen’s Park.
In thinking about the type of conservative Ontario premier Doug Ford might be, we have come to the conclusion that he is a bully. He is a conservative, though he…
Today’s News: The Absolute Worst
The school shootings are the worst, the absolute worst. Here is an incredible photo — a child weeping as she is being transported away from The Covenant School shooting in…
Premier threatens CBC for reporting her own words in phone conversation with anti-vaxx pastor facing criminal charges
It may not be Lake of Fire 2.0, but you wouldn’t think Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s blustering response yesterday to the CBC’s release of a recording of her telling an…
America may be broken, Canada not so much
Americans long had a reputation for being the world’s greatest flag wavers. According to a recent cross-border study by the Angus Reid Institute, that may no longer be the case.…
America may be broken, Canada not so much
Americans long had a reputation for being the world’s greatest flag wavers. According to a recent cross-border study by the Angus Reid Institute, that may no longer be the case.…
Oilers don’t get no respect
It’s tough being an Edmonton Oilers fan these days. One game you think they might make some real noise in the playoffs, the next game, you think they shouldn’t even…
My latest: what if they gave a budget, and no one cared?
Budgets? Who cares. These days, voters mostly don’t. Polls consistently show distrust about everything government does and says – including budgets like the one released by the Trudeau government earlier…
Toronto politics invades County politics
Here’s a letter I wrote to the local paper. Remember, politicos: everyone has a past. As a resident of Hillier, I was frankly astounded by the Times’ willingness to publish…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ritika Goel, Vanessa Redditt and Michaela Beder discuss how the Ford PCs are cruelly taking health care away from the marginalized people who…
AUKUS submarine deal crosses nuclear red lines with Australia
American nuclear attack submarines in Australian waters. Photo courtesy the US Department of Defense/Flickr. The recent Australia, US, and UK $368 billion deal on buying nuclear submarines has been termed…
Financialization is the latest business model for Canada’s media
The Toronto Star sign after being stripped from the 1 Yonge Street building. Photo by Fareen Karim/BlogTO. Canadian media have traditionally been highly lucrative businesses. Some of the country’s richest…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 29, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3nx0sKN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
On Drug Deaths, Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment
Of late, CPC leader Pierre Poilievre has been making a lot of noise about drug addiction, deaths resulting from overdoses, and so on. So far, much of his rhetoric and…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Estate Tax
There are 3 basic ways in which most simple Estates may be required to pay taxes. 1. If all or part of your state is being submitted to Probate, you’ll…
A Vast Empty Space
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims that Canada is helping Mexicans invade the United States. Alex Panetta reports: Here’s an attention-grabbing charge: the idea that Canada might be assisting an invasion of…
Progressives in an Imperfect World.
Wearing a label seems wrong. While we are often willing to bestow labels on others, we know that we are more complex. And if you live long enough, you know…
Economics of biodiversity
The UK commissioned a study published in 2021 that was to help the government establish environmental policies for 25-years. Project leader Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta of Cambridge University was assisted…
UCP plans to let private medical corporations provide some surgeries without qualified anesthesiologists in the Operating Room
I bet you didn’t know the United Conservative Party Government plans to let private medical corporations operating their own facilities perform surgeries even if the person delivering the anesthesia is…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Couched cats.