Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
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July 2023
Negative power prices
A Bloomberg headline too consequential to ignore: European Power Prices Plunge Below Zero as Solar Output Booms. Had British Columbia committed to wind and solar power eight years ago, it…
Hydrogen Train Takes to the Rails in Quebec
In an effort to show North Americans that train travel can be both good for the environment and getting around Alstom has sent a train to Quebec. The train company…
Discontent in the provinces
A recent Angus Reid Institute survey of Canadians’ approval (or disapproval) of their provincial governments’ performances was full of surprises while bereft of optimism. Angus Reid maintains a Government Performance…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jerry White discusses how the wealthiest few have continued to amass obscene riches in the first half of 2023 despite occasional rumblings…
"I am down to be common. Bring home the chill. Yo. "
In a desperate attempt to try to demonstrate relevancy as a prospective Prime Minister, Pierre Poilievre is adopting sun glasses and t-shirts to give himself a new look — Canadian…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 4, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: CRA fires 20 employees over inappropriate pandemic benefits payments #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/4ds92zcd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
On The Limits of Victim-Centred Justice
With Paul Bernardo’s name back in the news (this time over a move to a new prison cell), it’s time to spend a few moments discussing the role of victims…
Canadian Vulnerability
Were it not for the willfully stupid and ignorant, the unhinged, and the extreme in our midst, I really would be less concerned about the benighted domestic decisions the Americans…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of July 4, 2023
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The Macabre Makeover of Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre has always enjoyed being a bully, so it's not surprising that he should enjoy looking like one.With his cruel eyes staring out from behind his small town bank…
The Macabre Makeover of Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre has always enjoyed being a bully, so it's not surprising that he should enjoy looking like one.With his cruel eyes staring out from behind his small town bank…
The Macabre Makeover of Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre has always enjoyed being a bully, so it's not surprising that he should enjoy looking like one. With his cruel eyes staring out from behind his small town…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 4, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 4, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Toronto heads to the polls to elect a new mayor today. Here’s…
NRPI – No Real Person Involved
In Ontario right now, “Hospital backlogs in pediatric care could affect children’s health for the rest of their lives. Two-thirds of pediatric patients in need of surgery at two of…
A Devil’s Pact?
Just some thinking today about where our parliament might be heading. In a polarized situation such as the Canadian parliament, it would not take the transfer of many seats to…
News coverage of B.C. port strike unfolds according to the usual predictable, misleading formula
The strike by 7,400 longshore workers in Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Nanaimo and Port Alberni is no exception to the rule that news reporting of labour disputes impacting West Coast ports…
Happy birthday, US of A
Today our good neighbours to the south are celebrating their country’s birthday—its 247th. Two hundred and forty seven days of democracy, the longest ever. The second most famous democracy—ancient Athens—lasted…
happy birthday to me: aging and mortality edition
I have been alive on this planet for 62 years. Somehow, inexplicably, it was June 13, 2023, and I passed birthday number 62. I find this fact stunning. I feel…
Up in the air: Flying Harbour Air from Comox Harbour to Vancouver Harbour
Usually I take the ferry between the Comox Valley and Vancouver when I’m not flying directly back East, but on this trip I wanted to maximize my time in Vancouver…