EU: Burned by Oil
‘Excess’ gas prices represent the extraction from the pockets of consumers to oil shareholders. And no, it has nothing to do with a carbon tax in Canada. The post EU:…
August 2023
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 24, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Donald Trump will surrender at the Fulton County jail on Thursday evening, with a bond agreement already agreed on #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://tinyurl.com/4x3v3ys4 – Garry J. Wise,…
The Charlebois Shuffle
Dalhousie University academic and food distribution and policy researcher Sylvain Charlebois, also known as the Food Professor. Photo courtesy The Food Professor/X. I think I may have broken Sylvain “The…
Pictures, Not Words
While a flurry of columns, articles and editorials continue to rail against the Doug Ford cabal theft of Greenbelt lands, I thought that a couple of editorial cartoons might be…
Estimated 24,000 jobs, $33B in investments at risk because of renewables freeze: Pembina Institute
An estimated 24,000 jobs and $33-billion in investments are at risk because of the Alberta Government’s seven-month moratorium on renewable energy development, the Pembina Institute said this morning. Pembina Institute…
A Lot Depends On The Alternative
The conventional wisdom is that Justin Trudeau is in the twilight of his political career. Michael Harris doesn’t believe it. He writes: The way most pollsters and pundits and all…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: How important is it to have a Will if you are in your 30s and don’t have many assets?
Having a Last Will is still important, even if you are young. There is no better way to provide for your family and your future. You can create a Last…
On Student Absences
I’ve been thinking about the concern with kids not going to school for reasons beyond the rampant illnesses caused by letting a highly-infectious virus run wild. The Fortune article suggests…
Ford’s Fall Guy.
In the time-honoured tradition of sleazy politics, Ryan Amato, who, until the turfing, was chief of staff to the Ontario housing minister, got turfed out the back door at Queen’s…
Today is last day on job for AHS VP Deb Gordon, highest-ranking woman in the province-wide health agency
On Aug. 18, Alberta Health Services President and CEO Mauro Chies sent a memorandum to the province-wide public health care agency’s senior managers telling them that the highest ranking woman…
Sortition—assembling citizens
A recent essay in The New York Times prompts me once again to write about a favourite topic of mine, namely citizens’ assemblies. The essay, by Adam Grant, was entitled…
Far-right Infighting Surrounding The Trial Of The Coutts 4
Last month the far-right in Canada had multiple situations that included bitter infighting. Notably much of it surrounded accusations by Ezra Levant that Diagolon founder Jeremy Mackenzie is a "fed".Antisemite…
Far-right Infighting Surrounding The Trial Of The Coutts 4
Last month the far-right in Canada had multiple situations that included bitter infighting. Notably much of it surrounded accusations by Ezra Levant that Diagolon founder Jeremy Mackenzie is a "fed".Antisemite…
Far-right Infighting Surrounding The Trial Of The Coutts 4
Last month the far-right in Canada had multiple situations that included bitter infighting. Notably much of it surrounded accusations by Ezra Levant that Diagolon founder Jeremy Mackenzie is a “fed”.…
Ecuador oil drilling referendum a victory for biodiversity
On August 20, 2023, Ecuadorians voted overwhelmingly to stop oil drilling in the Amazon’s Yasuní National Park (pictured here) by a margin of nearly 20 percent. Photo by Paul Bertner/Minden…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The Associated Press reports on how the climate breakdown is producing every form of extreme weather everywhere all at once, while E.M. Fischer…
The settler colonial origins of food insecurity in Canada’s North
Northern Store location in Sachigo Lake, Ontario. Photo courtesy the North West Company. The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, Plundering the North: A History of Settler Colonialism,…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 23, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Special counsel investigating false statements made by Trump employees in classified documents case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://tinyurl.com/5n7sd294 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Review of “The Rise of Ecofascism” by Sam Moore and Alex Roberts [ThreeWayFight]
Sam Moore and Alex Roberts, The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2022 160 pages; paperback $19.95, ISBN 9781509545384; hardback $59.95, ISBN 9781509545377 Review…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates August 22, 2023
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…