Eating off the Hill: Lobster Ravioli at Metropolitain Brasserie
A friend I hadn't seen in awhile was visiting Ottawa recently and, after a tour around Parliament Hill (I never miss Centre Block more than when it comes to tours…
September 2023
Eating on the Hill: Lobster Ravioli at Metropolitain Brasserie
A friend I hadn’t seen in awhile was visiting Ottawa recently and, after a tour around Parliament Hill (I never miss Centre Block more than when it comes to tours…
Trump simply never grew up
There seems to be no limit to the incendiary statements ex-US President Donald Tump is capable of. Earlier this week he made an egregious attack on General Mark Milley, recently…
Never Letting Go
The uproar over the Greenbelt theft has died down to a seething anger, despite Doug Ford’s promise to restore it. There is ongoing anger over the fact that he lied…
Today
Every child matters (of course). Here’s mine for this important day.
Housing Affordability – Not Just a ‘Made in Canada’ Issue!
The housing crisis is INTERNATIONAL. The housing crisis is INTERNATIONAL. The housing crisis is INTERNATIONAL. The housing crisis is brought to us all by Wall Street. The post Housing Affordability…
Courage to Admit our Mistakes
Translation from Maarten De Cock “Many people know, from unfortunate experience, and doctors recognize that most contagious diseases are communicated by breathing the air that comes out of the chest…
Waiting for Mr. Trudeau.
It appears that conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has a careful plan. He never bothers to fry small fish. It was very evident in the past week that he was not…
Wildfire warnings ignored by government
I began to distrust the province’s wildfire statistics after noticing the reported size of the Donnie Creek fire, the province’s largest ever, was not altered from mid-July to mid-September. Yet…
Musical interlude
John Summit feat. Echoes – Human
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney and how we all win”
Let’s face it: Mark Carney would be a refreshing and inspiring change from this tired current prime minister. Sure I’ll take Justin Trudeau ten times out of ten over the…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Chris Hedges discusses how the end of empire-based colonialism has only given way to an even more exploitative corporate version. And Cory Doctorow…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 29, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Sask. premier to use notwithstanding clause to veto judge ruling on school pronoun policy #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/3zvw6spa – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
NaziGate: Trudeau and Freeland should face consequences
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland recognize Yaroslav Hunka, who was in attendance, in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday,…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from February 24, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from February 24, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Orders Money Mart to Pay $30,000 for Failure to Investigate Harassment http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/02/ontario-human-rights-tribunal-orders.html –…
On a New Path
Is this year different, or is this the new trajectory we’re on to the very end? The Climate Brink collected a series of unnerving graphs showing what an outlier this…
Common Sense Conservatives?
A piece of junk mail came to my home the other day. It was probably the worst mailing from a political party, I have ever seen. There must be Ontario…
Comparing BC Hydro June 2023 to BC Hydro June 2007.
BC Hydro recently released its first quarter results for the fiscal year ending March 2024. The report covered three months in 2023: April, May and June. It is worth looking…
If you don’t know basic facts about who was fighting whom in World War II, you’re not fit to hold public office
If the embarrassing events in Canada’s House of Commons last Friday after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to MPs and Senators illustrate anything, it ought to be the value of…