See No Evil
The evil would be the visibility of homeless people. The ‘solution‘ that had been sought by Barrie City Council was an odious bylaw that would have outlawed individuals giving food,…
2023
Symbols of Class
The Titan submersible hasn’t been found yet, and the supply of oxygen is gone. Some think they perished days ago from pressure or another type of malfunction, all horrific to…
Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day!
Here is the CBC coverage of Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations in Saskatoon and Regina today. Other events of the day: The Survivors’ Flag is a symbol of courage, community and…
When Byelections Prove Nothing.
There you go Mr. Trudeau. You have your reading on the voting intentions of Canadians. The byelections in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba proved, once again, that some ridings tend to…
Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan, on ‘previously planned trip out-of-province with family,’ a no-show for swearing-in
Silly me. I simply assumed that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith didn’t pick Jason Stephan as her justice minister because he showed signs of being too much of a wingnut. Opposition…
Disaster city
“Canada is increasingly a riskier place to live, work and insure,” said Craig Stewart, Vice-President, Climate Change and Federal Issues, Insurance Bureau of Canada. The bureau’s stats back up Mr.…
BC’s climate policy inspiration
British Columbia’s government searched the world for options before settling on a climate plan acceptable to the province’s oil and gas industry. A creative solution was found in a report…
It’s time to free the children
Spring is officially over (although we’re already had a month or more of summertime temperatures) and summer is officially here. Glorious sunshine. Everything is green. Mosquitoes are ready to hatch.…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mitchell Beer writes about the Canada Energy Regulator’s recognition that the future will involve far less fossil fuel use than the oil industry…
Submarined
Look, I hope the little submarine people are rescued. But they should be sent a big bill when they are. They were completely reckless about the risks and went ahead…
My latest: what those by-elections mean for Poilievre
Yes, the government is still the government. Yes, the Official Opposition is still the Official Opposition. Yes, the turnout was low. Yes, nothing really changed. Yes, the punditocracy reads too…
Fairy Creek – Losing Our Monuments
Pay heed to how things have evolved in Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island. Its ruin is ours. The post Fairy Creek – Losing Our Monuments first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 21, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Andrew Tate charged with rape, human trafficking in Romania #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/57p43duj – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
About That Missing Submersible
The headlines have been cluttered the last few days with the frantic search for the missing submersible “Titan” owned and operated by OceanGate. In the midst of it all, have…
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…
The realpolitik of open nomination
The realpolitik definition of an open nomination is not that it is a fair fight, but that if you beat the party establishment, your victory will be accepted. As the…
An Assault on Gender is an Assault on Democracy
Here’s Judith Butler on gender. She’s a prof in California who teaches literature, philosophy, and critical theory, and wrote, most famously, Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter. Abridged transcript of…
It’s not pie
I review an article by The Tyee’s senior editor Paul Willcocks, wherein he gave a failing grade to BC Conservatives when an obnoxious couple disrupted a schoolyard event involving 9-year-olds.…
They are all Super Mayors.
The idea of Barrie’s mayor being given undemocratic powers by the province is hilarious. In a poll to determine the least competent mayor in Ontario, our mayor might be, at…
Smith to Legislature: Sorry/Not sorry!
Sounding about as sincere as the proverbial used-car salesman and not as convincing, Premier Danielle Smith whipped through an apology to the Alberta Legislature yesterday for breaking the Conflicts of…