Hypocrisy and war
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Prosecutor General’s Office Board, 2019. Photo courtesy the Kremlin/Flickr. “The first casualty of war,” as the famous dictum coined by American…
2023
The Dark Side of the Elite.
It is good to see that a real grocery person is slated to take the reins at Canada’s largest chain of grocery stores. It hardly means that the time of…
How to blow up a pipeline hearing: AER boss just won’t say when regulator told Alberta government about toxic leak
Anyone who watched the head of the Alberta Energy Regulator refusing to answer questions yesterday during the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development’s hearings into Imperial Oil’s Kearl site…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Trevor Hancock discusses the need to treat the economy as a means to human well-being, rather than an end worth sacrificing our health…
Day Two on VIA Rail’s The Canadian: Winnipeg bound and leaving Ontario behind
Day two was a Thursday, and my first full day on The Canadian — VIA Rail’s transcontinental train from Toronto to Vancouver. It was also the morning I woke up…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 24, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Death penalty trial begins for accused in Tree of Life synagogue mass shooting #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/43ZnxpZ – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
The Beam In Our Eye
When you think about it, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with national myths. They seek to convey something special about one’s country. For example, there is the American myth about…
One Of The Reasons
Pierre Poilievre is fluently bilingual and has a French last name. But that doesn’t mean he impresses Quebecers. Chantal Hebert writes: More than six months after his election as Conservative…
Google argues for media fund to support Canadian journalism
Federal estimates put the digital platforms potentially on the hook for more than $300 million a year in payments if Bill C-18, the Online News Act, passes. Photo from Shutterstock.…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of April 24, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 24, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 24, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Loblaws names new president and CEO, replacing Galen Weston in top job…
Flying False Flags.
With 50 people running for many different reasons for the mayoralty in Toronto, one of the problems is finding out which political party each represents. I know there are not…
Americans aren’t so American anymore
A recent survey funded by The Wall Street Journal showed some dramatic changes in the attitudes of our neighbours to the south. For example, two of Americans’ most cherished institutions,…
Gondek, Notley and Smith: An important conversation
Last week Calgary Economic Development presented its Report to the Community. The highlight of the event was Mayor Jyoti Gondek’s conversations with Rachel Notley and Danielle Smith. Gondek asked each…
Weekend funnies: From steam-punk to Ted Lasso to a golfer dog
An historian Craig Baird is using AI to generate “steam-punk” versions of Canadian legends. Here’s a couple: 4. Farley Mowat One of Canada’s most beloved writers, his books have been…
With climate indicators ‘off the charts,’ UN chief calls policies of rich nations a ‘death sentence’
Photo by Billy Wilson/Flickr The World Meteorological Organization warned Friday that climate change indicators are “off the charts,” one day after United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told officials from wealthy…
While Canada profited from war in Yemen, China pushed for peace
Saudi forces take part in military exercises during a visit by Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah at a military base in Yemen’s southern embattled city of Aden. Photo by Ahmed…
The REAL Solution for the CBC: Sell it to Canadians
It’s time we sell the CBC. To Canadians. The post The REAL Solution for the CBC: Sell it to Canadians first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Chris Hedges on Our Current State of Paralysis
Hedges writes on Substack now, if you haven’t been able to find him lately, and his piece today is excellent. He starts by pointing out the growing rich-poor divide that…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates April 18, 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…