2023
The Latest On Carbon Change
On April 14th, we got some accounting on climate change. Aaron Wherry reports: The annual account of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions was released on April 14, just as most of…
Leaning on Labour?
It has always amused me that the news media, depending on their leanings, are always reporting what labour groups are supporting what parties or candidates in elections. The assumption that…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jenna Cartusciello examines the connections between COVID-19 and gastrointestinal issues as yet another poorly-studied and potentially long-lasting effect of infection with a disease…
Saturday Photo: Early April Morning
The sun is rising about 6 a.m., so it was well up in the sky when we went out this morning. Nevertheless the combination of tree, clouds and ghostly sun…
The Indigenous fight to stop uranium mining in Canada’s North
The cover image for I Will Live for Both of Us, featuring Joan Scottie. Photo courtesy University of Manitoba Press. I Will Live for Both of Us: A History of…
Earth Day #53: Simple Solutions
As a social science teacher talking about climate change, I’d often get students who raise the fact that there are just 100 companies, worldwide, producing over 70% of all GHGs.…
American Fascism
Fascism has come to the United States. It wears Donald Trump’s face. Robert Kagan writes: The entire Trump phenomenon has nothing to do with policy or ideology. It has nothing…
If Lula can call for peace in Ukraine, why not Canada’s left?
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in November 2021. Photo by Mídia NINJA/Flickr. Is Lula a pro-Russian “tankie”? Should the Canadian left echo or marginalize his outlook on Ukraine?…
Trump’s Stand in Dixieland.
I always thought Dixieland was just a form of jazz. After the years of Donald Trump, today’s Dixie is just a place of darkness. It is a place of closed…
NDP would repeal Sovereignty Act, restore balance to workplace law, Christina Gray tells AFL convention
CALGARY – An NDP Government will repeal the Sovereignty Act and other controversial UCP laws while creating better jobs in a more affordable Alberta, Opposition Labour Critic Christina Gray told…
Musical interlude
Lastlings – Noise
Religion still making mischief
In a rapidly changing world, some things do remain the same. One such thing is religion’s capacity for mischief. Examples are legion. The mullahs of Iran, who as religious leaders…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Martha Lincoln and Anne Sosin discuss the lack of sustained improvement in the social conditions which exacerbated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 21, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘We win or it’s free’ Toronto paralegal guilty in traffic ticket fixing scheme #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/41u6CtU – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Alberta’s latest economic threat: Thanks to China, Saudi Arabia and Iran are beginning to normalise relations
It might seem odd for an Albertan to point to Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Middle East and say that it has an effect on us. However, it does. History…
Ontario’s new education bill: Crushing what’s broken
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce walk the hallway before making an announcement regarding the government’s plan for a safe reopening of schools. Photo by Nathan Denette/CP.…
Obsolete Cold War attitudes are holding Europe back
In 2022, NATO powers allocated huge sums to Ukraine—about $50 billion from the US, €52 billion from the EU and its member states, and £2.3 billion from Britain. Photo courtesy…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 20, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 20, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Solutions? Bigger Anti-Smoking Warnings https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/06/solutions-bigger-anti-smoking-warnings.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
War Mongering
Trucker Carlson is a white weasel who is in the business of peddling hate. Stephen Maher writes: Canadians should expect a restless night on May 1, because that’s when Fox…