New Maritime Law at UN Protects Ecosystems
Pirates love the high seas and so do illegal fishers and poachers; heck cruise ship companies love the high seas as a place to dump sewage. All in, we don’t…
2023
The crisis of trans health care in Canada
For most Canadians, health care became more difficult to access during the pandemic. The overcrowding of hospitals worsened alongside deteriorating conditions for nurses, paramedics and support staff. Similarly, many social…
Who really benefits from Ontario’s Bill 23?
Ontario’s Greenbelt includes two million acres of protected land including farmland, forests, wetlands, rivers, and lakes. Photo courtesy Ontario Farmland Trust. Now that the head-shaking over Ontario’s Bill 23, the…
Where is My Mind? On Freud and Neuropsychology
Freud got some things right, and this isn’t a post to slam him. But he understood the whole concept of the unconscious mind upside-down. It’s a lot like Aristotle’s science,…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of March 6, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 6, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Why did Canada ban TikTok for some — and is it time…
State-sanctioned violence in Peru and the role of Canadian mining
Protests against the Tía María copper mining project in Islay, Arequipa Region, Peru. Photo by Diario Correo. On January 18, 2023, as thousands of Peruvians were taking to the streets…
Sixty Years, A Liberal.
It was disappointing to not be at the Ontario liberal party’s meeting in Hamilton this past weekend. It promised to be an interesting event. It was also an opportunity for…
Alberta in 2023: COVID, Conservatives, and the plan to make the energy rollercoaster even scarier
“Conservative” governments never like to let a crisis go to waste. Dr. John Cowell, sole administrator of Alberta Health Services (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Hence the concept of “disaster capitalism,” which…
In the News…
A couple unnerving things happened recently that I’m just catching up with. First, the CDC quietly added an update for guidance around certifying death from Covid last February. The controversial…
Budget ’23: The Same Old Razzle Dazzle (with sprinkles on top)*
I’m not sure what Trevor Tombe did that caused Danielle Smith to say he was becoming one of her favourite economists, but it certainly wasn’t this. In a recent article…
Hugo Chávez’s vision of a communal future will inspire generations
Hugo Chávez in uniform, 2010. Photo courtesy Presidencia de la Nación Argentina/Wikimedia Commons. March 5, 2023 marks the ten-year anniversary of the death of legendary Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Only…
Ontario Liberals embrace change and open up their party’s leadership process
What a thrill! Yesterday, I was so happy to be there when Ontario Liberals at their Annual General Meeting in Hamilton voted overwhelmingly to change our party’s leadership election process…
Saturday Photo: March 1, the Day the Sun Starts Shining in the Bedroom…
Actually the photo was taken a couple of years ago, but I’m pleased to report that this March 1 also saw the first forray of the sun into our upstairs…
Why Mastodon
So why did I open a Mastodon account and why do I think Mastodon can replace Twitter. I started looking for alternatives to Twitter soon after Elon Musk purchased it…
Catholic Love
I offer the following without comment, except to say that it is incredible that in the 21st Century, we still have so many benighted people amongst us. Read only until…
An Odium of Politicians
The proper collective noun for a group of politicians is “an odium,” at least according to James Lipton in his delightful book, An Exaltation of Larks (Ultimate Edition, Penguin Books,…
Are We Having Fun?
Glen W. Turner was an American con man. Helaine Olen writes in The Washington Post: Turner, the son of a sharecropper, told people they could all be rich and successful…
A False-Flag Favourite?
Beware the politician trying to fly two flags. Torontonians have put up with the lies about what political party mayoralty candidates belong to, for too long. I can assure you,…
Today’s News: "Being Woke" = "Being Kind"
My husband and I were talking tonight and he asked “Exactly what is ‘Woke’ anyway?” Hmm, good question. Coincidentally, I have been reading some stuff just today about it, and…