Self-determination in Ukraine should cut both ways
The Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria, a day after it had been painted in the colours of the Ukrainian national flag. Photo by Vassia Atanassova/Wikimedia Commons. There…
2023
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: 4 Things to Think About When Making a Last Will
If you’re making the Last Will there are 4 things that you should think about. Who do I want to leave my property to after I pass away? 2. Who’s…
Stupid is as stupid does
You don't get to be Prime Minister by being stupid. But @justintrudeau is profoundly, deeply stupid for not heeding the calls to kick the growing China scandal to an inquiry.…
Why They Took The Offer
The premiers didn’t like Justin Trudeau’s offer on health-care. But they accepted it. Michael Harris writes: The chair of the premiers’ council, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, noted the significant shortfall…
Dalton McGuinty could’ve easily won the Ontario Liberal leadership through Weighted One-Member-One-Vote
Former Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty Ontario Liberals meet this weekend in Hamilton for their 2023 Annual General Meeting to again consider whether to open up and reform their party’s leadership…
A Healthy Healthcare?
The other day prime minister Trudeau said at a Toronto event that the federal government was not the boss of the provinces. This is despite the very healthy amounts that…
Budget 2023: Smoke, mirrors, sleight of hand, and promises that don’t have to be kept
Finance Minister Travis Toews got up on his hind legs in the Alberta Legislature yesterday, promised to spend more on health care and education, set up a billion-dollar special projects…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Bed-ridden cats.
A Collection of Loyal Quotes: Part Six
“I do not consider myself to be a rabid monarchist. I am pretty laissez-faire aboutour relationship with the monarchy. It doesnot bother me in my day-to-day workings,not only as a…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lucky Tran offers a reminder not to take seriously the anti-science cranks determined to claim that COVID-19 mitigation measures (including masking) should…
My latest: Justin’s China crisis
Everything he has done — everything he has said — has been wrong. Everything. Justin Trudeau’s response to his burgeoning China crisis, that is. Criminal interference by the Chinese regime…
Without a Home, but Wins a Medal
I looked closely at the article hoping to see that McPherson had also been given a home, but he clearly hasn't. Wouldn't a home be better than a medal? (Or…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 28, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: How a Toronto-area police force helped take down a Russian-linked ransomware group #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3kA8Isc – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Things Are Going To Be Tough
Judy Rebick wonders what has happened to democracy in Ontario: Last June we had an election where a Conservative government won a decisive majority of seats with 41 per cent…
Responding To The Corporate Siren Call
The other day, I posted about our successive governments’ inability to resist the siren call of the corporate imperative, wedded as they are both socially and ideologically to their summons.…
By subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, Trudeau is fuelling a national emergency
Oilsands production near Fort McMurray, Alberta. Photo by Kris Krüg/Flickr. In February 2022, the Trans Mountain Pipeline announced a construction cost update: the new price tag totalled $21.4 billion. The…
Measuring Mediocrity.
Have you noticed how, at every new opportunity for voting, there is a fresh flurry of letters-to-the-editor about different ways to elect. For the upcoming by-election of a new mayor…
Astonishing! It’s Budget Day and suddenly there’s no health care crisis, and Alberta Health Services is A-OK!
It’s a shocker! But it turns out there is no crisis at Alberta Health Services! NDP Seniors and Housing Critic Lori Sigurdson (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). No need to take…
COVID-19 Pandemic Reflections and The Next Pandemic
Well the pandemic is over, at least according to most governments, science and medicine not so much. So now it is time to look back, and to look forward. Perhaps…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Michael Kempa discusses Justice Paul Rouleau’s findings on federalism in his report on the use of the Emergencies Act – though the hope…