Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – George Monbiot discusses how everybody is being forced to play COVID roulette due to the choice not to work toward clean and safe…
2023
Who Is The Real Pierre Poilievre?
I've been away, but it seemed to me like only yesterday that Pierre Poilievre shocked a lot of Canadians, by solemnly declaring that he was really a nice guy.He claimed…
Who Is The Real Pierre Poilievre?
I've been away, but it seemed to me like only yesterday that Pierre Poilievre shocked a lot of Canadians, by solemnly declaring that he was really a nice guy.He claimed…
Who Is The Real Pierre Poilievre?
I've been away, but it seemed to me like only yesterday that Pierre Poilievre shocked a lot of Canadians, by solemnly declaring that he was really a nice guy. He…
NATO arms transfers to Ukraine risk nuclear nightmare
A soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks at Fort Carson, Colorado Springs. Photo by Christian Murdock. Early on the morning of May 2, 1945, General Vasily Chuikov,…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 27, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Supreme Court of Canada to rule on constitutionality of mandatory firearm sentences #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3wGhCGN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
The Greenbelt Fight Is Far From Over
If we can place any credibility in the utterances of federal politicians, the fight to save Ontario’s Greenbelt from the depredations of Doug Ford’s developer cronies is far from over.…
This pisses me off
Look, we @HotNasties @SFHPunks guys are honoured when people like our stuff. But when they put out an album of our stuff, without permission, without thanks, without even a fucking…
This pisses me off
Look, we @HotNasties @SFHPunks guys are honoured when people like our stuff. But when they put out an album of our stuff, without permission, without thanks, without even a fucking…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 17, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 17, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Alberta Tribunal Addresses the “Great Prima Facie Debate” on Family Status Workplace Accommodationhttps://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/alberta-tribunal-addresses-great-prima.html – Garry J. Wise,…
Rural Rage
Rural rage is a feature of American politics these days. But it’s not limited to the United States. In Canada, we are experiencing the same phenomenon. Paul Krugman writes: The…
New book shows why Indigenous leadership must be at the heart of Canada’s just transition
The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-Called Canada Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman and Bronwen Tucker Between the Lines, 2023 When new oil…
The Wildest of Wildrose.
She’s backkkkk and the rest of Canada can stand back in shock. Danielle Smith of Wildrose fame is back. And she is running strong. It took Jason Kenney to prepare…
Danielle Smith comes out swinging; Justin Trudeau responds with the rope-a-dope strategy
Danielle Smith comes out swinging. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Justin Trudeau’s Liberals do the rope-a-dope. Remember, though, in addition to being prime minister, Mr. Trudeau is an…
Today’s Scene: Enshittification
I used to title these posts “From the Substacks” but good commentary is not just Substacks these days, its Medium and Patreon and blogs and opinion pieces from all over.…
ComeupPence
Pun is from a friend. What are all 3 of these ex-executive dorks doing with classified documents in their homes anyway??
Democracy
Democracy is a system of government not immune to challenges and threats. In recent years, there have been concerns about the health of democracy in a number of countries, as…
Danielle Smith’s Magical Email Investigation
So, last week very serious allegations of the Premier's office attempting to intervene in the prosecutions resulting from the Coutts blockade last year. By Saturday, the Premier's office was going…
Today’s tonic: “COVID-19 misinformation cost at least 2,800 lives and $300M, new report says”
Today’s tonic: COVID-19 misinformation cost at least 2,800 lives and $300M, new report says The report — released by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), an independent research organization that…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 26, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Lawyer representing teacher shot by 6-year-old in Newport News says school officials were warned three times the day of the shooting #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3XZolHH – Garry…