Spring Election?
Are Canada’s conservatives lining up for a federal election this spring? Predicting such things is a bit like scrying, but there are signs that lean that way. First are some…
2023
What happened to Canada’s foreign policy?
United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti. UN photo by Logan Abassi/Flickr. Before coming to live in Canada after being offered a job at the University of Calgary in 2004 I didn’t…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of January 23, 2023
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An Old Story
Paul Kahnert warns that Doug Ford’s plan to move surgeries to private clinics is a new chapter in an old story: A successful heist requires careful planning and timing. Privatizing…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of January 23, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 23, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Lawyers Barred by Madison Square Garden Found a Way Back In College…
Physician, heal thyself.
It is not my custom to quote the Bible. Yet I have watched closely what has been happening with health care in Ontario. It is a disgrace. The conservative government…
“Too Many Gotchas”
“Nothing to see here, move along.” – Movie trope Last week the CBC published a story saying that a staffer in Danielle Smith’s office sent a series of emails to…
Joe Oliver and the Wand Of Economic Bamboozlement
In the Financial Post we find Harper era cabinet creature Joe Oliver expounding on the future of the economy – and the evils of "progressivism". I'll give you a minute…
FINDING OUR WAY IN UNCHARTED TIMES
FINDING OUR WAY IN UNCHARTED TIMESA sextant was an indispensable navigation tool in the early days of European ocean going discovery. Unlike Heisenberg's Theory of Uncertainty, a sextant could tell…
FINDING OUR WAY IN UNCHARTED TIMES
FINDING OUR WAY IN UNCHARTED TIMESA sextant was an indispensable navigation tool in the early days of European ocean-going discovery. Unlike Heisenberg's Theory of Uncertainty, a sextant could tell you…
ELECTIONS MATTER BECAUSE OF CHOICES AND CHANGES
ELECTIONS ARE TIMES TO TAKE ACTIONWe are rapidly approaching the May 29th Alberta General Election. Elections are those rare times when political power actually shifts from the elected to the…
ELECTIONS MATTER BECAUSE OF CHOICES AND CHANGES
ELECTIONS ARE TIMES TO TAKE ACTIONWe are rapidly approaching the May 29th Alberta General Election. Elections are those rare times when political power actually shifts from the elected to the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Matthew Agius reports on the growing body of evidence indicating that long COVID may produce lifelong aftereffects. Henna Saeed reports on the…
ELECTIONS MATTER BECAUSE OF CHOICES AND CHANGES
ELECTIONS ARE TIMES TO TAKE ACTION We are rapidly approaching the May 29th Alberta General Election. Elections are those rare times when political power actually shifts from the elected to…
The role of the Brazilian military in the coup attempt
The far-right mob that invaded the federal building, Congress, and the Supreme Court and vandalized government buildings at Three Powers Plaza in Brasília on January 8, demanded a “military intervention”…
Let’s Talk About ‘Political Discrimination’
A few months ago, MP Garnett Genuis tabled a bill which would add protections to Canada’s human right legislation for “Political Belief”. Then, as the Ontario College of Psychologists moved…
Do They Have A Deal?
It’s been a tough slog. But Chantal Hebert writes that the federal government and the provinces appear to be near a ten-year deal on healthcare: By all indications, peace —…
Brave, important, responsible?
There was a short item in the Toronto Star yesterday about my old friend Hazel McCallion. I have known Hazel for more than 50 years and I think she just…
Funny stuff
First, a few recent cartoons: (Read more…) Next, here are some fascinating accounts to follow: Global distribution of flamingos pic.twitter.com/SfTDLzYfzV — Amazing Maps (@amazingmap) January 20, 2023 In 1992, around…