Power alternatives
Public utility BC Hydro is now admitting that significant rate increases are coming because of Site C. Whatever happened to the “40 percent growth over 20 years” that BC Hydro…
2023
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The World Health Organization has updated its guidelines for COVID-19 prevention and response – including recommendations for masking and isolation periods even when…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 18, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Alberta Premier Smith says she won’t pursue COVID pardon legislation on advice from justice officials #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3GOPaY4 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
A Declining Population
China has reported that its population is declining. Given the number of souls there, that may strike some people as a step in the right direction. But, Paul Krugman writes,…
Hop Aboard the Free Transit Movement
Our contemporary financial approach to moving people around a city subsidizes individual automobile use, which leads to more car use and worse mobility for everyone. An easy solution to this…
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. 1. Who do I want to leave my property to after I pass away? 2.…
If My Help Could Help?
The Ontario liberals are going to be planning a leadership contest in the next while. Liberalism is at a crossroads in the province. I think there is the talent available…
Apocalypse Now? Or apocalypse later? Are we looking at the last days of the UCP, or just another self-inflicted speed bump?
“And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.”…
Ukraine update – Bob Rae: "To base decisions on fear would be devastating for democracy"
I’m doing a Ukraine update every two or three weeks now – my last one was Dec 28, when I talked about the resilience and courage of the Ukraine people.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Angled cats.
Poppies
New one. Poppies. pic.twitter.com/gsFcsSxnx7 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 17, 2023
Swastika Trail is no more
PUSLINCH – Randy Guzar has waited months for this day. As fog and rain descended over Puslinch Lake early Tuesday, Guzar woke to learn Puslinch township staff had followed through…
Conservatives Are Dismantling Western Democracies
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind lately, but there are some very disturbing patterns emerging in the politics of western democracy these days. At the top of the list,…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Courtney Shea interviews Colin Furness about the combination of immunity theft and negligent public health messaging that’s resulting in widespread avoidable illness,…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 17, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario limits public access over ‘serious threats’ #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3w7X1Lh – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
On The Brink Of Collapse
Doug Ford has announced that his government will move some surgeries out of hospitals into for-profit clinics. I was skeptical of the idea. But Martin Regg Cohn adds some context:…
Putting Eco Back in Economics
Traditional economists ignore reality to justify their thinking, and anyone who studies economics is well aware of this. From the myth of the “rational human” to trickle down economics, to…
Honour Your Father.
This is a message to the Woke Generation. Yah you, you assholes. How dare you dishonour our county’s past? There is a strange structure in front of the Ontario Legislature…
Dumping RCMP for provincial force could cost St. Albert residents an average $2,784 a year in property tax, says city’s NDP MLA
St. ALBERT – A provincial plan to dump the RCMP and replace it with a provincial police force could mean a whopping property tax increase for residents of St. Albert…
The Ukraine conflict as a world war
The war in Ukraine has almost reached its first anniversary. When it will end is unclear. Indeed, it has actually been going on since 2014 with the overthrow of the…