Will BC Hydro make another multi-billion dollar mistake?
BC Hydro is preparing a call for power and expects to award new contracts to independent power producers in 2025. The 500 MW Revelstoke 6 is deferred again, even though…
2023
Look up! Look way up!
Starting in the evening of July 30, until dawn July 31, may be the best chance to catch a glimpse of the Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower, as long as…
The amazing American economy
Reading a very good book recently I was once again reminded of the irrepressible nature of the American economy. The book is Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most…
AMOC – What it is and Why You Should Care
AMOC stands for Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. It’s slowing down significantly, and people in the know are pretty worried about it. According to Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, AMOC is “a near-surface…
Why saying Alberta Health Services’ original mandate was only running acute care hospitals is dangerous and false
A dangerously misleading statement appeared in an op-ed story under Health Minister Adriana LaGrange’s byline Thursday in the Calgary Herald. To wit, “that Alberta Health Services has evolved beyond its…
This week’s tonic: Lawrence O’Donnell: “We now know who the star witness in the Trump docs case will be”
MSNBC’s super awesome host Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes a new superseding indictment filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith in the Mar-A-Lago classified documents case this week, including new details about Donald…
DEMOCRACY
Throughout the globe we are witnessing democracy under threat. Political scientists who for decades assumed that “the arc of the universe” inevitably bent towards more democracy, are now documenting its…
The Deckchairs Are Moved.
It is not what we thought. You might have supposed that the best person available, in this recent cabinet shuffle by Justin Trudeau, would get the right job. That might…
On A Mostly Harmless Birthday
Today, I turn 42. In my family, this number holds special significance. I learned in my teen years that 42 is the central number to the cult classic the Hitchhiker’s…
Sometimes, Québec Does it Better
Québec is banning most private health agencies. Why is Ontario going in the opposite direction on this? Here’s a tiktok explaining it (link because embedding is still so weird). @frankdomenic…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 28, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Trump accused of asking staffer to delete camera footage relevant to classified documents probe #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://t.co/6tIfRTxPZS – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
We’re working longer hours for their profits
Photo by Liz West/Flickr A new study by TD Economics confirms the obvious: working class living standards are declining in Canada. For years, GDP and productivity growth have stagnated and,…
Uncommonly Stupid
Donald Trump will be remembered for many things. But, most of all, he will be remembered for his monumental stupidity. Ruth Marcus writes: If the allegations in the latest indictment…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 15, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 15, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Bill 168: Ontario Workplace Harassment and Violence Legislation In Force https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/06/bill-168-ontario-workplace-harassment.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Canadian Dimension calls on Vladimir Putin to free Boris Kagarlitsky
Prominent sociologist and Kremlin critic Boris Kagarlitsky was detained in Russia for allegedly calling for ‘terrorism’ online, a charge that could result in a seven-year prison sentence. Photo courtesy AFP.…
Rape of the Greenbelt Begins.
It seems redundant to tell you what Ontario premier Doug Ford’s word is worth: nothing. The Ontario Greenbelt is now the happy hunting grounds of his close friends, the developers…
Keeping up with Canadian Security Stuff
One of the things that Twitter used to do — though sometimes neither thoroughly nor well — was to let everyone keep up with things in a general way. For…
Feds cut off Toronto while sending billions to Ukraine
Toronto’s new Mayor Olivia Chow is seen by many progressives as a welcome change from conservative rule, thirteen years of which transformed Canada’s largest city into a troubling icon of…
Save the Seabirds, Save the World
Seabirds like the puffin are cute and curious things, and it turns out that if we help them thrive we can help the carbon cycle. Habitats that are good for…