The ‘pandemic of greed’ still divides the world
Protesters at Moderna’s headquarters call for vaccine patent waivers and expanded global access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Philip Blenkinsop. The COVID-19 pandemic was ...
September 2024
Roundup: Trudeau wins today; Scrimshaw writes a Trudeau speech; Rothkopf on the stunning Harris campaign
Unsurprising that Trudeau won the non-confidence vote. Parliamentary reporter Dale Smith describes the House of Commons today: Overall, the day started out stupid, and got progressively worse as it went…
Children? No thanks
In 2022, Canada’s birth rate fell to 1.33 children per woman, its lowest on record.... The post Children? No thanks first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Glen Hendrix wonders whether any talk about impending civilizational collapse may miss the point that we've already largely lost any ethic of care deserving…
Orange Flowers Photo Variations with Franzis Projects Software
These are variations on a photo of orange flowers taken on the grounds of Boldt Castle along the St. Lawrence River with my Panasonic Lumix FZ300 camera, using Franzis Colour…
Legal News Post of the Day: September 25, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Number of CRA employees fired for inappropriately claiming CERB approaches 300 #law #legal #LegalNews via @CTVNews https://t.co/qKQFMVvw3r - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
The best laid plans …
And every homeless person will be issued a little red shovel and they all get jobs! Share This Post:
Economic and social factors associated with the use of homeless shelters
Ali Jadidzadeh and I recently undertook some statistical analysis on behalf of Infrastructure Canada (Canada’s lead federal government agency on homelessness). Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview of our analysis: https://nickfalvo.ca/econ...
Hannah Arendt on lying
Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings.
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: When Can You Apply for Divorce in Ontario?
A Divorce Application may be commenced by either spouse at any time following separation. A final Divorce Judgment cannot be granted until one year following the date a married couple…
Political finance reform
In December of 2017, in the midst of the controversy in my home province around the legitimacy of saying “Bonjour, hi!” to a customer entering a shop in Quebec, the…
Can’t find a terrorist suspect? Just make one
John Nuttall and Amanda “Ana” Korody were targeted and entrapped by undercover officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Manufacturing the Threat Dir...
BC voters worried about climate change have but one choice
On October 19, British Columbia voters can choose between three approaches to climate change. Actually, there may be only two choices. NDP and Conservative websites make no mention of climate…
Danielle Smith announces performative changes with little legal significance to ‘Alberta Bill of Rights’
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith generated a huge amount of virtual ink yesterday yakking about her planned amendments to Alberta’s Lougheed-era Bill of Rights, passed by the Legislature in 1972 and…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Curled-up cat.
But they’re both murderers
Key difference between Hamas and Hezbollah: the former invested heavily in the propaganda war and the latter did not. Compare what is happening now in the West to nine months…
Density happens
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Remembering Ebony, our brown-eyed girl
Just six weeks ago, we lost our Molly, and today we lost our Ebony too. We got Ebony as a rescue when she was three or four, and we had…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Avery Lotz reports on Al Gore's latest reminder that the fossil fuel sector is far better at capturing politicians than carbon pollution. And…