BC Hydro sales flat, spending not
After forecasting 40 percent growth over 20 years, BC Hydro has been spending billions of dollars. But the utility’s sales to residential, commercial and industrial customers in calendar year 2023…
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Is it finally time for a federal Liberal leadership race?
Is it time for a federal Liberal leadership change? I think so … and it had better happen soon. The post Is it finally time for a federal Liberal leadership…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates March 19, 2024
NOTE: If you regularly send packets to Daniel Hale, please stop as he has been released (halfway house)! Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Providing for Guardianship of your Children in your Last Will
You can definitely name somebody in your last will to have custody and guardianship of your minor children in the event both of the parents pass away. Now, the appointment…
Palestine Motion Amendment: Stately Compromise or Compromised State?
Monday, the House of Commons spent the day debating a lengthy NDP opposition day motion to call on the government to “officially recognize the State of Palestine”. Barely 20 minutes…
The Carbon Tax: In Memorium
Max Fawcett writes that the carbon tax is dead: How did the Trudeau government’s signature climate policy turn into a political albatross? As Ernest Hemingway might say: gradually, then suddenly.…
Today’s wakeup call: “Young people becoming less happy than older generations, research shows”
"Report finds falling happiness among youth of North America and western Europe, but rise in sub-Saharan Africa and eastern Europe, says the Guardian. "Young people are becoming less happy than…
Today’s wakeup call: “Young people becoming less happy than older generations, research shows”
“Report finds falling happiness among youth of North America and western Europe, but rise in sub-Saharan Africa and eastern Europe, says the Guardian. “Young people are becoming less happy than…
The Enshittification of Health Care
Last week David Moscrop wrote an excellent piece in The Walrus about Loblaw. He wrote, “If you live in Canada, you’re probably part of the Loblaw ecosystem, whether you like…
Strong vibes from a quiet source
Galicia Governor Otto von Wechter (first on the left) and German politician Hans Frank (third on the left) pass a group of volunteers of the 14th Waffen SS Galicia Division,…
How the UCP gets away with worse stuff than Alison Redford could – we’ve been desensitized by Donald Trump
There was a time in Alberta when sending a stroke patient in a taxicab to a cheap motel room in Leduc rented by a sketchy sounding organization and calling the…
The Housefather fallacy
Liberal MP and prominent Israeli apologist, Anthony Housefather, has neatly expressed Canada’s approach to the illusory two-state solution proposed for Palestine. On Monday, the NDP proposed a motion in the…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Folded cat.
I guess Mound was right
Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, with its chief voicing particular concern about ocean…
I guess Mound was right
Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, with its chief voicing particular concern about ocean…
I guess Mound was right
Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, with its chief voicing particular concern about ocean…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 19, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Supreme Court Lets Public Office Ban Stand for ‘Cowboys for Trump’ Founder #law #legal #LawTwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/5y6wvvy9 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Canada’s UN ambassador supports Israeli expansion by peace process
Israeli settlement in the West Bank near Za’atara. Photo by Ralf Roletschek/Wikimedia Commons. Bob Rae, Canada’s United Nations ambassador, recently stated that “the ultimate responsibility for the conduct of the…
Note To Mr. Weston
Please see my previous post for elaboration on Mr. Weston’s dubious practices. Recommend this Post