Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Oliver Milman reports on new research showing that shipping, aviation and industry are the three areas where carbon emissions are remaining at their…
2024
Eating off the Hill: First visit to the iconic Schwartz’s Deli
Every other time I’ve been to Montreal it has either been for sports, like a Habs or Expos game, or for political, like a Liberal conference. This was the first…
About That "Car Theft Problem"
So, in the last few days, much virtual ink has been spilled by the press and conservative politicians about Canada’s “car theft problem”. I’m not going to spend a ton…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 12, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: A court battle between the CRA and the Toronto Maple Leafs captain could be pivotal for other pro athletes #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/ms5cw377 – Garry J. Wise,…
The Art Of Misdirection
Well-played, Danielle. H/t Graeme Mackay Given that only 0.0037 of Albertans over 15 identify as transgender or non-binary, that is quite the feat! Recommend this Post
Selina Robinson didn’t just abuse her position—she abused the legacy of the Holocaust
BC NDP MLA Selina Robinson. Photo courtesy Province of British Columbia/Flickr. “They don’t understand that it was a crappy piece of land with nothing on it. You know, there were…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of February 12, 2024
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They’re Shafting Ukraine
American Republicans and Canadian Conservatives are shafting Ukraine. Michael Harris writes: The politicians whom the Ukrainian president trusted to have his back in his country’s existential struggle against Russian invaders…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 12, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 12, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: After bringing criminal charges over 2020 Netflix film “Cuties”, DA winds up…
Your Brain on Covid
Long Covid is causing brain injuries, getting into bone marrow, and many hospitals still don’t use N95s. A study in the European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience last week…
Capitalism works, but needs effective regulation
While walking through a North Vancouver grocery store owned by Jim Pattison, one of Canada’s richest billionaires, I was astounded by price changes imposed in the last few years. To…
Climate concerns in 2024
Across Canada in 2023, wildfires burned 18.5 million hectares (45.7 million acres). That is eight times the 25-year average reported by Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. But fire and resulting…
another insidious bit of the digital divide: access to customer service for smartphones only
We need another word for it.The digital divide -- the gap between those with access to modern information and communication technologies and those without -- has been recognized since at…
Private power for the public = sweet deals for private capital
Private capital manager Axium Infrastructure Inc. now owns a large part of the Edwards Sanborn power facility. The company is familiar to those following private power companies that supply BC…
another insidious bit of the digital divide: access to customer service for smartphones only
We need another word for it. The digital divide — the gap between those with access to modern information and communication technologies and those without — has been recognized since…
KINSELLACAST 298: SFH return – plus Kheiriddin, Belanger, Adler on Canadian, Israeli and US politics
Sarah Hoffman knows who she is and has no apologies – and she wants to lead an Alberta NDP true to its New Democratic roots
First of all, Sarah Hoffman knows who she is and she has no apologies. “Women like me aren’t supposed to be in politics, right? I’m fat. I’m sassy. And I…
Eby says the true part about Big Media out loud
It’s too bad that David Eby, BC’s new NDP premier, isn’t Canada’s prime minister, because at least he isn’t afraid to take on Big Media in this country. We call…
On Normal and Nihilism
We like to think we’ve returned to normal, but Covid and climate change will become more and more of a challenge to ignore. Biorisk consultant Conor Browne responded to a…