July 2025
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Exclusive: CUPE’s “action plan” – leaked
CUPE Ontario is undemocratic, unrepresentative and unhinged, say some of its own members. And, increasingly, the union leadership’s animus towards Jews is getting worse, they say. CUPE Ontario’s 2025 draft…
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Friday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to end your week.- Greg Sargent highlights how Donald Trump's pretense of concern for working-class people has given way to the largest transfer of wealth to plutocrats in…
history alert: the american revolution was a revolution. full stop.
This post has been sitting in draft for years. July 4, 2025 seems like a good time to let it go.Detail of Liberty, artist unknown, c.1820I have heard from several…
history alert: the american revolution was a revolution. full stop.
This post has been sitting in draft for years. July 4, 2025 seems like a good time to let it go.Detail of Liberty, artist unknown, c.1820I have heard from several…
More Discontent Over Appeasement Efforts
Continuing with a theme, the discontent over Mark Carney's appeasement efforts continues. One prominent Canadian who is especially displeased is Lloyd Axworthy, who knows a thing or two about politics.Former…
For July 4, the Statue of Liberty as metaphor "You can’t be forever blessed"
I have never seen the Statue of Liberty in person and now I never will, because going to New York is not going to be happening anymore. But for Americans,…
Happy Independence Day! Brace yourselves for Conservative cowboy cop cosplay whether you like it or not!
Happy Independence Day. May Canada long remain independent of the United States, the wishes of the United Conservative Party, its MAGA supporters, and the current president of the United States…
Canadian democracy in ‘advanced disrepair,’ claims Coyne
Photo by Iouri Goussev/Flickr The Crisis of Canadian Democracy Andrew Coyne Sutherland House, 2025 A long-standing maxim in the newspaper business holds that the longer you...
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Charlie Angus Is Worried
And for good reason.Thanks to Toby for alerting me to this.Recommend this Post
“Bootlicker.” Here’s why Mark Carney should pay attention to Lloyd Axworthy
Lloyd Axworthy stirred. The Manitoba Liberal MP looked around the paneled boardroom in 409-S, the office of the Leader of the Opposition, in Centre Block. “I think I am going…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Charlie Angus comments on the futility of giving up substantial interests in the hope that a new trade deal with the Trump regime…
The helpers
Why does a turtle have to cross the road? #turtleCrossing #transit
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: What is an Estate Information Return? #law #legal #EstatePlanning
An Estate Information form is used by an Estate to certify the net value of its assets and to verify the Estate Administration taxes payable by an Estate. An Estate…
How Canada Can Have Affordable Housing
Ever since the federal government stopped building housing in the 90s and let the housing market function without intervention the cost of housing in the country has skyrocketed. The lack…
Some good reads: from Paul Wells, David Legree, Adam Olsen, Stephen Marche, Jim Coyle plus a Poilievre catchup and a vanishing Lego Homer
Just to entertain everybody while we wait for the apocalypse, here are some recent articles I liked: From Paul Wells' Substack: I wrote about a national competition for Canadian portrait…
Independent MLAs Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair announce plan to bring Progressive Conservatives back to life
Ever since the current leadership of the United Conservative Party opted to lend its credibility to Alberta’s hitherto marginalized separatist movement, the creation of a pro-Canadian conservative party in this…