Public sector pensions and the private to public pivot
Demonstration by public sector workers in Toronto, 1988. Photo by Ron Bull/Toronto Star. The following is an excerpt from Invested in Crisis: Public Sector Pensions Against the Future by...
JFK: “We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought”
John F. Kennedy gave the commencement address at Yale University in 1962. Words Kennedy spoke more than 60 years ago are meaningful today...
Today’s Memes: Trudeau Take Thursday, Musk Lose Sky, Trump Drop Trou, and today in "Elbows Up"
Following along with the "Trump Take Egg" meme, I think we need to title this one "Trudeau Take Thursday"Q: “The foreign affairs minister called all of this a psychodrama -…
Well said, Justin
Let us consider the ways the United States has betrayed us. First and foremost is... The post Well said, Justin first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Canada Needs a Red-Orange-Green National Unity Government
At a time when the country that has been our best friend, ally, and international partner for longer than we have been a country has decided that we are now…
Canada Needs a Red-Orange-Green National Unity Government
At a time when the country that has been our best friend, ally, and international partner for longer than we have been a country has decided that we are now…
Rage-Farming Trump Mimic Poilievre Scrambles to Pretend He’s Pro-Canada
The trade war that the racist and fascist felon and Putin asset Donald Trump initiated against American allies Canada and Mexico, as well as against China, Colombia, and other nations…
Legal News Post of the Day: March 6, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: NHL commissioner Bettman says Canada, U.S. trade war could cause league 'pain' #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/4eTfYEBmug - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Scott Stinson writes that there's no reasonable explanation for Donald Trump's constantly-shifting position on tariffs, while Greg Sargent discusses the growing body of…
Over Five Years of Covid
David Wallace-Wells has a piece in the New York Times about hitting the five-year mark with Covid (although it started in 2019, and the first case in the US was…
How Canada can reach energy autonomy
Whitedog Falls Generating Station, located on the Winnipeg River. Photo courtesy Ontario Power Generation/X. Do we need new east-west oil pipelines to gain energy sovereignty and supply Atlantic...
Canadian Pride, Canadian Anger
If you think about it, in some ways we owe Don Trump some thanks. Not only has he roused us from out normal placidity, evern torpor, to feel deep pride…
What America’s friends can learn from America’s enemies
Protest against the United States’ withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in front of the United States Embassy in Tehran. Photo by Hamed Jafarnejad/Wikimedia Commons. ...
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Claiming Dependent Support from an Estate
Family members who were financially dependent upon a deceased person may be entitled to claim support from the deceased’s Estate.If the deceased's will doesn't provide for these obligations, the support…
With an election looming as our country faces a grave threat to its survival, it’s high time for Canada to ban Twitter/X
OTTAWA – Last year, as the U.S. government debated and then followed through on banning TikTok, Republican lawmakers advanced numerous arguments against allowing a hostile foreign power to control a…
Cuba, Canada, and the second Trump administration
Locals repaint a revolutionary mural in Havana. Photo by Carsten ten Brink/Flickr. The following article is adapted from a presentation given by the author at the 2025 annual general meeting…
Elbows Up — and laughing
Scrolling through social media today, the anger was unrelenting and the patriotism palpable. But nothing can stop Canadians being funny -- here's some good stuff from today: First, a word…
Wednesday Nnight Cat Blogging
Furniture testing cat.
This escalated quickly
In every bar fight, there comes a moment when the angry, big-mouthed drunken loser tips over the wrong table of drinks.
Did Donald Trump just save Canadian supply management for another generation?
OTTAWA – It’s a funny old world and it looks as if Donald Trump just saved supply management. If there’s a single thing hated with abiding passion by Canadian market…