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…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- George Monbiot discusses the nihilism behind the new Trump regime which seems positively eager to see the world burn, while Jessica Wildfire writes that…
Legal News Post of the Day: March 5, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Canada has imposed counter-tariffs on U.S. goods. What products are being targeted? #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/92F5KVqApO - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
The DOGE and the Neoreactionaries [ThreeWayFight.org]
By Matthew N. Lyons I anticipated a drive toward dictatorship, but I didn’t anticipate DOGE. When Donald Trump was reelected president, I (like many other people) knew he would make…
UPDATED: Scenes From My LCBO
I took a walk over to my LCBO store yesterday afternoon, and I was pleased to see that Doug Ford's order for the removal of American alcohol is being implemented…
On Weaponizing Empathy
Lots of people struggle with boundaries; luckily there are many little sayings along the lines of "not my circus, not my monkey" that help people remember not to get worked…
My latest: the State of the Union – and the state of us
I had resolved that I was not going to watch the State of the Union freak show. Why bother? The Mango Mussolini wasn’t going to be anything other than what…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates March 4, 2025
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Separation Agreements in Ontario
A final Separation Agreement will document all issues that have been resolved by the parties signing it, along with any remaining actions, payments or arrangements required to complete the Agreement.Additionally,…
Canada Must Rearm
Since Prime Minister Stephen Harper sank our military spending below 1% of GDP for the first time since the Second World War in his last full year in office, we…
"We will fight and we will win" – Inspiration from Justin Trudeau, comments from Wesley Wark, Charlie Angus, Evan Scrimshaw, Paul Krugman, Jeff Tiedrich. And in late news, US now saying "never mind"?
My illustration today was posted by CdnHistoryEhx - it shows the Battle of Queenston Heights, Oct 13 1812 by John David Kelly. Despite being outnumbered by three to one, the…
Big environmental win sans the U.S.
The U.S., under new management, has taken a remarkable U-turn. Long recognized as the “leader... The post Big environmental win sans the U.S. first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Trudeau To The American People
Joly almost lost it and smiled when Trudeau spoke directly to Donald about how the WSJ called this a very dumb thing to do.
Legal News Post of the Day: March 4, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump confirms he will impose 25% tariff on Canadian goods Tuesday #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/jmOXj4pDlV - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
My latest: the Mango Mussolini’s real plan
Sounds like a lot. Retaliatory tariffs totalling $155 billion – $30 billion right away and, if they have no effect, an additional $125 billion in three weeks’ time. Sprinkle in…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Grace Blakely discusses the prospect of democratizing finance as the needed antidote to the concentration of wealth and power. And Stephen Eisenman writes…
The American Oligarchy
For years, Oxfam—along with advocates and activists around the world—has argued that extreme concentration of wealth is leading to extreme concentration of power, allowing an ultra-rich few to tighten their…
The American Oligarchy
For years, Oxfam—along with advocates and activists around the world—has argued that extreme concentration of wealth is leading to extreme concentration of power, allowing an ultra-rich few to tighten their…