Subsidized housing for francophone seniors in minority situations
I recently co-authored a report on the need for more rental housing for francophone seniors in minority situations. Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview of the report: https://nickfalvo.ca/subsidized-housing-for-francophone-seniors-in-minor...
Grappa-Ling With Mark Carney (2)
Although he tries to add some anecdotes, the first four chapters of Carney's book read like an economic text, covering as they do the histories of value theory and of…
Legal News Post of the Day: February 28, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Etobicoke businesses file lawsuit over Bloor Street bike lanes consultation #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/L6HNUGPJ4k - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visi...
Four more years
The road ahead
Grappa-Ling With Mark Carney (2)
Although he tries to add some anecdotes, the first four chapters of Carney's book read like an economic text, covering as they do the histories of value theory and of…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Greg Sargent writes about the utter villainy of Elon Musk's using the largest concentration of wealth on the planet as a tool to condemn…
Neither Lazy nor Stupid, but Unfortunately Conned
Well, this sucks. At times like this, like when Mike Harris got in a second time, I think of Rousseau's bit, "When the opinion that is contrary to my own…
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from October 29, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from October 29, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Family Law: Court of Appeal Rules Superior Court Judges May Request, But Not Order, Children's Lawyer Involvement…
UPDATED: Corporations And DEI
If one ever wanted further proof of the near-absence of ethics and morality in the corporate world, one need look no further than their rapid dismantling of Diversity, Equity and…
The end of carbon pricing isn’t a climate win
Daily traffic on the 401 in Toronto. Photo from Flickr. After six years of carbon pricing in Canada, the signature—and highly controversial—climate policy of the Justin Trudeau-led Liberals is o...
Finance Minister Nate Horner delivers a Budget Speech with a split personality
Finance Minister Nate Horner rose in the Alberta Legislature yesterday afternoon and delivered a Budget Speech with a split personality that reflects the rock and the hard place the United…
This is the way America ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas, here we go again:Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada…
Media bias
Ad Fontes Media is a non-profit watchdog that rates media for bias and reliability. The name comes from Latin words meaning "to the sources." The organization concluded its own output…
Adjusting to the new America
When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, I despaired. The American people had elected... The post Adjusting to the new America first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed
Professor Robert Reich discussed the connections between wealth and power. Oligarchs have used their wealth and power to gain control of legacy media and that control is being used to…
My latest: Israel’s beating heart
If countries have hearts, and they actually do, then Israel’s heart was found – for more than 500 days – at a little place called Nir Oz. That’s where an…
On strategic considerations
Ontario's snap election is reaching its final day of voting following abysmal early turnout. And the campaign has seen a familiar range of attempts to get various configurations of parties,…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Max Stier discusses how Elon Musk's all-out assault on the U.S.' public service is contrary to every principle of competent management, while Pamela…