Trying to challenge the United Conservative Party Government’s misuse of the Charter’s notorious Notwithstanding Clause may be a waste of time and money, but using the UCP’s ridiculous recall legislation…
A member of the Canadian Special Operations Regiment on ice at the Air Canada Centre during Canadian Armed Forces Appreciation Night, February 7, 2015. Still image from YouTube. On November…
Last year Ottawa passed a bill (Bill C-59) that contained a modest amendment to the... The post Disciplining the greenwashers first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Danielle Smith wants to promote herself to monarch. She's discovered that she can magick your rights away at a whim with The Notwithstanding Clause (S33). Smith has in the last…
Councillor rides an affordable cartoon car.
Assorted content to start your week.- Tim Wu discusses how the richest few have come to dominate our politics (with our health and well-being paying the price), while Ian Welsh…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 10, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:US Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power…
The Leaside Towers in East York, Toronto. Photo by SAF1999/Wikimedia Commons. There’s a myth going around Toronto that everyone—tenants, politicians, even landlords—wants more affordable housing...
The brouhaha over the departure of Acadie-Annapolis MP Chris d’Entremont from the Opposition benches in the House of Commons to the government side has now descended into a he-said/they-said story.…
Way back in 2022, when COVID-19 was central to both federal and provincial policy debates and political discussions, Danielle Smith was clear: the Canadian Federal Government, headed by Trudeau, had…
It's not much but it's snow. In all the decades we have been here it has snowed at least a little before my birthday until last year. Same thing this…
I haven't felt moved to write lately; in my experience, time away from the blog is healthy for me. Nonetheless, I still like to bring forward items that interest, outrage…
While we consider mega projects to build up Canadian sovereignty next to a United States government gleefully starving its people, artificial intelligence and automation are driving us down the road…
The greatest call in sports is "Touchdown Riders!"The Saskatchewan Roughriders are going to the Grey Cup next Sunday, to face the Alouettes in Winnipeg! It's the first time in 12…
Let's see... I have lived through the 1973 oil crisis, the 1980 crisis in the BC forest industry, Black Monday in 1987, the dot com bubble of 2000, the mortgage…
If, as seems likely, Edmonton Riverside MP Matt Jeneroux’s announcement he’s departing federal politics next spring is a harbinger of a leadership crisis within in the Conservative Party of Canada,…
Matthew Good Band - Going All The Way
