Sorting The Canadian Senate
If I had my choice I would simply abolish the Canadian Senate but that would require a constitutional amendment and open a whole new Canadian proverbial can of worms. However…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Paul Krugman discusses how one of the top priorities of the second Donald Trump administration is to trash public health in the U.S. And…
Legal News Post of the Day: January 24, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Premier Doug Ford says he'll trigger an election and wants 'largest mandate in Ontario's history' #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/ZZiaB2RdeG - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates January 21, 2025
If you regularly send packets to Leonard Peltier, please stop as he hasbeen released! Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several…
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from April 30, 2006
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from April 30, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Supreme Court of Canada: All Ontario Tribunals Must Apply Human Rights Code https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/04/supreme-court-of-canada-all-ontario.html - Garry J. Wise, Tor...
Breaking the corporate stranglehold over Canadian consumer life
“Cry Baby in the Shopping Cart.” Illustration by Graeme MacKay/Hamilton Spectator. The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar Sutherland H...
Forced to pay for our own destruction
Today, there is no uncertainty about the importance of preserving waters that have sustained inhabitants for millennia. However, profits are still prioritized above all else...
Dear Musk MAGA morons
Here’s what I’ve been saying to people who defend him, like you do. Go to your office lunchroom. Wait until it’s crowded. Then stand up and do exactly – no…
Return to manifest destiny
Any commitment the United States may have had to a rules-based international order has been... The post Return to manifest destiny first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
On team cancers
Shorter Scott Moe:Of course I'm on Team Canada! I just don't intend to contribute to it, and instead plan to interfere with its every move, and want to make clear…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Damian Carrington reports on Antonio Guterres' latest warning about the dangers of perpetuating our fossil fuel addiction - even as Donald Trump and…
Legal News Post of the Day: January 23, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Widow to keep $100K from late husband's RRSP after court victory against Canada Revenue Agency #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/3MlrHeaQyG - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
What we leave behind
An altered map of North America
So Much for Free Speech
There are many way to block political manipulators in Canada. The post So Much for Free Speech first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Intestacy in Ontario
When a person dies without a Will, an intestacy arisesOntario’s Succession Law Reform Act establishes rules for the distribution of an intestate deceased person’s property.An intestate person’s spouse inherits the…
Not that I know anything about politics
People can make their own decisions. But Canadians who enthusiasm defend Trump and his retinue of grifters and bigots? You are way, way offside Canadian public opinion (up to 90…
Far-right attacks on EDI goals go unanswered by Alberta’s post-secondary education leaders
University of Alberta President Bill Flanagan has doubled down on his claims that equity, diversity, and inclusion goals conflict with building community and belonging, and should be replaced. Photo courtesy…
Danielle Smith undermined Canada’s bargaining position in face of Trump tariffs, says former chief trade negotiator
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s refusal to sign the joint statement in which all other provincial and territorial premiers agreed to a co-ordinated response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs…
Today’s Commentary: Krugman on tariffs; WIRED on WHO; Black Cloud Six on illegal military orders; Dale Smith on Trump; and introducing "FAFO Watch"
Some useful opinions about the latest news: View on Threads Paul Krugman / Krugman Wonks Out Voodoo Trade Policy Comes to America What to expect when you’re expecting tariffs ...Donald…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Kathy Sheridan discusses why it's well past time to ensure billionaires pay their fair share of taxes, while Graeme Wearden and Heather Stewart report…