Pete Hegseth’s dangerous warrior fantasy
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with the National Guard at the Washington DC Armory, August 22, 2025. Photo courtesy Pete Hegseth/X. “We became the woke department, but not any…
War fever in Europe
Fears that Russia’s actions in Ukraine will inevitably trigger a wider European conflict often exaggerate the real threat, writes Richard Sakwa. Photo by Kurt S/Wikimedia Commons. Is Europe real...
Is Canada complicit in Trump’s illegal war in Venezuela?
Photo by Andreas Lehner/Flickr In his very public campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize, US President Donald Trump has frequently boasted, not only that he has ended so many “un-endable…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Kelly Hayes writes that the only emergency that's developed under the Trump regime is the atmosphere of fear being imposed by a gratuitously violent…
Think of the children
Dissecting an excuse
Dear Conservative Premiers: The Charter Isn’t Up For Shredding
So the 5 conservative premiers have sent a letter to Carney demanding that the Attorney General of Canada (AGC) withdraw its filing with the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) regarding…
No Chocolates and Flowers?
Mark Carney's latest visit to Washington yielded some fine bon mots.“Pretty fancy entrance, eh?” Trump told Carney, after the prime minister drove up to the White House, with the driveway…
Legit businesses hate this one trick…
This article from The Verge talks about how disastrous it would be if developers are forced to ask content creators’ permission to use their Intellectual Property – eg. their WORK…
Annexation’s Overton Window
Donald Trump twice referred to annexing Canada into the United States during a half-hour press conference from the White House yesterday, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sitting right there…
Darn it! What a day for Carney and for the Jays. But it was a win for David Eby
Rats! So Tuesday was NOT a magical day after all.First, Carney won't be coming home from Washington with new trade deals for steel, aluminium, or vehicles: "You are a transformative…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Pillowy cat.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Tom Engelhardt notes that Donald Trump's approach to the world at large has turned into one of seeking to exercise arbitrary power abroad…
Today’s News: Carney goes to Washington; and the ICE Gestapo make fantasy movies so Trump can think he’s a crime-fighter
I can't imagine how Carney stands it. But on Tuesday he's doing it again. Meeting with Trump about tariffs. So on the one hand Carney has to listen to Trump's…
The structural contradictions of policing mental health
Police have become the default first responders to mental health crises, a role that links assumptions about mental illness with risk and danger, often with harmful consequences for people in…
On Social Media as a Public Servant
On LinkedIn today the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat published a short slide deck entitled 'Navigating Social Media as a Public Servant'. It appears to be available only on LinkedIn…
Of Parliamentary Sovereignty and Notwithstanding Clauses
Something that has been bugging me ever since various conservatives started yammering about (ab)using the Notwithstanding Clause (S33) in the Charter has been the phrase "Parliamentary Sovereignty". Neither The Constitution…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Thomas Zimmer writes about the importance of drawing principled lines as to what's compatible with democracy rather than presuming that whatever's currently happening must…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 6, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 6, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit Over Account Suspension for $24.5 Million Lawyer suspended after…
A Vexing Plague
Stupidity and ignorance are things I spend a great deal of time thinking about. Although the conditions know no national boundaries, I find the Americans easy to single out for…
Millions in subsidies for mineral exploration undermine Indigenous rights
Thousands of protesters march through downtown Toronto to Queen’s Park to protest mercury poisoning in the Wabigoon River in Grassy Narrows First Nation, September 17, 2024. Photo by Free Grassy/X.…