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…
Pillowy cat.
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
Just a little reminder of the new reality in Trump's Amerika:Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.socialThe brownshirts are everywhere. And they *will* come to your street eventually. This is not just going to happen…
Today, I drove to a small, dead-end street near the trail where we parked, so we could walk Bella on the trail at the western edge of Harbourview Park. We…
Took this a couple of year ago, but the woods look like this now. Incandescent trees!
Waking up at the edge of the world this morning, everything looks deceptively normal and peaceful.
One down, two to go:Let’s go, Blue Jays!— J. Kelly Nestruck (@nestruck.bsky.social) October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gets the Blue Jays on the board!— Carter Blazek…
Taxing carbon emissions is one of the most effective ways of dealing with the climate... The post Stemming the leakage first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
If your idea of democracy stops at majority rule it is not true democracy. If your idea of democracy allows the majority to oppress minorities it is not true democracy.…
Thursday: I started the day with a 20-minute pedal on the stationary bike, then the first of my three exercise sessions, and a 600 m walk — shorter than usual…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- George Monbiot highlights how his own experience being injured as a result of an unrepaired pothole demonstrates the cost of austerity for everybody. And…
