A New Guide to Science Advocacy
Scientists used to think that sharing the facts and evidence of an issue was enough to sway policy makers and the general public. Unfortunately, with many issues facing us today…
Unpalatable Truth
The Israeli-Gaza war is heart-breaking, so much so that I find I cannot look at imagery of the dead on both sides. The Hamas attack on Israel was horrific, but…
Why Wab Kinew’s victory is a moment of progressive hope
Wab Kinew is officially sworn in as Manitoba’s first First Nations premier on October 18, 2023 at a ceremony at The Leaf in Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park. Photo courtesy Wab Kinew/X.…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of October 23, 2023
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Truth And War
Truth has always been the first casualty of war. The journalists who cover a war have a difficult task. Michael Harris writes: War triggers a tribal impulse to take sides,…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 23, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 23, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Ontario government to table bill to return Greenbelt land and codify its…
Covid is Weakening Us as a Species
Yesterday I wrote about the probability of Long Covid sweeping through our civilization over the next five years. This post looks at how it presents in individuals: Infections rates are…
Consensus Crombie.
I might have been the first to concede that Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie would win the current liberal party leadership contest in Ontario but the idea has been getting a…
The Alberta Pension Plan: Pierre Poilievre Weighs In
It took Danielle Smith five months to go from “Nobody is touching anyone’s pension” to “Look! It’s a shiny new APP! Albertans will get much more and it will cost…
Let them eat cement
“Made in Israel.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. Israel, with the backing of its US and European allies, is preparing to launch not only a scorched earth campaign in Gaza but…
The Odds are Not EVER in Our Favour These Days!
You either control a pandemic, or you let it control you. – Professor John Edmunds. The CDC’s estimate that 20% of infections will become Long Covid. Let’s do some math!!…
Posting with Poilievre.
It was amusing reading how Pierre Poilievre side stepped any conflict with Alberta premier Danielle Smith when dealing with questions about Alberta and the Canada Pension Plan. It was pure…
Dueling videos — Trudeau vs Poilievre
These two clips are being set up as “dueling” videos. Last spring, Trudeau was talking to a right-wing teenager in Manitoba. This week, Poilievre was talking to a BC reporter…
In All Humility
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My latest: listen to Josh
KINSELLA COLUMN by Warren Kinsella Josh Gilman is a writer. And the whole world needs to see what he’s written. And, in the past few days, a lot of the…
Sliding Saskatchewan
Talked briefly with an NDP MLA after the vote today. He wants to find common ground with his political opposition, but how do you when they're hell bent on taking…
Saturday Photo: And a Cardinal in a Grape Vine
Well, you can’t see it, but this week a female cardinal visited our grape vine several mornings to feast on the wild grapes growing there. It was a bad year…
Will We Get Pharmacare?
Last week, at the NDP Convention, the delegates insisted that the Liberals deliver a pharmacare program by 2025 or their deal was off. Susan Delacourt writes: Their arrangement clearly states…
Banning Palestine support rallies. Could it happen in Canada?
Thousands rally in Melbourne in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Photo by Matt Hrkac/Wikimedia Commons. In the immediate wake of the recent events in Israel-Palestine, conservative and even centrist politicians…