My latest: watch LeBlanc
Watch Dominic LeBlanc. Watch what he does. As everyone knows by now, reputable pollsters are saying that Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are as much as 14 points behind Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.…
Protect the unborn, not the already born
Some who favour right wing politics believe in protecting the unborn, but vehemently oppose protection of children already born. This is largely an American problem, where guns overtook car crashes…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Tess Finch Lee writes about the importance of doing everything we can to protect children (and indeed the general population) from COVID-19.…
What Exactly Is A “Broad Coalition Of Conservatives”?
This morning, on the news one of the headline stories was about the CPC policy convention, where they are going to debate a range of policies, and two of them…
The conservative attack on gay life
Toronto Pride parade, 2006. Photo by Sue Maguire/Flickr. When the Canadian government updated its travel advisory to the United States, warning LGBTQ+ people that many American states have enacted laws…
What are the legal rights of adopted children when a parent – biological or adoptive – passes away?
Under Ontario law, legally adopted children are generally presumed to have the same rights as biological children for estate purposes. A testator still has the freedom to make gifts and…
We’ve Been Here Before
The owners of Big Tech are the new Robber Barons. Linda McQuaig writes: Like the Railroad Barons of the late 19th century, today’s Big Tech giants strut around, acting like…
Covid and the Brain
Two slightly different takes from lengthy threads on how the brain operates in such a way that makes it ignore Covid risks as it protects us from the trauma caused…
Wildfires
Wildfires are clearly a major problem for Canadians in 2023. Primary causes are known but solutions conflict with policies of governments that prefer to eliminate forest diversity and promote fossil…
Who’s Right?
It is not just who’s holier than thou in Alberta. It is who is further in commitment to the right-wing loonies. I was inclined to give up on my high…
Why School Deadname Policies are wrong: "If a child cannot discuss their identity with their parents, the problem is with the parents, not the child"
I found both of these posts so shocking. The first one is a reminder about AIDS and how only within the last 20 years has our society learned to respect…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jamey Keaten and Seth Borenstein report on the World Meteorological Association’s finding that we’ve just had the hottest summer in recorded history. And…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates September 5, 2023
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 6, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Prosecutors ask for 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://tinyurl.com/3czb3hwf – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Our collective trauma is the road to tyranny
“Welcome In.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. Corporate capitalism, defined by the cult of the self and the ruthless exploitation of the natural world and all forms of life for profit,…
Whose Debate Is It Anyway?
My maiden speech in the House of Commons was on March 22nd, 2016. A Member’s maiden speech is the first full speech given in debate, not the first time they…
Twist in Online News Act regulations could see news media owe millions to Google, Facebook
Photo from iStock Canadian news media could ironically owe millions to Google and Meta instead of the other way around under the Online News Act regulations proposed by Ottawa late…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is Probate?
When you name a person in your last will to be the Executor of your Estate, that person sometimes needs to also apply to the Court to be appointed formally…
On Marxism
It’s such a go-to now to call the enemy some version of a communist in a weird throwback to 1950s America and McCarthyism. And now the leader of the opposition…