Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jessica Wong et al. study the risk of hospitalization and death from the Omicron strain of COVID-19, and conclude (contrary to the spin…
A Climate Hole in One in Spain
????Saboteamos 10 campos de golf en todo el territorio español ????Actuamos en diez campos de golf en seis provincias españolas, con el objetivo de denunciar el despilfarro de agua que…
Foreign-influenced corporations must stop meddling in domestic affairs
Photo by Mike Mozart/Flickr The Canadian debate on foreign election meddling has focused almost exclusively on China. Some also want to investigate the interventions of other foreign governments. The foreign…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Making a Last Will
If you’re making the Last Will there are 4 things that you should think about. 1. Who do I want to leave my property to after I pass away? 2.…
C-18 is an existential threat, not a benefit, to democracy
Welcome to Substack, where you can subscribe to an individual writer’s products for a minimum amount higher than the current price of a complete subscription to the New York Times.…
Today’s tonic: “Why the world backs Canada in its battle with the Big Tech bullies” like Google and Meta
Today’s tonic: “Why the world backs Canada in its battle with the Big Tech bullies” like Google and Meta, by Damian Collins OBE MP, is a former UK government Tech…
The Difficulty of Knowing
The main character from Camus’ The Plague, a medical doctor spending his days and nights helping the sick, said, “A man can’t cure and know at the same time. So…
Justice for Mariano Abarca
Community organizers and land protectors present an environmental defense award named in honour of murdered activist Mariano Abarca in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, Mexico, November 2019. Photo courtesy Otros Mundos Chiapas. On…
Corporate Greed at Woodbine.
The wife and I just got back from a busy long weekend in Toronto. It has been a tradition for many years to spend an afternoon at Woodbine Race Track.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats into everything.
Negative power prices
A Bloomberg headline too consequential to ignore: European Power Prices Plunge Below Zero as Solar Output Booms. Had British Columbia committed to wind and solar power eight years ago, it…
Hydrogen Train Takes to the Rails in Quebec
In an effort to show North Americans that train travel can be both good for the environment and getting around Alstom has sent a train to Quebec. The train company…
Discontent in the provinces
A recent Angus Reid Institute survey of Canadians’ approval (or disapproval) of their provincial governments’ performances was full of surprises while bereft of optimism. Angus Reid maintains a Government Performance…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jerry White discusses how the wealthiest few have continued to amass obscene riches in the first half of 2023 despite occasional rumblings…
"I am down to be common. Bring home the chill. Yo. "
In a desperate attempt to try to demonstrate relevancy as a prospective Prime Minister, Pierre Poilievre is adopting sun glasses and t-shirts to give himself a new look — Canadian…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 4, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: CRA fires 20 employees over inappropriate pandemic benefits payments #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/4ds92zcd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
On The Limits of Victim-Centred Justice
With Paul Bernardo’s name back in the news (this time over a move to a new prison cell), it’s time to spend a few moments discussing the role of victims…
Canadian Vulnerability
Were it not for the willfully stupid and ignorant, the unhinged, and the extreme in our midst, I really would be less concerned about the benighted domestic decisions the Americans…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of July 4, 2023
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The Macabre Makeover of Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre has always enjoyed being a bully, so it's not surprising that he should enjoy looking like one.With his cruel eyes staring out from behind his small town bank…