My latest: on death and dying
In our hearts, we know: the only certainty in life is death. It comes for every one of us. The uncertainty of the hour of death is also a source…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Daniel Altmann et al. examine the myriad forms of long COVID even as governments have gone out of their way to pretend…
Better late than never, one supposes, NDP hammers Smith Government’s scandalous RStar scheme
It’s not a bad thing for Alberta’s NDP Opposition to hammer the Smith Government’s scandalous RStar scheme, as they did yesterday, but it’s frustrating to have to wonder where they…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 18, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Trump Says He’s a Target in Special Counsel’s Investigation Into Jan. 6 #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/mrwah742 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Taxing the Rich Will Save the Planet
Luxury taxes can save us from climate collapse and we should start raising taxes now. You, the reader, will not have your taxes increased and nor are you likely to…
In Latin America and Asia, Canada supports the US government’s new Cold War
The amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (foreground) and Peruvian navy Makassar-class landing platform dock ship BAP Pisco (background) conduct tactical maneuvers and naval formations during a training…
CODEPINK’s statement on 2023 NATO summit
At the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden referred to NATO as “anchors for global security.” Yet, decades after NATO was established we still live in a dangerous and polarized…
Jenin
Israeli soldier during the July 2023 Jenin incursion. Photo by IDF Spokesperson’s Unit/Wikimedia Commons. For two days beginning on July 3, Israeli helicopter gunships pulverized dozens of buildings, stores, houses…
Depending on One Another
A.H. Reaume, disabled from a brain injury, wrote about how dramatically her life changed with some help once in a relationship. Her partner does the household chores and makes sure…
Marques of Queensberry Rules.
You need rules in politics just as you do in boxing. And if there are none, we need to write some. I note this because the chemistry of the Ontario…
Mixing Church and State
The religious far right is growing and getting more powerful and unnerving, and we know the fights happening in schools board meetings. This 25 min. BBC video from earlier this…
Jiggery-pokery in business
On Twitter, Eudaimonia drew attention to a legal action involving the Province of British Columbia, BC Hydro and Conifex Timber Inc, a company that wants huge amounts of electricity for…
Record setting wildfire burns
As of July 17, BC Wildfire Service is calling 2023 the worst year ever for land damaged by fire. More land has burned in BC since July 1 than in…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Neil Shaw reports on the demands by Scottish doctors that their government reinstate COVID -19protections in health care facilities. And Tia Ewing reports…
Homelessness in New York City
I recently helped organize a homelessness study tour of New York City. Our group consisted of 30 Canadians from the non-profit sector, government, law enforcement and academia. We toured six…
Kaycee Madu is the third former Conservative justice minister subject to an Alberta Law Society investigation
On Thursday, without fanfare, the Law Society of Alberta posted a notice stating that one “Kelechi Madu, KC engaged in conduct that undermined respect for the administration of justice when…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 17, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘The gloves are off’: Baby powder maker J&J sues doctors who linked talc products to cancer #law #legal #lawtwitter via @ABAJournal https://tinyurl.com/ycxwvdk5 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
The Role of Public Health under Neoliberalism
The air quality is bad again today, but public health hasn’t issued any warnings, and it’s not on the Weather Network website. A few people were commenting on their eyes…
Meanwhile, In The Land Of Corrupt Backroom Deals
H/t Patrick Corrigan I’m sure that Premier Ford hopes no one is monitoring his ongoing corruption and his destruction of much-needed Greenbelt land. Star readers puncture that illusion. Ford on…
What We’ve Got Here Is A Failure to Communicate
If there’s one thing the Liberals don’t know how to do, it’s to communicate. Max Fawcett writes: After nearly eight years in power, one thing has become abundantly clear about…