Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week.- Tim Wu discusses how the richest few have come to dominate our politics (with our health and well-being paying the price), while Ian Welsh…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of November 10, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 10, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:US Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power…
Landlords want your rent to go up. Doug Ford is making it happen
The Leaside Towers in East York, Toronto. Photo by SAF1999/Wikimedia Commons. There’s a myth going around Toronto that everyone—tenants, politicians, even landlords—wants more affordable housing...
Brouhaha over N.S. MP’s floor crossing descends into he-said/they-said story … whom to believe?
The brouhaha over the departure of Acadie-Annapolis MP Chris d’Entremont from the Opposition benches in the House of Commons to the government side has now descended into a he-said/they-said story.…
When Danielle Smith’s actions make the Trudeau’s blush
Way back in 2022, when COVID-19 was central to both federal and provincial policy debates and political discussions, Danielle Smith was clear: the Canadian Federal Government, headed by Trudeau, had…
Saturday Photo: Snow…at last
It's not much but it's snow. In all the decades we have been here it has snowed at least a little before my birthday until last year. Same thing this…
A Peversion Of Justice
I haven't felt moved to write lately; in my experience, time away from the blog is healthy for me. Nonetheless, I still like to bring forward items that interest, outrage…
Unchecked Capitalism’s Inevitable Conclusion
While we consider mega projects to build up Canadian sovereignty next to a United States government gleefully starving its people, artificial intelligence and automation are driving us down the road…
"Touchdown Riders!" plus Sunday Funday posts — Funny stuff, Trump Watch, Animal Crackers
The greatest call in sports is "Touchdown Riders!"The Saskatchewan Roughriders are going to the Grey Cup next Sunday, to face the Alouettes in Winnipeg! It's the first time in 12…
This AI stuff may not work out very well…
Let's see... I have lived through the 1973 oil crisis, the 1980 crisis in the BC forest industry, Black Monday in 1987, the dot com bubble of 2000, the mortgage…
MP Matt Jeneroux: a harbinger of Conservative leadership crises?
If, as seems likely, Edmonton Riverside MP Matt Jeneroux’s announcement he’s departing federal politics next spring is a harbinger of a leadership crisis within in the Conservative Party of Canada,…
Musical interlude
Matthew Good Band - Going All The Way
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Kaitlin Tosh and Michelle Inez Simon examine how Elon Musk's takeover of X has led to the systematic pushing of right-wing propaganda on users…
Today’s News: More talk about Poilievre – "he was inevitable and invincible but now he’s neither" Plus Sandwich Guy is acquitted
I'll bet Poilievre cannot believe how quickly he has fallen and he can't get up. View on Threads The CBC At Issue panel describes Poilievre's leadership as "toxic" and his…
The myth of the immigrant threat
Rising anti-immigrant sentiment is less about numbers and more about deflecting responsibility for inequality, writes Eric Wilkinson. Photo from Flickr. Anti-immigration sentiment has reached an...
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Catarina Saraiva and Jaewon Kang warn that the U.S. economy is a Jenga tower in which pieces needed to support the middle class…