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Wrecking ball threat
The Canada Housing Benefit
I’ve written an opinion piece arguing in favour of both the renewal and expansion of the Canada Housing Benefit. My piece can be accessed here: https://nickfalvo.ca/carney-government-should-expand-canada-housing-benefit/
Catching up with the news: Trump rants about Canada, Residential school denialism rears its ugly head, and the Jays’ season is over
Trump rants about CanadaOn Monday, Trump said Canada will have to apologize. Yeah, right... TЯ☭mp: “They are gonna come in and they’re gonna say, ‘Sir, we are sorry.” Canadians: 🖕🏽😏😂😂😂🖕🏽—…
Residential school denialism and the backlash against reconciliation
Survivors, families, students, and staff attend UBC’s annual Intergenerational March to commemorate Orange Shirt Day, September 30, 2025. Photo courtesy the Province of British Columbia/Flickr. ...
Winnipeg Peace Walk highlights Canadian militarism and the Children of Gaza
Peace Alliance Winnipeg held its annual Walk for Peace and Justice on September 26, 2026. As it has done for the past few years, PAW’s walk was a part of…
Political pressure, negligence, incompetence all contributed to pandemic tragedy at High River plant, new report says
One of the most disgraceful episodes of the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta took place on April 18, 2020, when Devin Dreeshen, Jason Copping and Deena Hinshaw assured employees of Cargill…
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of September 28, 2026
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of September 28, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 28, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Canadian investigation launched into data breach that exposed millions of IDs Lindsay Clancy's…
Stop the West Coast pipeline. Not even the oil companies are asking for it
Photo by Jason Woodhead/Flickr Canadian Dimension is publishing the following statement from Seniors for Climate Action Now! (SCAN!), which urges the Carney government to reject the proposed Wes...
Carney promised to protect Canada from Trump. Why does his agenda look so much like Reaganomics?
Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the European Parliament. Photo courtesy European Union/Flickr. Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won the last federal election on a platform of protecting Ca...
Building movements for the long haul
A ‘Draw The Line’ march in Toronto, September 20, 2025. Photo by Sarah Hassanein/Flickr. For the Long Haul: How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World Chris Dixon…
My landlord is a billionaire. Why can’t I breathe in my apartment?
Photo by Lone Primate/Flickr Identifying details about the landlord and property have been withheld or obscured because the author is involved in an ongoing Landlord and Tenant Board matter. ...
Why are Calgary voters growing disaffected with the UCP? Is it Danielle Smith, or just her referendum?
The $64,000 Question, as they used to say, is whether urban voters in Alberta are growing disaffected with Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government because of Danielle Smith’s divisive separation referendum…
Collingwood’s 2026 Municipal Election, Part 3
Local resident Ron Shulman has been writing about municipal issues in Collingwood and the Town of the Blue Mountains for the past several months. His Substack blog is called Two…
Quebec’s Institutional Voter Suppression
A vote for the Parti Quebecois is a vote for Donald Trump, yet Quebec is on track to embrace that outcome with enthusiasm in next week’s provincial election.
Sunday Funday: Interesting Posts, Funny Posts, Getting Old(er), TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers
For some reason, I keep seeing alligator memes these days. Maybe we're all a little more nervous than we want to admit Interesting PostsWhat a road trip!— WholesomeMemes (@wholesomememe.bsky.social) September…
Youth take Carney to account on climate crisis
I fully recognize our grand good fortune in having Mark Carney as our PM, possibly... The post Youth take Carney to account on climate crisis first appeared on Views from…
Saturday Photo: Fall Flames…
September is the time of change, when the landscape can change overnight to be something quite different from what you'd been enjoying for weeks. These sumac leaves are a harbinger…
Trying To Understand The American Mind
Sometimes when watching my daily half-hour allotment of American network news, I find my curiosity turning philosophical. One of the questions that recur repeatedly is why the American people chose…
Carlin, gone too soon
Much of George Carlin’s work survives despite the passage of time.