Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way and Daniel Ziblatt discuss how the Trump regime has used the power of an authoritarian state to impose costs…
Mark Carney is doing a good job.
CALGARY – Mark Carney is doing a pretty good job so far. Sorry, folks, but he is. Three reasons. One has to do with that meeting with Donald Trump. If…
Legal News Post of the Day: May 8, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Competition Bureau takes Canada's Wonderland to court over alleged 'deceptive marketing practices' #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/XKZm6JJYdo - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
They Just Don’t Get It
Maybe it's because they are the 'greatest' nation on earth, if not in the entire history of the world (he said sardonically). Perhaps they are eternal optimists, or, more possibly,…
Calgary-bound
For this. Try and attend, fellow Calgary supporters of Israel!
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Providing for Guardianship of your Children
You can leave instructions in your Will for who will have custody of your children after your death.These custody appointments are valid for 90 days. After that, a Court must…
Canada’s Alberta square-dance: "Promenade and don’t be slow, Where we’re going nobody knows"
Just a little square-dance patter for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who seems to be doing the Wexit do-se-do-- getting closer to it then backing around it, then sashaying closer again.…
The supply and demand myth of housing
Photo by Jakub Żerdzicki/Unsplash Housing costs are high because there are not enough homes. We must do everything in our power to add as many residences to the nation’s stockpile…
Nathan Cooper, the Alberta Legislature’s Speaker, set to move to Washington D.C. as provincial trade representative
FACT CHECK: Whatever Nathan Cooper will become if he moves to Washington D.C. in the near future, it won’t be a diplomat. Having been scooped by the CBC, Mr. Cooper,…
day 9: tulsa: in which the woody guthrie center moves me to tears
We spent all day in the Woody Guthrie Center and the Bob Dylan Center, and we are going back tomorrow. It was a profound and intense experience for me. I…
day 9: tulsa: in which the woody guthrie center moves me to tears
We spent all day in the Woody Guthrie Center and the Bob Dylan Center, and we are going back tomorrow. It was a profound and intense experience for me. I…
Looking ahead
#Fragiskatos #Lawton #Liberal #Conservative
Danielle Smith explains why, as a strong believer in Canada, she’ll do whatever she can to help Alberta’s separatists
RED DEER – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith called a news conference yesterday to tell the impertinent journalists who showed up why, as a strong believer in Canadian Confederation, she intends…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Roge Karma discusses how Donald Trump's tariff chaos is threatening to reinstate a consensus against any strategic decisions around trade. And Garrett Evans highlights…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: What are the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines? #law #legal #separation #FamilyLaw
The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (SSAG) assist Ontario Courts in determining the entitlement, amount, and duration of spousal support payable by a spouse in Family Law proceedings.The Guidelines consider the…
Saving Canada’s Information Space
It's time to make peace with social media and salvage what's left of our information environment.
Carney visits the lion’s den – oops, sorry, it was just a paper tiger after all 🐯!
Today was Carney's day to visit Trump at the White House. No tariff deal resulted, so then the DOW dropped 500 points.But the 51st State talk is clearly dead now.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cushioned cat.