Allegations against former justice Russell Brown are lamentable, Richard Wagner said. He also shares concerns about transparency in the judicial conduct process
Canada has to move from an ad hoc, province-by-province response to one that is much better co-ordinated, and ready for decades of wildfires ahead. Start with a bolstered Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Established in 1982, the centre helps provinces share resources and information. What could be of greater benefit for wildfires and deluges such as flooding would be a Canadian version of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
on Erin O’Toole leaving the House with a warning about division for Trudeau, Poilievre and his own party:If Erin O’Toole was a more vitriolic man, his final speech in the House of Commons might have burned a few bridges. But the departing former Conservative leader chose to speak a lot about political vitriol and kept his rebukes polite.
Had the upkeep been done over the years, the Prime Minister’s official residence would be fine, or at least livable. The same is true of Canada’s health system. It’s the constant putting-off of necessary fixes – driven by fear of public backlash – that has made the situation untenable and urgent. Essentially, politicians have done nothing but fiddle around the edges for 60-plus years because they worry that there is no public consensus on how to implement large-scale reform. So we do nothing.
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