No one could have predicted how online public shaming would mutate into the ubiquitous and toxic cancel culture that has become so powerful today. «A medieval mob, roaming the streets looking for someone to burn» — ROWAN ATKINSON Cancel culture doesn’t just come for celebrities and politicians. As an employment lawyer, […]
The province’s top doctor for most of the ’90s says the Ford government’s COVID-19 response is ‘misguided’ Richard Schabas held the senior position from 1987 to 1997 and served as chief of staff at York Central Hospital during the 2003 SARS crisis. «Lockdown was never part of our planned pandemic […]
«I do not celebrate or feel pride in our having to ban @realDonaldTrump, or how we got here,» Dorsey began a lengthy Twitter thread. Offline harm as a result of online speech is demonstrably real, and what drives our policy and enforcement above all. « While there are clear and obvious […]
Dorsey and his plutocratic allies may have the ‘right’ to strip-mine all opposing views from their platforms, but they should not simultaneously be allowed to preach that they are speaking truth to power A palace guard: Sire, the peasants are revolting. The King: You can say that again. It’s an […]
Louis-Vincent Gave, CEO and co-founder of Gavekal Research, sees a dramatic paradigm shift playing out in the world economy. In this in-depth conversation, he explains how investors should position themselves for the future. Louis-Vincent Gave is a master of the big picture. The co-founder of Hong Kong-based research boutique Gavekal is […]
I write under a pseudonym because, if my colleagues were to find out about my criticisms of this field, I would be unable to find any employment in academia. That someone who critiques the axioms of a field of study feels compelled to write under an assumed name tells you […]
Many market participants continue to be surprised by the resiliency of the stock market, even in the face of rising bond yields and the recent scene at the capitol. Banks tend to prefer steeper yield curves, and that’s exactly what the market has been giving them. This is the second […]
Bitcoin continues to be the investment industry’s swaggering upstart, derided by some, not trusted by many but undoubtedly making its volatile mark. The swings are a reminder of its notorious volatility, with its price nevertheless having more than quadrupled over the past year. The cryptocurrency’s market capitalization of around US$575 […]
‘It’s not a panacea’ is not a valid argument against rapid testing — or anything else « Last month only 0.31 per cent of Covid19 cases in Ontario were related to travel». Mind you, here is the sort of thing Liberals said in March when opposition critics called just for targeted border restrictions. If […]
‘It’s going to take about 10 to 14 days for you to start to develop protection from the vaccine,’ said an infectious disease specialist Matthew W., 45, a nurse at two different local hospitals, said in a Facebook post on December 18 that he had received the Pfizer vaccine, telling […]