Patricia Hughes 🇨🇦

Founding Executive Director, Law Commission of Ontario (2007-2015); former Dean of Law, University of Calgary; committed to A2J; politics junkie;

[Patricia Hughes 🇨🇦 @phughes9112]

My latest Slaw post: Why I think there's a case for repeal of the religious defence, based on the narrow definition of hate expression and the other defences. THE CONUNDRUM of the RELIGIOUS DEFENCE to HATE EXPRESSION https://t.co/dD4gNp1CTA

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

I finished doomscrolling
and forced myself
to go out for a walk,
and as I walked along
the dangerously humid streets,
and as I walked through
unmasked coughing crowds,
and as I walked by
grim headlines on newsstands,
I was no longer doomscrolling
no, now, I was doomstrolling.

[Patricia Hughes 🇨🇦 @phughes9112]

My latest Slaw post, on the FCA's decision in (Canada) Prime Minister v. Hameed in which the obiter is (almost?) as important as the substantive decision: Hameed Redux: Everybody Stay in Their Own Lane. https://t.co/WfApirT0L4

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

As we talked about the war
I told the old punk
that I almost feel silly
caring about anything else
at a time like this,
and after a moment
the old punk replied:
at a time like this
we must remember
being able to care about anything
is a prerequisite
for caring about each other.

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

I do not believe
in the four horsemen,
but I confess
at this moment
all I can hear
are approaching hooves.

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A compendium of the 275th week of plague poems…
https://t.co/brypG55b3U

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

The optimistic frog
says the pot
is half full.

The pessimistic frog
says the pot
is half empty.

The observant frog
says the pot we are in 
is on the stovetop 
and the water in it
is starting to boil.

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

When they tell you
(and they will tell you)
that with everything happening
it is ridiculous
to still be so concerned
about the pandemic,
remind them that while
war and
conquest and
death
are three
of the horsemen of the apocalypse
pestilence
is the fourth.

[Anita Anand @AnitaAnandMP]

Ukraine’s fight is the world’ s fight. Today, in a meeting with President @ZelenskyyUa and my Ukrainian counterpart @andrii_sybiha, I reaffirmed Canada’s support for Ukrainian sovereignty and security.

Canada is increasing our military support to Ukraine and imposing increased sanctions on Russian individuals & entities. Slava Ukraini.

[Wab Kinew @WabKinew]

Manitoba stands with Ukraine. 🇺🇦🦬
We’ve signed an agreement to support reconstruction in the Kherson region - in energy, health care, education, agriculture and more.
MB has welcomed 30,000+ Ukrainians since the war began. Now, we’re helping rebuild - during the war and after.

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

I confessed
to my friend, the psychiatrist,
that at the moment
I’m feeling rather
depressed and anxious,
and in response
my friend, the psychiatrist, replied:
that depression and anxiety
are perfectly healthy ways
to react to this moment.

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

In response
to his friends getting sick
with Covid (yet again)
he angrily declared
“Though we were over this shit,”
but unfortunately
there is a world of difference
between being over something
and that something being over.

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Week 274 of plague poems…
https://t.co/ln1oqMx5vg

[Patricia Hughes 🇨🇦 @phughes9112]

Sometimes caution evolves into cowardice 😡. Assume Carney gov’t doesn’t want to upset China. If there’s another reason — I don’t know, behind the scenes arrangements to release Jimmy Lai?, hope we hear about it soon. Not holding my breath!

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

I do not believe
in the four horsemen,
but I confess
at this moment
all I can hear
are approaching hooves.

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

In exasperation
the academic declared
that no one is willing
to admit the danger is real
until it comes for them,
so I asked her
if she was referring
to the climate crisis
or the ongoing pandemic,
to the rise of fascism
or some other danger,
and the academic replied:
yes.

[The Vertlartnic @TheVertlartnic]

People Still Baffled By Mysterious Condition ‘Long Covid’ That Suddenly Appeared A Few Years Ago Out Of Nowhere.

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

Antivaxxers own this. Infectious disease minimizers own this. Public health officials and media who keep promoting "immunity debt" and "natural immunity" own this.

[Dan Patrick @DanPatrick]

Today, we remember D-Day — June 6, 1944 — a day that changed the course of history.

We honor the bravery, sacrifice, and unwavering courage of the Allied forces who stormed the beaches of Normandy in the name of freedom.

Their legacy lives on.

#DDay #NeverForget #HonorTheFallen #WWII

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

My friend, at some point
we will be able to say
“during the pandemic”
and it will refer to the past.

Yes, my friend, at some point
we will be able to say
“during the pandemic”
and it will refer to the past.

But, alas, my friend,
that point
is still somewhere in the future.

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

The headline asked
“Why
are more than 300 people
in the US
still dying from Covid
every week?”
but no one wants to hear it
should you answer with
“because the pandemic
never ended,”
and that (alas)
is another reason why
so many people
are still dying from Covid
every week.