Let’s cut right to the chase: What the analysis made public yesterday by the Chief Actuary of Canada shows is that if Alberta were to split from the Canada Pension…
I don’t write about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies very often, even though there are periods of my life where they are the majority of my leisure activity. I first became away…
#IStandWithTrudeau2025 is trending tonight: Good job. Now carry on fighting the good fight at least until we see where we’re at with the Trump/Musk situation by Inauguration Day and have…
Cat on cushion
Surprising but not surprising connections
Following up on yesterday's post, the NDP's decision to advance a non-confidence vote obviously reflects a different path than the one which seemed promising to me. And there's at least…
Assorted content to end your week.- Robert Reich comments on the U.S.' out-of-control oligarchy - while noting there are precedents in turning the tide. Alexander Hurst calls out Elon Musk…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Appeals Court Disqualifies Fani Willis From Prosecuting Georgia Trump Case #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/bhV3IorOCd - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visi...
What I wear around my neck. From right: letter “W” purchased from a Mayan in Mexico, St. Joan of Arc (my hero), Magen David I just got.
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from March 18, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: $1 Million damages for Mental Suffering to BC Employee https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/03/1-million-damages-for-mental-suffering.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our To...
By Bertrand Russell, Harper’s Magazine, 1932: Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying “Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.” Being a…
Words from two of Britain’s finest humourists.
Had the United Conservative Party’s John Middleton-Hope won Wednesday’s by-election in Lethbridge-West, one wonders if Health Minister Adriana LaGrange would have invited him along yesterday to help her make her…
Americans sure love their perp walks, but they’re going to deeply regret this one (which even included New York City’s mayor): it was wildly, inarguably prejudicial and will be used…
On November 4, 2024, B’nai Brith discovered that Library and Archives Canada will not release Part II of the 1986 Deschênes Commission’s report on Nazi war criminals. This goes against…
There's little doubt that Chrystia Freeland's resignation from the federal cabinet (with associated spillover effects) has managed to earn the notice of even those largely disconnected from politics. And while…
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay:TikTok asks U.S. Supreme Court for emergency order to block upcoming ban #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/i31qX7h1s7 - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Iris Gorfinkel rightly asks why Doug Ford (among other politicians) doesn't want people to know if they have COVID-19 when that knowledge would…
A last will cannot have provisions that run contrary to public policy.For instance, a will cannot discriminate against a family member because of their…Religionmarital status, orsexual orientationIt cannot encourage people…
