Today in Montreal, the courts <a href=”https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mcgill-injunction-request-1.7203666″>ruled in favour of the students</a> camped out in support of the Palestinian people against the overblown Israeli government’s genocidal response to the Hamas attack of last October. McGill University had sought an injunction to forcibly remove them, but ultimately was thwarted by the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sueellen Campbell highlights how record-breaking temperatures are being covered around the globe, while Sarah Collins discusses new research showing that the northern hemisphere’s summer of 2023 was the hottest in millenia. And Qi Zhao et al. examine the growing death toll from heatwaves around
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: May 15, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario to suspend driving licences of convicted auto thieves #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/2f6vtah9 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Common Law Separation in Ontario
The property rights of Common Law spouses upon separation are not governed by any Ontario statute. Common Law spouses may still advance family property claims, especially where property has been acquired in a “joint family venture” A spouse may also have property rights if they have contributed to the acquisition,
Continue readingA View From the Back Bench: Full-Time Just On Time
When I arrived in Ottawa in mid September, 2010, I gave myself two years to find full time work on the Hill. Following the federal and Ontario campaigns in 2011, I had found work in the offices of three of the 34 remaining Liberal MPs. A feat in its own
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Today’s News: Trump makes cowards of them all.
The more I see of the Congressional Republicans, the more they remind me of The Sopranos. And anyone who doesn’t fall into line gets sent to the Gulag. The cowardice is appalling. George Carlin put it best in 1988: “These are the people who are against street crime. They want
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: BC NDP’s f***king policy
On Facebook, Northeast BC resident RanD Hadland says he visited the Bennett Dam and gained an understanding of why the downstream Peace River is so low. Behind the dam is the Williston Reservoir. Despite ongoing drought conditions, British Columbia has allowed oil and gas companies to draw water for fracking
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Anger continues to grow at university administrations and police over Palestine solidarity encampment clearances
Gratuitous police violence on campus in the wee hours last Saturday has obviously exacerbated the foolish blunder made by University of Alberta President Bill Flanagan when he called in the riot squad to clear out a small encampment of students protesting the ongoing destruction of Gaza. University of Alberta President
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Do we all love bad boys?
Joe Biden is my kind of leader—bright, compassionate, experienced and, of no small importance, he lead’s by consensus. I think he’s one of the better presidents the Americans have had. A great many American voters, however, disagree with me. At the moment he’s barely managing to stay even in the
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Existential threat or anti-growth rhetoric?
Climate change denialism remains strong. It has been strongly linked to right-wing nationalism and to the anti-feminist far-right but it was built primarily with funds from oil companies. Denialists have accumulated wealth by serving fossil fuel interests.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ian Welsh discusses how institutions under the thrall of neoliberal ideology are incapable of achieving any end other than the further enrichment of the wealthy. And Clement Nocos writes that affordability is ultimately an issue because of corporate price gouging and a
Continue readingmark a. rayner: Why it’s not safe to snuggle with a Gila Monster, or, the life of Jim Fowler
Jim Fowler died at the age of eighty-nine, quietly, in his home in Connecticut. I only learned this sad news yesterday, though he died in… The post Why it’s not safe to snuggle with a Gila Monster, or, the life of Jim Fowler appeared first on mark a. rayner.
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney had a chance to weigh in one of the defining issues facing Canada. The answer he gave suggests he isn’t ready for public life”
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney had a chance to weigh in one of the defining issues facing Canada. The answer he gave suggests he isn’t ready for public life” by Matthew Mendelsohn, CEO of Social Capital Partners and a previous federal and Ontario deputy minister. I knew and admired Mendelsohn when
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: May 14, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Trump trial nears final phase with key witness: confidant-turned-nemesis Michael Cohen #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/pnvt3wn8 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: Chow has chosen sides
Olivia Chow has made her choice. For months, she’s bobbed and weaved. For months, she has refused to be crystal clear about the orgy of anti-Semitism and Jew-hating crime that has gripped Toronto. The mayor of Canada’s largest city will issue an occasional sympathetic tweet, sure, when things get particularly
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: AI Enhanced
This cartoon really helped me understand something. My school board announced a new initiative, the mandatory grade 11 English class will now focus on Indigenous voices. I used to teach Indigenous Studies, and couldn’t get more than ten kids to take the class as an elective, so it’s not a
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: How much am I owed if I am fired?
The amount payable to a wrongfully dismissed employee depends on the length of employment, age, salary, and several other factors. It can be as much as one month for each year of service, or even more in exceptional circumstances. You may be entitled to compensation. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: It’s Like Listening To A Deranged Bizarro Jerry Seinfeld
Pay no attention to the talking fool. Judging by the following video of a Trump rally, many, many agreed. Please note that I only listened to about 1;30 minutes of this bore, and out of consideration for readers of this blog, that is all I will put up here from
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