I think Poilievre and the CPC brain trust have realized that they’re not going to get Trudeau to resign over ancient CSIS briefings about Chinese political donations. So now the short-pants boys in the Leader of the Opposition office have had to come up with other ridiculous smear attempts against
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: June 2, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto mayoral debate cancelled after multiple candidates pull out amid alleged gun threat #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/b92sj976 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Keeping Kids "Safe" From Pride
Student Trustee Kenzy Soror wrote an excellent, brief thread on the problem with parents keeping their children home because it’s pride day or month: “I take great concern with the decision of some families to ‘keep’ WRDSB students at home on June 1st. I hope that those who made this
Continue readingJeff Jedras: Eating off the Hill: Fish and Chips at Surfside in Comox
I always say when you’re having fish, get as close to the ocean as possible. If you can dine outside and smell the salt air, even better. Whenever I’m back home in the Comox Valley I always get fish and chips. Usually I’m back in the winter, but recently during
Continue readingWise Law Blog: This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 30, 2006
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 30, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Supreme Court of Canada: All Ontario Tribunals Must Apply Human Rights Code http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/04/supreme-court-of-canada-all-ontario.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The DeSantis Boomering
Florida governor Ron DeSantis is desperately trying to weaponize his state’s public education system. But a rebellion is brewing. The rebellion is coming from teachers. Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman write: By now, it’s obvious that the reactionary culture warriors who want to reshape American education are inspiring a serious
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Social Identity and Narratives
From Alan Levinoitz: A lot of politics can be explained by ignoring Maslow’s hierarchy and realizing that people care as much about symbolic meaning, a sense of dignity, narratives in which ‘your people’ are the heroes, as they do about promises of material well-being. Why–ask liberals–do conservatives vote against policies
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : Dumbing Down with Ranked Ballots.
It is hard to believe people who fail to understand the mathematics of voting with ranked ballots. No matter how many times we see the proof of the problem, some numbskull is going to pick up the cudgel to hit themselves over the head with that ill-considered way of voting.
Continue readingScripturient: Review 5: Mothra vs Godzilla – 1964
Toho was not about to let another seven years slip by without a sequel to a successful Godzilla film, but what to do now? The last two films had all featured Godzilla battling another monster (kaiju), and since that worked for audience approval, why not do it again? But this
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Ted Lasso: three perfect seasons
We LOVED Ted Lasso – its the reason we subscribed to Apple+. Luckily my sister has been staying with us for a few days so we binge-watched all three seasons of Ted Lasso while waiting for the final episode and I realized again what a truly great show it was.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: the war on drugs won the war on drugs
WINLAW, B.C. — At the intersection of Hwy. 33 and Winlaw Blvd., the morning shift has gathered on picnic tables closer to the road. It’s sunny and clear and early morning. They’re not far from Mama Cita’s restaurant, the men are, but none of them are eating anything. They’re smoking
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: June 1, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules New Abortion Bans Unconstitutional #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/z6zc4p96 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: No Pride In York
Although I make no claim to psychic powers, I can pretty safely predict someone who will soon lose her job. Her name is Dina Mayr, a teacher in the York Catholic District School Board. Ms. Mayr, a 23-year teacher with the board, has taken public exception to York’s refusal
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Can I make my own Will using an online form?
Beware. If you use an online form instead of a lawyer: You aren’t getting personalized advice from a lawyer who has assessed your needs and interests. Nobody is proofreading the document to ensure it is error free, and captures your intentions accurately. Sadly, many online will forms include mistakes –
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Fight for your Children – The Many Months to Desistance – (PITT)
Keeping the communication going. It is your child’s lifeline to you and the reality you want them to embrace. Catch the whole essay here. “My son hadn’t socially transitioned, he still looked like a boy. By midsummer, his exploratory therapist said that he had a breakthrough. The therapist wasn’t
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Why are Canadian politicians advertising on a racist website?
The Ontario government recently announced a $25 million investment in a new grant program to “help faith-based and cultural organizations protect their communities against hate-motivated crime.” While resources to fight hate speech and disinformation are urgently needed, this announcement comes as Premier Doug Ford and several members of his cabinet
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Why We’re Not Keeping Kids Safe from Covid
I mentioned a bit about McKinnon and Co. in footnote to a recent post on health care privatization, but these threads need a wider audience. I can’t verify any of this, but it all comes with legitimate links and images from the documents. Long story short, Canada put economic recovery
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : A Future for Ford’s Fiefdom.
We should all be sick and tired of the so-called liberals who claim they are financially conservative. That is not liberal. With liberals like that, conservative leader Pierre Poilievre might as well say he is liberal. The conservative ideology is built on a “screw the lower classes” framework. It came
Continue readingStuart Mackinnon's BetterParks: Stanley Park’s Polar Bear pit back in the news
In a news item, CBC’s Justin McElroy writes about a proposal to turn the old Stanley Park Zoo polar bear pit into an ‘urban spa’. For those old enough to remember, the polar bear pit was a concrete bear pit within the old zoo. The bears paced back and forth
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