Each week, Wise Blog looks at recent decisions from the Ontario Court of Appeal. Tuerr Holdings Inc. v. Vrankovic The appellant, Peter Vrankovic, appealed from an order granting summary judgment…
Yes, it’s only been a couple of days since my last roundup post. But I’ll let the pace of news determine how often I put them up – and the…
Each month, Wise Law Blog reviews important decisions from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. RULINGS ON DISCRIMINATION Rampersaud v. Primary Response Inc. et al. In this case, the Applicant, a…
Since 2010, Obama has made a very deliberate shift to increase the rhetoric and policies with regards to a rich vs poor framing. It has always been a part of…
….For Uke (Cover) Fighting! First, the original, which itself is a most fantastic cover of the Michelle Shocked tune called ‘Fogtown’…. And now, the Uke Cover, from Bigger E. and…
The credibility of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has been compromised by its conflicting mandates of managing wild salmon and promoting salmon farming. Now we discover that the Canadian…
minor-radiation-leak.jpg Comic books tell us that it's cool to be a superhero. Sometimes those superheroes started out as everyday citizens that became irradiated and suddenly transformed into epic, superhuman, ninja-fighting…
First comes the crass incompetence. Human Resources Minister Diane Finley is boosting staff at Service Canada to help reduce a mounting backlog in employment insurance claims that is forcing many…
The Sixth Estate Weekly Flack Awards are a regular series dedicated to recognizing the silliest and the worst in the generally pathetic field of government communications. These awards recognize absurd…
May 2 2011- The Liberal Party had its worst defeat in history. June 18 2011- The Liberal Party holds an extraordinary convention over the phone and online, the first teleconference…
It is an old tried and tested political trick. If you want to look like a hero, break something while no one is looking… fix it and then take all…
#5 The Sister Brothers by Patrick DeWittNot many reviewers can resist comparing The Sister Brothers to the Cohen Brothers’ version of True Grit and not without reason. The dialogue has…
Some time ago Irene and I noticed this hives-like bubbling of paint on the ceiling near the front door. Uh oh. After getting some advice from the ever helpful Jeff…
I want to point out to Conservatives, Reformers, Sask Party and Right Wing members of the Liberal Party that your blind faith in ‘unfettered free markets’ is NOT in the…
Nobility, royalty and wealth are all repulsive concepts that our society has been slowly phasing out due to increased humanity and understanding. Wealth is the most accepted concept out of…
Well if one works for a Conservative cabinet minister you attempt to hide the evidence that’s what. As Jorge Barrera over at APTN National News tells us that is precisely…
…one school system in Ontario? One can only hope. It will likely fail, but will expose the farcical inequities in our education system to those Ontarians who are, at present,…
I’m in an Ottawa Sun weather story dispensing advice on biking on a snowy day.
ThereIsNo’W’In StenographyVille From one of the many bits of proMedia stenography that took BC Ferries’ word for it, verbatim, on their latest ‘incident’: BC Ferries cancelled eight sailings today on…
