New child benefit impact on child poverty overblown
In September, I expressed my concerns that the new Canada Child Benefit (CCB) may not be responsible for a 40% reduction in child poverty as claimed by the Minister of…
2016
Saturday Photo: Holiday Greetings and the Link to My Rant…
Things are getting a little hectic right now, so I’ll be brief: here’s wishing everyone a fine holiday. If you’d like more: here’s the link to my annual end-of-year blog.
Nov. 23. Merry Christmas. Anyway.
It was a cold day about noon, and the snow was driving hard as I walked, head down against the wind, along the sidewalk. Then I noticed a man. He…
Happy Holidays!
Wishing all our friends and family a Happy Holidays and a New Year filled with prosperity and success! – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Arctic Drilling Ban Reveals Crucial Difference Between Obama and Trudeau on Climate
By Adam Scott for Oil Change International. he historic announcement by President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau that both countries would ban oil & gas development in Arctic and Atlantic…
Italy Needs Expansionary Fiscal Policy to Escape Six-Year Recession
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:18005:Italy-Needs-Expansionary-Fiscal-Policy-to-Escape-Six-Year-Recession Filed under: Uncategorized
Secrecy Around Composition of Oilsands Dilbit Makes Effective Spill Response, Research Impossible: New Study
Knowledge gaps about the behaviour of diluted bitumen when it is spilled into saltwater and lack of information about how to deal with multiple problems that can result from extracting…
LSUC Targets Racism in the Legal Profession
BY LARA FRIEDMAN AND RACHEL SPENCE “Effective responses to racial discrimination and racial profiling start with acknowledging that racism exists.” 18 — Ontario Human Rights Commission.” The Law Society of…
The PC Party’s Christmas gift to the NDP
A defamation lawsuit wrapped with a big bow. Any hope Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party had of making the story of Sandra Jansen’s harassment go away is long gone as a…
You Would Cry Too If It Happened to You…
It’s Donny’s party and he’ll pout if he wants to… Trump says he doesn’t want celebrities at his inauguration, just “the people.” Well, isn’t that a happy coincidence given the…
Lethal Legacy – Part 2
In Part 1, I wrote about the lethal consequences for many who have worked at GE Peterborough. A toxic workplace that has resulted in crippling disease or death for many…
Three Darts, Five Laurels: My First Newspaper Column for 2017
{This is a column that I wrote for the Anahim -Nimpo Messenger, 100 Mile Free Press, and Omineca Express for December 2016/January 2017. It contains a few brief retrospective observations…
Three Darts, Five Laurels: My First Newspaper Column for 2017
{This is a column that I wrote for the Anahim -Nimpo Messenger, 100 Mile Free Press, and Omineca Express for December 2016/January 2017. It contains a few brief retrospective observations…
Ottawa’s Ghosts of Christmas Past.
When Canada’s parliament shuts down for Christmas, the old grey halls along Ottawa’s Wellington Street welcome the respite. They have seen much since their construction for the Parliament of Upper…
Donald Trump’s Itchy Twitter Fingers and the Inauguration Debacle
The scariest thing about Donald Trump's government by Twitter is the way his mind wanders, from the important to the trivial. Or from one button to another.One moment he's pressuring…
Three Darts, Five Laurels: My First Newspaper Column for 2017
{This is a column that I wrote for the Anahim -Nimpo Messenger, 100 Mile Free Press, and Omineca Express for December 2016/January 2017. It contains a few brief retrospective observations…
Supporting the Guardian
I usually start my day taking a look around the world to see what’s going on. The look includes perusing three websites, the CBC, the Guardian and Al Jazeera, and…