Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of October 30, 2017
140Law: Here are our Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of October 30, 2017. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
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Boredom is Good for you
Too many people are afraid of boredom and that needs to change. Boredom can actually be really good for you and helps you develop as a human being. Getting bored…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of October 30, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 30, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: 2 Florida law firms sanctioned $9.1M for ‘immense waste of judicial resources’…
The Two Faces of the Shameless Andrew Scheer
As we all know Andrew Scheer likes to pose as a nice guy with a glued on smile, who is always inviting Canadians to hear what he calls his "positive…
Why The Con Media Failed To Bring Down Justin Trudeau
It was one of the most disgusting political spectacles I have ever witnessed. A bully show if ever there was one.The ratty con media ganging up on Justin Trudeau and…
But I mean this in the nicest possible way
One of these things is spherical, perfectly-round, white and full of hot air. The other is a balloon. #ableg #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/jzSvCQJkye — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 30, 2017
Good morning Americas! It’s #IndictmentMonday!
It will be such a good day, too! My God Almighty, how I enjoy the misery and despair that will be unleashed today! Trumpkins being bankrupted by legal bills! Once-close…
It Doesn’t Seem Obvious
Last week, Stephen Harper sent a memo to clients of his firm, Harper and Associates. The memo was titled “Napping on NAFTA.” The Toronto Sun reports that: The memo was…
Excessives beat Progressives in Alberta.
Friends in Alberta have been asking why this commentary had nothing to say about the race to run that province’s United Conservative Party? It was not because we did not…
She’s someone.
For the Ottawa Citizen on October 12, 2017 In the wake of allegations swirling around Harvey Weinstein, a powerful, dominant figure in Hollywood, where the emerging picture suggests decades of…
On Charlie Gard, medical harm, and fate
For Maclean’s on July 18, 2017 It’s the most commonly cited phrase from the Hippocratic Oath, the binding document—one of the oldest in history—upon which physicians swear: “First, do no…
(Un)civil discourse
This column appeared on the CBC on July 31, 2017 “It is simply impossible to overestimate the love, bordering on worship, that reporters in Washington long had for McCain, and…
Christopher Hayes Done With WCAI After November 4
When the Justin Trudeau visited Spruce Grove, AB on October 20, the folks in the WCAI took notice…. and really did nothing about it other than write about how if…
Calgary MLA Dave Rodney to make way for new Conservative Leader; ex New Democrat Karen McPherson to join Alberta Party
PHOTOS: Calgary-Lougheed MLA Dave Rodney, centre right, gets close to the new Conservative leader … in 2011. Below: Newly elected United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney; another look at Mr.…
A Must Watch – The Chronology of American Crazy
C’mon, we’ve all known that just to the south of us, in the homeland of our American cousins, our largest trading partners and closest allies, a degree of crazy lubricated…
PEGIDA Canada Protest in London, ON Routed…. Again
This is becoming common place whenever PEGIDA Canada protests. They had moved their protests out of Toronto since they were routinely outnumbered. Seems the change of location hasn’t helped: Another…
Meet your “new” leader: Jason Kenney
Well done UCP! Your new leader is Jason Kenney, the candidate least likely to beat Rachel Notley in 2019. You could have saved yourself the bother and elected ET for…
Postmedia’s colours
Rafe Mair was a man with long experience in government, journalism and political activism. He warned us of the consequences after Canada’s largest newspaper chain crawled in bed with the…
Two Years of Liberal Government: A Voices-Voix Report Card
Photo by Simon Fraser University In 2017, what with Trump-and-May fueled disasters in the US and the UK, not to mention Rolling Stone covers, political complacency tempts Canadians (and sometimes…
Jason Kenney as the new face of Conservatism in Alberta
When the Legislative Assembly resumes for its fall sitting on Monday, there will be a new seating plan. A new Official Opposition United Conservative Caucus made up of twenty-two former…