LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 10, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Apr…
2018
Out Of The Back End
Nothing illustrates the utter hypocrisy of the Republican Party more than the tax cuts which were just passed in the United States. Republicans used to be classical economists. They officially…
Streetmix: Remix Your Street
Streetmix Let’s be honest, people are bad at conveying their ideas on what streets can look like. Thankfully there’s an open source project designed to help people remix their local…
That’s Another Fine Mess He’s Gotten Himself Into
In a post yesterday, The Mound offered a searing assessment of Justin Trudeau’s abject failure on the climate-change file. Only the most ardent acolytes of the Prime Minister will fail…
The United States of America is about to be saved by a porn star
…we live in interesting times. Today’s front-page Washington Post report, headlined “A bomb on Trump’s front porch,” which is a just-as-interesting way of putting things: …the FBI’s seizure on Monday…
One big happy CPC family
Once again proving my theory that Justin Trudeau is the luckiest politician on Earth. Globe story: Conservative MP Maxime Bernier says in a new book that party Leader Andrew Scheer…
A Casino is No ‘Place of Amusement’
My letter to Council. Re: Application to Amend the City of Greater Sudbury’s Official Plan and Zoning By-law 2010- 100Z City of Greater Sudbury File Nos. 751-6/17-24 and 751-6/17-19 1916596…
Failed Philanthropy.
It was intriguing going through David Callahan’s book The Givers: Wealth, power, and philanthropy in a new gilded age. There has rarely been that much understanding of the failures of…
IT’S NATIONAL SIBLINGS DAY! SIBS CARE TOO
--> --> Dr. Yona and her sister Danielle I am delighted to host a guest post by Dr. Yona Lunsky in celebration of National Siblings Day. Dr. Lunsky is a…
Postmedia distortions
Postmedia’s Colby Cosh demonstrates the truth of Jefferson’s quote, “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”
Why demanding Ottawa intervene to bend B.C. to Alberta’s will is probably a terrible idea … from Alberta’s point of view
PHOTOS: Perfidious Pierre, villain of the National Energy Program, as the late prime minister is understood by all good Albertans to have been (Photo: Wikimedia Commons). Below: Alberta Premier Rachel…
Went to Winnipeg
I went to Winnipeg on the weekend. A car rental was less than $70 for 4 days. While there I witnessed a U-Haul van driver gently crash into the car…
Up Is Down In Moe Town
Will @CBCSask and @leaderpost and @620ckrm let the Premier continue to lie without being challenged?Does @ryanmeili or someone else have to say something first? Is there no permission to correct…
Vacation Over. Time to Get to Work
I’m back and have learned two things: 1. Nepal is awesome. The landscape is breathtaking and the people among the friendliest I’ve encountered in all of my travels.2. Kathmandu less…
The Humboldt Vigil and the Crassness of Andrew Scheer
I watched the vigil for the Humboldt Broncos last night, and although I'm not religious, I still found it extremely moving.For it is a very sad story, and it couldn't…
Jess Spindler!
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The Regina Manifesto at 85: More Relevant Than Ever?
The cyclical crises of Canadian capitalism has brought with it a paralysis of Canadian reformism split between the labour movement and the NDP. It is only natural that this has…
It’s Time to Re-Think NATO
One of the great geopolitical blunders of our era was Western Europe’s and NATO’s march east in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. TheEuropean Union and NATO…
Would You Vote Liberal Again?
Don’t look at me. I parted company with the Liberal Party of Canada during the reign of Ignatieff. I became a Liberal when Pierre Trudeau succeeded the thoroughly estimable Lester…