Truly Smart Cities are Actually “Dumb”
Earlier this year Sidewalk Labs (Google) opted out of building a “smart” neighbourhood in Toronto due to local pressure (protests work!). What the “smart” neighbourhood wanted to do was monitor…
Earlier this year Sidewalk Labs (Google) opted out of building a “smart” neighbourhood in Toronto due to local pressure (protests work!). What the “smart” neighbourhood wanted to do was monitor…
It is sad to watch democracy die. The more we see. The more we hear. The more we understand is happening south of the Canada-U.S. border, the more our concern…
Sept. 7: I am running late because I ran into some computer problems. I hope to have them repaired on Sept, 8, and have the blog ready late on September…
It's a truly disgusting spectacle.The Cons and their shabby stooge media are going all out to try to portray Erin O'Toole as a really nice guy. With some in the…
Assorted content for your Labour Day reading. – Gregory Beatty discusses the class struggle as it’s playing out in the time of COVID. Jim Stanford offers a reminder as to…
Listen to the words of an honest journalist – a rare creature in these Orwellian times: “When I first met Julian Assange more than ten years ago, I asked him…
I thought about choosing a few memorable heroes of the labour movement throughout history, writing some short profiles. There’s no shortage of fascinating information about the likes of Eugene V.…
This morning I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison & Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about NDP MP Charlie Angus’ press…
Looking up at a closeup of the statue of Blind Justice on the front of the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo by Tim Evanson/Flickr. We…
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of September 7, 2020. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Sep…
At the beginning of his administration, Donald Trump referred to the leaders in the Pentagon as “his generals.” But it didn’t take long for that relationship to sour. Consider the…
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 7, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Appeals Court Denies Flynn’s Attempt to End Case Appeals court denies Michael…
Americans do it every four years. Canadians sometimes do it more often. We are talking about federal elections here. Americans have never seen one like this one: the vote seems…
Here is an open letter to the thinkers, scholars and activists of the world – a letter, unrevised, that I just sent to several friends, colleagues, and mentors. Hi folks,…
Yes, I know in the overall scheme of things, the sinking of some of the boats in Trump’s boating parade this weekend is pretty trivial. But there’s nothing like trivial…
Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), sees a disturbing trend in the province. He suggests that, under the rule of Jason Kenney and his UCP,…
These are unprecedented times, and they’re not being made any easier by Jason Kenney’s callous justification for his government’s half-baked School Re-Entry Plan, or Dr Hinshaw’s Order 33-2020 which was…