The Serpent Gets a Bad Rap
Why doesn’t anyone ever think of the serpent as humankind’s liberator instead of some villain who got us kicked out of Eden? Why does Eve take the blame for listening…
April 2021
Wind turbine for when the winds don’t blow
Years ago, the head of BC Hydro said the least-cost solutions to energy needs were conservation and efficiency. While that remains true, recovery of energy now wasted would be advantageous.…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Andrew Nikiforuk calls out the premiers who continue to spout talking points about “balance” while failing utterly to control the spread of deadly…
Will Justin Fish or Will He Continue to Cut Bait?
The master of over-promising and under-delivering, Justin Trudeau, will need something better than glib assurances and fanciful aspirations when president Biden convenes his virtual summit on climate change this week.…
The Plot, Still Completely Lost
This weekend was a very cathartic time for many of us in Ontario. Between Doug Ford’s flailing on Friday night, to the smoke pouring out of the Premier’s office on…
There’s Yer Problem – Trudeau, Legault, Kenney, Ford, Horgan and Moe.
A year into the Covid pandemic we’re still dealing with a yo-yo of openings and lockdowns, openings and lockdowns, that, as new variants emerge may continue well into the future.…
Talking Budget Day in Ottawa & the COVID Crisis in Ontario on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Lisa Kirbie. We discussed today’s Federal Budget to be introduced in…
Why The Con Monster Doug Ford Should Resign
He played Russian roulette with the deadly Covid variants, and lost. Now Ontario is facing a human catastrophe that could result in as many as 30,000 Covid cases a day.…
Sympathy for the Devil: Criticizing and Criticalizing the Media
These are notes taken during Shirley Steinberg’s CNIE keynote, Sympathy for the Devil: Criticizing and Criticalizing the Media: Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil – accomplishments of the devil,…
The Frying Pan
In Ontario, we are now in the frying pan. The Ford government has tried to turn down the heat. But they have refused to take the pan off the stove.…
The future of Laurentian University is in the hands of a flawed process and an anti-education government
When Laurentian University was founded it was not to create a profit making enterprise but to create an educational institution to serve the north, one that went on to include…
Your Carbon Footprint is Fine, it’s the Wealthy that Need to Change
There’s no doubt that we can all reduce our carbon footprint, but there’s one segment of the population who drastically need to cut their carbon output: the rich. Recent headlines…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the week of April 19, 2021
Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of April 19, 2021. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of April 19, 2021
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 19, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: Toronto judge was wrong to toss sex assault case because woman refused…
The Actor Within.
We were puzzling the other day as to what training our current leaders had that prepared them for their political roles. If all you have to base your conclusion on…
Why Master Sun Matters Today
Master Sun was a wise man. So wise that his famous treatise, The Art of War (aka The Art of Warfare), has been read, written about, critiqued, and discussed for…
R.I.P. NDP principles
Shortly after June 30, 2017, John Horgan revealed his true self and buried BC NDP political perspectives alongside its principles. He is duplicating BC Liberal policies in important matters.
Washington Post Calls for Doug Ford to Resign
Doug Ford needs to go – now. Washington Post columnist and Ottawa U. professor, David Moscrop makes a compelling argument for an immediate change in provincial leadership. As Ontario Premier…
A Man of Half-Measures
“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.”—Winston Churchill. Lives…
I got the shot
Booked my AstraZenica shot. Had the sweats, nausea, headaches and an unsettling surge of anxiety. However, when I turned off the Justin Trudeau press conference and got the shot, I…