Is the Canada Recovery Benefit a ‘workfare’ program in disguise?
Leaving those in financial difficulty behind for a lower-wage future isn’t a bug in the CRB system—it’s a feature of a program designed and redesigned to crack down on recipients…
June 2021
It’s About Time
Major industrialized countries are experiencing labour shortages. John Harris writes: The US Chamber of Commerce is warning of a crisis affecting businesses “across every industry, in every state”. Angst is…
G7 Nations Agree on Minimum Corporate Tax
Corporations love keeping their shareholders money instead of contributing to society, and it’s the role of governments to ensure that corporations do their part. Usually this comes in the form…
Simran Bakshi on Workplace and Employment Law: Another Blow to Employers – There is no saving a Termination Provision that is in part illegal
What happens if one provision in a section on termination of employment is unenforceable, but not another? The Court of Appeal considered this question in Waksdale v Swegon North America…
Trump in 2024?
You are not supposed to snicker when a Trump supporter tells you his hero is going to win the presidency in 2024. Nor are you supposed to sound surprised when…
Worst news conference ever? Jason Kenney apologizes for Sky Palace patio party, touts silly equalization referendum
The rebellion that now has United Conservative Party Premier Jason Kenney looking as if his career is on the ropes is strongly reminiscent of the circumstances that brought Progressive Conservative…
An unpleasant bllog. But it has to be told.
The early part of this blog got out of control. I think it’s true. But it’s dreadfully hard to write about it. As I go through the news, I see…
Unpublished Ottawa: Bill 96’s trampling of human rights
#Quebec's Bill-96: Protecting the #French language; Tonight on #UnpublishedTV at 8 pm EDT… https://t.co/bxjt4uT6Ve #cdnpoli #qcpoli Special guests: @kinsellawarren, @DanielWeinsto17, @msandilands and Peter Biro from https://t.co/Ll7jAq9ZyX Hosted by @EdHandMedia, @james_ogrady…
Will Kenney’s woes help O’Toole?
How the mighty have fallen. Just two years ago, Jason Kenney, flush from a convincing election win over the NDP, was the Conservatives’ golden boy. Even the national leader had…
How Many Like This Lurk Among Us
He drove his truck into a family, targeting them because of their garments. He killed four of the five, a 76 year old woman, a 44 year old man, a…
MB Podcast – Interview with Hon. Joe Jordan
The latest episode of the Magpie Brûlé podcast is now live. In this episode, I interview the former MP for Leeds-Grenville, Hon. Joe Jordan. We talk about the current state…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Adam Miller writes about the race between vaccinations and COVID-19 variants. The Strategic COVID-19 Pandemic Committee of Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association highlights…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 7, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: GTA Statue of Egerton Ryerson toppled at university after rally honouring residential school victims via The Toronto Star Read more: http://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet06072021 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Will there be resource wars in a renewable future?
It’s possible to imagine a future in which nations begin fighting over the world’s supplies of critical minerals, just as they once fought over oil. Photo by Thomas Millard/Flickr. Thanks…
Tear down that statue!
On the night of June 6, demonstrators tore down the statue of Egerton Ryerson that stands outside the Toronto university named after him. Watching the statue fall, writes David Moscrop,…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the week of June 7, 2021
Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of June 7, 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 June 7, 2021
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 7, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: Ontario backtracks, allows special fans for the Leafs game tonight Mixing vaccine…
Far From Noble
John A. Macdonald never deserved to be put on a pedestal. In his day, Canadians knew that he was deeply flawed. In fact, none of our leaders have worn halos.…