May 2022

On historical echoes

Ontario’s ongoing provincial election is presenting some interesting echoes from previous campaigns – particularly the 2015 federal election which similarly involved a seemingly vulnerable Conservative majority, an NDP official opposition…

Puppets On A String

I have to admit to being somewhat puzzled as to how the recent increases in interest rates will combat inflation, given that it is mostly caused by external factors over…

Legal Tweet of the Day: May 16, 2022

#LegalTweetoftheDay: Elon Musk says Twitter legal team told him he violated an NDA #law #legal #lawtwitter https://cnn.it/3NciJEo – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…

Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Mark Kline warns against accepting continuing denialism about the impact of COVID-19 on children. Andre Picard discusses Canada’s grim milestone of 40,000 (reported)…

Warren’s great reset

What’s wrong with wanting to reset the world? War, disease, despots, starvation, climate upheaval and more. I don’t know (or care) what reset the people in Davos want, but I’m…

Bill 96

I’m tired. I’m tired of the language merry-go-round in Quebec. Francois Legault’s government is on the cusp of passing Bill 96, which would further restrict the rights of Quebec’s English…

Guns without butter

Ottawa political circles must have heaved secret sighs of relief when Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh announced their confidence and supply agreement on…

Atlantis, Ukraine

Scene from Valentyn Vasyanovych’s Atlantis. Photo courtesy Grasshopper Film. Atlantis Directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych Grasshopper Film, 2019 “I’d rather take pictures than use weapons.” —Valentyn Vasyanovych Warning: This review contains…

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