Cabinet Building for Dummies.
It never takes premier Doug Ford long to display his ignorance. I expect whomever in his office reads the comics to him had to explain the meaning of ‘nepotism.’ Giving…
June 2022
A thought on how Sundre can start to put the embarrassment of the racist jackassery in its rodeo parade behind it
Surely there must’ve been a few folks in the Central Alberta town of Sundre who, when they noticed the racist jackassery of the now notorious “the Liberal” manure-spreader parade float…
Too Good Not To Share
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UN urges Canada to end criminalization of land defenders
A Fairy Creek land defender being carried off by RCMP officers. Photo by Arvin Singh. On April 29, 2022, the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)…
Open Letter to Universities Removing Mask Mandates
Open Letter to Dr. Deborah MacLatchy, PhD, President and Vice-Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University, president@wlu.ca, and Dr. Vivek Goel, CM, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo, president@uwaterloo.ca RE:…
Extreme heat is all of our problem
A bright orange sky in Vancouver. Photo from Shutterstock. From June 25 to July 1, 2021, temperatures soared past 40 degrees in BC, setting records all over the province. The…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 27, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Omicron variant BA.5 is gaining ground fast in Ontario. Here’s why experts are watching it closely #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3A493IY – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Climate chaos arrives in Yellowstone
Northern loop road collapse, Yellowstone National Park. Photo courtesy Yellowstone National Park. Somewhere in Yellowstone’s wild green valleys the wildlife is having a massive party. Bison are cavorting and rolling…
A Conservative Nervous Breakdown?
The Conservative Party desperately wants to form the Government of Canada. But, Michael Harris writes, it will never achieve its objective as long as it pretends to be an American…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of June 27, 2022
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of June 27, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 27, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: No government funds used to settle Hockey Canada sexual assault lawsuit: CEO…
When Appointees Lie to Become Justices, Can They Be Called Justices?
Guns now have more rights than women in the United States. Don’t pretend for a moment that this cannot happen in Canada because far-right Cons never rest until they are…
Today’s News: Pro-Choice Underground
The world is not laughing at you anymore America. We’re aghast in horror. — Mark (@Markfry809) June 25, 2022 Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman writes: It is no exaggeration to…
No Place for a Lady.
Our parliament is getting a bad reputation. I always considered Michelle Rempel Garner the exception to the rule on the conservative side of the house. She has always been picked…
Protecting free speech on campus? Forget about it, Pierre Poilievre is just dog-whistling
Federal Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre seems to have generated a lot of publicity for himself lately with a much re-tweeted pledge to force Canadian universities to “protect free speech”…
Vancouver Town
Rolf Harris was a popular entertainer in Vancouver during the 1960s and early 1970s. I enjoyed him numerous times performing at The Vancouver Cave Supper Club on Hornby Street. Later…
Canada’s derelict branch of government
In ten years, seven different cabinet ministers have led Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). The department has been a dumping ground or holding area for out-of-favour or inept politicians. Little…
Why the left needs to take monetarism seriously
History continues to show that the monetarist view of money creation and its consequences can be a powerful theory for understanding modern economies. Photo from Flickr. It has been claimed…
Fascists in our midst
“Elephants in the Womb.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. The Supreme Court is relentlessly funding and empowering Christian fascism. It not only overturned Roe v. Wade, ending a constitutional right to…
Canada needs proportional representation
Here are both sides of the debate on electoral reform, the right one (written by me) and the one opposed. Electoral reform is not a side issue: it goes to…