Canada’s Caregiving Crisis and HOW TO FIX IT
Buckle up because today, the new Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence released a white paper on the crisis state of caregiving in Canada and HOW TO FIX IT. The report…
November 2022
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 7, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Judge rules Ford, Jones immune from testifying at Emergencies inquiry #law #legal #lawtwitter via @globalnews https://bit.ly/3UhtMA7 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
There are no economic laws
In just the last few months we have had a number of elections in which we reelected incumbents who had performed, at best, somewhere within the zone of mediocrity. We…
My latest: Disney cake
Let them eat cake. In fairness to Marie Antoinette, who was the last Queen of France prior to the Revolution, she probably didn’t even say that. Jean-Jacques Rousseau published an…
UPDATE: Breaking: Doug Ford’s News Conference In Which His Credibility Further Erodes
I just watched Doug Ford’s news conference, prompted no doubt by the fury people feel in Ontario over his government’s heavy-handed use of the Notwithstanding Clause to try to break…
A Nasty Fight
We’re headed for a nasty fight in Ontario. Global News reports that: Mass protests and widespread disruption — that’s what Ontario’s labour movement is promising, as multiple Canadian unions plan…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of November 7, 2022
– Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Unionized Workers Earn $1.3 Million More
Unions improve the working conditions across the board for any industry they are in, plus when unions work together they can inspire mass change. Anti unionists argue against unions because…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of November 7, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 7, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Emergencies Act inquiry to hear from ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest organizers this week…
The security state’s double standards
Members of the so-called ‘Trucker Convoy’ drive towards the Alberta legislature from Acheson, just west of Edmonton. Photo by Naomi McKinney/Unsplash. The institutions of law enforcement and security in Canada…
Who’s the Boss?
The question is: who makes the rules for business in our society? It is a question that our governments never fully address. Our political parties range from the partnership with…
St. Albert’s city administration contravened Libraries Act by modifying library funding request before presenting city budget to council
By modifying the St. Albert Public Library Board’s budget request before presenting it to St. Albert City Council as part of its proposed city budget, the city’s administration contravened the…
“Hold the Line” and other malarkey
The Public Order Emergencies Commission was convened to determine whether the federal government erred by invoking the Emergencies Act. It will be months before we have a decision, but it…
The U.S. is on the edge of madness. Can it happen here?
As a political junkie, I find elections fascinating. Unfortunately, we tend to have them only once every four years or so here (depending on the state of the bromance of…
Biden’s foreign policy is sinking the congressional Dems—and Ukraine
Photo courtesy the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/Flickr President Joe Biden is undermining his party’s congressional prospects through a deeply flawed foreign policy. Biden believes that America’s global reputation is…
Upon Awakening
It would be nice to think that the slumbering masses have awakened to a new understanding of government and its relationship to the people, but I abandoned magical thinking a…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Keenan Sorokan reports on the unprecedented number of students out sick from school in the Saskatoon area, while Karen Bartko reports on…
Musical interlude
Sneaker Pimps – Fighter
The cry gevalt syndrome: are Jewish students really ‘terrified’ on campus?
Student protesters gather at York University to denounce an event that brought members of the Israel Defence Forces to campus, November 2019. Photo courtesy SAIA York/Twitter. As recently as September…