The Emptiness of the Crown.
Do you miss Elizabeth II yet? Or do you feel the emptiness of the Crown? You have to admit that Charlie is trying. After spending most of my life with…
November 2022
The Sovereignty Act, which we’ll finally see today, may be unconstitutional, or it may be effective, but it won’t be both
Premier Danielle Smith wants you to be reassured that her Sovereignty Act, the first bill of the session of the Alberta Legislature that begins this afternoon, will be both constitutional…
Good evening, Canuckistan
Started writing a new book on the plane back from Iceland. I feel good about it. However, certain people aren't going to like it. (At least I hope they don't.)…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Cate Swannell discusses how research showing the multitude of harms which can result from COVID-19 infection. Calixto Machado-Curbelo, Joel Gutiérrez-Gil and Alina González-Quevedo…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 28, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Code of conduct complaint filed against convoy lawyer #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3OXwF7H – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
The Smell Of Urban Doom
It is expected that the Ontario government will today pass Bill 23, a.k.a. The Doug Ford Gift To Developers Act. The consequences of that legislation will be far-reaching, so much…
Harper Redux
Michael Harris was never impressed with Stephen Harper. He is equally underwhelmed by the man following in Harper’s footsteps — Pierre Poilievre: There were a lot of things wrong with…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of November 28, 2022
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All Natural Misinformation
This thread is from Dr. Kay M. Dingwell on her experience shifting from natural is necessarily best to incorporating some scientific research into her decision-making: I used to be vaccine…
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People Who Ditched Their Car Are Happier
There’s are individuals who advocate against making our cities better places to live because they fear losing their dependence on their automobile (car marketers encourage this too). We need to…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of November 28, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 28, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Toronto landlord appealing for more time to fix apartment building infested with…
What can Nikolai Danilevsky teach us about today’s struggle between East and West?
Russian philosopher, naturalist, and economist Nikolai Danilevsky. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. November 28 marks the 200th birthday of Russian thinker Nikolai Danilevsky. Relatively unknown in the West, Danilevsky is extraordinarily…
Could a UK-type system of ‘local democracy reporters’ help fill the news gap in Canada?
Photo by congerdesign/Pixabay While MPs wrangle clause-by-clause over Bill C-18, the Online News Act, which aims to redistribute hundreds of millions of dollars a year from Google and Facebook to…
Ford’s Fools Gold.
It is hard to say whether Ontario premier Doug Ford is encouraging gambling in Ontario or simply doesn’t care. Either way, he is going about it all wrong. After the…
Beautiful
There was some beautiful stuff happening here: Just a reminder that Canada’s first ever goal in Men’s World Cup history was scored by a kid who fled a war, came…
A Letter to my Conservative-voting Neighbour: A Guest Post by Lloyd Lovatt
Lately Ms Soapbox has been thinking about how to talk to her conservative friends without falling even further down the rabbit hole of polarization. Then a friend sent me this…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Benjamin Veness writes that the best way to address the dangers of long COVID is to prevent spread of the underlying viruses.…
Bad days for billionaires
Next time you’re paying $5 for a head of lettuce, consider this – things could be so much worse. You could be a billionaire. I mean, c’mon. These poor schlubs…
Why Drive A Gas Car When There Are EVs?
The following was given as a presentation to the Unitarian Fellowship of Regina. I enjoyed my time this morning after being invited to speak about Electric Vehicles. == Most adults…