Who Rogers Hurts.
It is unlikely that the acquisition of Shaw by Rogers will affect my readers to any serious degree. Knowing this sometimes bothers me but I have good news for the…
2022
Danielle Smith essay calling for health care user fees and co-pays was not peer reviewed: U of C School of Public Policy
Danielle Smith’s controversial 2021 paper arguing how to introduce user fees and co-pays to Alberta health care is not a research paper and was not peer reviewed, a spokesperson for…
Introduction to the Duty of Care
Here is a section from my book-in-progress (which may never be completed, but I continue to toil away). Please read it keeping the following in mind: – It should be…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Bryan Bushard reports on research showing how football games served as COVID-19 superspreaders even when less transmissible versions were circulating in 2020. And…
Eating in New York: Potato pancakes at a Ukrainian diner in the East Village
When doing my New York City dining option research, I did identify a few breakfast options. But with the long trek into Manhattan from Newark and my enjoyment of sleep,…
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: #35
This TIHATL is a hybrid of two well-trod library tropes: The Customer Who Refuses To Be Helped and Left Behind By Technology. It makes for sad, frustrating interactions and irate…
Nov. 26, MTL: Teach-in contre la COP15 (EN/FR)
Kersplebedeb is excited to be tabling at Saturday’s Teach-in Against the COP15 in Montreal. If you’re around, come check it out! Teach-in contre la COP15 samedi le 26 Novembre dès…
The Municipal Voting Debacle
On voting day, Oct. 24, Collingwood’s online voting system suffered serious problems that prevented residents from voting. This happened not once, but twice in the same day. Voting had been…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 21, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Twitter shuts down offices until Monday as employees quit after Musk ultimatum: reports #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3EpDrOs – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Migrant worker rights are bigger than FIFA
Doha Port Stadium at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. Photo by Kashif Pathan/Flickr. When Qatar was awarded the opportunity to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup a decade ago,…
The Doug Ford Paying His Debt To Developers Act
One will no doubt remember this infamous video from over four years ago, prior to Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative’s first victory in Ontario: Although he later disavowed his comments, promising…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of November 21, 2022
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Destabilizing The Planet
We’ve known for quite a while about the dangers of fracking. Andrew Nikiforuk writes: In the past ten days, North America’s oil and gas industry rattled key geological formations with…
Saturday Photo: Busy Healing Etc.
This photo was taken about two weeks ago, but I hadn’t posted it because I couldn’t get near my computer for long enough to play around. Nov. 4 I had…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of November 21, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 21, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall sends shockwaves through crypto Ford tells Ontarians to ‘wear…
Travel with Warren! See the world!
I brought a Schott biker jacket and a hoodie for Sweden and Iceland in late November. I may have miscalculated. pic.twitter.com/MJmwzZuUuE — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November 21, 2022
Ford’s Super Mayors.
Heh, wannabe one of Ontario premier Doug Ford’s super mayors? The line forms to the right—the far right. And you might not be quite as enthusiastic when you find that…
Today’s News: Update about the war in Ukraine
I haven’t posted as much about Ukraine lately so I wanted to assemble an update now. First, this remarkable photo: His eyes say it all. A ??boy from #Kherson who…
A Short Break
Dear Readers: I’m working on a project so there will be no blog this week. However if you’d like to share your thoughts about the UCP’s latest missteps (there certainly…
A Look Back at Diagolon and the Ottawa Occupation: A Teaser
I have an article that I'll be working on focused on the events in Ottawa during the "Trucker Convoy" of which there were few actual truckers participating. Those who follow/followed…