Walking into a minefield
Palestine solidarity campaign demonstration in Ireland. Photo from Flickr. Canada recently enacted the following amendment to its criminal law. Section 319 of the Criminal Code now states: (2.1) Everyone who,…
2022
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 13, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Why SCOTUS favorability is at an all-time low #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3Sid2HV – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
On Vaccine Mandates
Vaccine mandates were just ruled as legal and enforceable by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice after a challenge to Seneca College’s mandates by two students. I was asked my…
Tweaked – and sold!
Tweaked it. And it’s already sold for a generous Ukrainian Red Cross donation! pic.twitter.com/l1tjK6y70I — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 13, 2022
Nihilistic Negation
The American mid-terms are two months away, and the Republican ad campaign, according to one donor, is all about “nihilistic negation.” What does that mean? Dana Milbank writes: Over the…
How Much Harm is Immoral?
If you know something you’re about to do could potentially harm people, and the only reason you’re doing it is for your own convenience, then wouldn’t we largely agree that…
Report: 50 million people are trapped in modern slavery worldwide
Child labourer in Pakistan. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Nearly 50 million people were trapped in forced labor or forced marriage on any given day in 2021, according to a new…
British Columbia hotel workers fight pandemic profiteering
Hotel workers strike in Vancouver. Photo courtesy UNITE HERE! Local 40/Facebook. “We never gave up,” said Gemma Dela Torre, a housekeeper at the Hilton Metrotown hotel in South Burnaby. “We…
The Anguish of Anger.
The new conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has told the news media that he does not pivot. That presents an interesting problem for his speech writers as we head down the…
Self-interest transcends public interest
In 2016, a future NDP Cabinet Minister told me that cancelling Site C was unlikely. The person said, “Would you be prepared to eliminate 3,000 jobs?” In retrospect, I conclude…
Notable from the Emmys
We sorta hate-watched the Emmys this year – we hadn’t seen very many of the shows nominated, so the awards didn’t mean very much to us really. I was disappointed…
Trustee Campaigning: An Expensive, Two-Month Long Job Interview
A friend asked me, You don’t put your own money into doing this, do you, and deliver all the fliers to each door yourself?? Short answer: Yup! Running for trustee…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Laura Ungar reports on the message from experts that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. And Jon Kamp discusses the reality that…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates September 6, 2022
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Timothy Snyder’s Talk on The Road to Unfreedom
I haven’t read the book yet, but I stumbled on Timothy Snyder’s talk about it from four years ago. Unfortunately, it’s all still very relevant! “The things that are happening…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 12, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario youth activists set to fight Doug Ford’s emissions targets in court #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3d9R1fk – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Vote now, vote often!
Choose wisely, Canada! — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 12, 2022
The Transformation Is Complete
With Pierre Poilievre the newly anointed leader of the CPC, Canadians can take a step back and breathe a sight of relief – the masquerade is over. Ever since its…
Monarchs belong in the dustbin of history
“Off With Her Head.” Illustration by Mr. Fish The fawning adulation of Queen Elizabeth in the United States, which fought a revolution to get rid of the monarchy, and in…