Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes about the need for a revolution in ventilation practices to limit the spread of COVID-19 and other illnesses. Emmanuel…
January 2023
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 12, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: LCBO system outage from ‘cybersecurity incident’ continues into second day #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3whe6CV – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Four Ways the Ford Government is Privatizing Hospitals
Premier Ford wants for-profit surgical clinics — but that is just one area where his government is privatizing hospitals. Unfortunately, there is so much more. The privatized American heath care…
Impasse: Ottawa unlikely to fork over billions to make health care better if Conservative premiers insist on using the cash to make it worse
What did Alberta Premier Danielle Smith mean Tuesday in Calgary when she said of her plans for health care that “we’re just going to keep on making … incremental changes;…
The foreign home buyer as scapegoat
On January 1, the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act became law. This initiative by the Trudeau Liberals will have the effect of preventing businesses and…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Is a foreign Will valid in Ontario?
This can depend on the Will itself. Some factors to consider are: Does the Will intend to apply to property in Ontario? Can the words of the Will be interpreted…
Just Their Man
Every politician cultivates his or her base. Pierre Poilievre’s base is dominated by angry young men. Linda McQuaig writes: An insightful article in The Walrus, co-written by prominent pollster Frank…
The Little Plane that Flew.
The lady who is going to fix all things wrong with our military has announced the purchase of our new fighter plane. To nobody’s surprise at all, defence minister Anita…
Some things to think about, when you have a minute…
Here are some predictions for 2023 from Visual Capitalist Here’s something else to ponder: Andrew Wyeth, Fence Line ,1967,watercolor on paper21.9 x 30″ “I prefer winter & fall,when you feel…
Pierre Poilievre Thinks He Can Make Us Believe He’s a Nice Guy
For as long as I can remember, Pierre Poilievre has been a loud grating rage farmer, gnawing away at this country and its values.He is a misogynist, a bully, and…
Pierre Poilievre Thinks He Can Make Us Believe He’s a Nice Guy
For as long as I can remember, Pierre Poilievre has been a loud grating rage farmer, gnawing away at this country and its values. He is a misogynist, a bully,…
Note to readers
This site has been inactive for a while but will soon be reactivating. After a case of shingles that began in November, I experienced a complication known as postherpetic neuralgia.…
No, Peterson is Not Being “Persecuted” For His Politics
Over at National Post, we have one of Peterson’s lawyers arguing that the Ontario College of Psychologists is “succumbing to the woke mob”, and persecuting him for his politics. Nothing…
Rock on
Painted another rock. pic.twitter.com/D8pWfRDPbt — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 11, 2023
Legal Tweet of the Day : January 11, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘Gross negligence’: Judge gives go-ahead to COVID-deaths lawsuit against Ontario | The Province #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nationalpost https://bit.ly/3GyWIhF – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Their Anti-Imperialism and Ours [ThreeWayFight]
Their Anti-Imperialism and Ours (guest post) by Linda Mann Editors’ note: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is now in its eleventh month, and the war has no end in sight.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Chinta Sidharthan discusses new research on COVID-19 reinfections, showing that subsequent infections tend to produce similar immediate effects to a first one but…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates January 10, 2023
NOTE: If you send the updates to Casey Brezik, he has been moved: Casey Brezik Western Reception & Diagnostic Correctional Center 3401 Faraon St. Joseph, Missouri 64506 Click here for…
Dirty Air
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that we still haven’t learned important lessons from COVID: The past tells us plagues generally end messily; conclude at different times for different classes and regions; and…
Cutting the Trans Mountain Ribbon?
You did know that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is to be completed in the second half of 2023? It only cost the Canadian government $4.7 billion, when it was…