Legal Tweet of the Day: January 20, 2023
Alec Baldwin and ‘Rust’ movie armorer will be charged with involuntary manslaughter. What to expect next #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3QXRbpt – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
January 2023
SaskTel’s email bait and switch
After offering free email since the 1990s, to start charging per email account is an absurd insult to customers and should probably be illegal. The problem is the provincial government…
Today’s tonic: “Will the real Pierre Poilievre please stand up?”
Today’s tonic: “Will the real Pierre Poilievre please stand up?” by @konradyakabuski https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-will-the-real-pierre-poilievre-please-stand-up/ #cdnpoli #Quebec
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 21, 2006
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 21, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Great-Grandma’s New Tattoo and Powers of Attorney for Care http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/05/great-grandmas-new-tattoo-and-powers.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Lies And Grift
The Saga of George Santos gets more and more outrageous. Dana Milbank writes: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has just padded Santos’s résumé further with a seat on the Small…
If Ford is Right?
It seems wrong to say I rarely read Rosie DiManno in the Toronto Star—and in the same breath—say I rarely disagree with her. Maybe it is her way with the…
Today’s News: Another one gone
One of our growth industries these days is baby boomer deaths — today, it was David Crosby: “If you’re sad today, just remember the world is over 4 billion years…
It’s hard to believe Danielle Smith didn’t know her staff was emailing prosecutors about Coutts border blockade charges
How many more clarifications will be required to explain the latest news report about Premier Danielle “Calamity” Smith’s interest in what Alberta’s Crown prosecutors have been working on? Who was…
Special interests dictated BC’s energy policy
For years, informed commentators without a partisan interest or a financial stake in construction of Site C argued for alternative energy projects. BC New Democrats and BC Hydro were disinterested…
Quitting Time: A PM’s Resignation Has Lessons for Caregivers
Yesterday I learned that Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand who led her country for the past five years, resigned unexpectedly. In an emotional statement, she said, “I am…
Quitting Time: A PM’s Resignation Has Lessons for Caregivers
Yesterday I learned that Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand who led her country for the past five years, resigned unexpectedly. In an emotional statement, she said, “I am…
Quitting Time: A PM’s Resignation Has Lessons for Caregivers
Yesterday I learned that Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand who led her country for the past five years, resigned unexpectedly. In an emotional statement, she said, “I am…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Kelsey Piper writes about the U.S.’ memory-holing of the successes of a vaccine program which resulted in exceptionally quick development and distribution…
Police violence reached an all-time high last year—are we ready to shrink police budgets?
Photo by Glenn Halog/Flickr The year 2022 was the deadliest year on record in the United States for fatalities at the hands of law enforcement. According to the Washington Post’s…
Leading by Example or What’s Good for the Goose…
This is about the Davos World Economic Forum, ending tomorrow. Social media is all atwitter with the incredible precautions they pulled off. Check out their rules here. It’s three pages…
One Way Or Another
The Trudeau government’s Just Transition Plan is causing a lot of sound and fury in Alberta. Max Fawcett writes: Brace yourselves, folks. If you thought the conversation about the federal…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Do children inherit parent’s debt?
Most debt doesn’t transfer from a parent’s estate to a child. If the deceased did not have enough assets to pay off the debts, the creditors may require a sale…
Poilievre, Meet Smith!
You do know that the Carleton Cowboy, Pierre Poilievre, is from Alberta, do you? And as he is now leader of the federal conservatives, he has moved into Stornoway—the opposition…