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February 2023
A Collection of Loyal Quotes: Part Six
“I do not consider myself to be a rabid monarchist. I am pretty laissez-faire aboutour relationship with the monarchy. It doesnot bother me in my day-to-day workings,not only as a…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lucky Tran offers a reminder not to take seriously the anti-science cranks determined to claim that COVID-19 mitigation measures (including masking) should…
My latest: Justin’s China crisis
Everything he has done — everything he has said — has been wrong. Everything. Justin Trudeau’s response to his burgeoning China crisis, that is. Criminal interference by the Chinese regime…
Without a Home, but Wins a Medal
I looked closely at the article hoping to see that McPherson had also been given a home, but he clearly hasn't. Wouldn't a home be better than a medal? (Or…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 28, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: How a Toronto-area police force helped take down a Russian-linked ransomware group #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3kA8Isc – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Things Are Going To Be Tough
Judy Rebick wonders what has happened to democracy in Ontario: Last June we had an election where a Conservative government won a decisive majority of seats with 41 per cent…
Responding To The Corporate Siren Call
The other day, I posted about our successive governments’ inability to resist the siren call of the corporate imperative, wedded as they are both socially and ideologically to their summons.…
By subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, Trudeau is fuelling a national emergency
Oilsands production near Fort McMurray, Alberta. Photo by Kris Krüg/Flickr. In February 2022, the Trans Mountain Pipeline announced a construction cost update: the new price tag totalled $21.4 billion. The…
Measuring Mediocrity.
Have you noticed how, at every new opportunity for voting, there is a fresh flurry of letters-to-the-editor about different ways to elect. For the upcoming by-election of a new mayor…
Astonishing! It’s Budget Day and suddenly there’s no health care crisis, and Alberta Health Services is A-OK!
It’s a shocker! But it turns out there is no crisis at Alberta Health Services! NDP Seniors and Housing Critic Lori Sigurdson (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). No need to take…
COVID-19 Pandemic Reflections and The Next Pandemic
Well the pandemic is over, at least according to most governments, science and medicine not so much. So now it is time to look back, and to look forward. Perhaps…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Michael Kempa discusses Justice Paul Rouleau’s findings on federalism in his report on the use of the Emergencies Act – though the hope…
The unsettling truth at the heart of the Elghawaby controversy
Amira Elghawaby is Canada’s first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia. Photo courtesy Reuters. I recently experienced an ethical dilemma. A letter was circulated by people I admire and respect and…
Latest: heading South on the Parkway
On the Parkway to Enid's. Joey supervised. pic.twitter.com/PqaTE3Kucj — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 27, 2023
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 27, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario school board releases professionalism policy after photos of teacher with prosthetic breasts surfaced #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3Z4mJgL – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
The Future of Human Agency
My response to the Pew/Elon University Survey. By 2035, will smart machines, bots and systems powered by artificial intelligence be designed to allow humans to easily be in control of…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of February 27, 2023
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things i heard at the library: an occasional series: # 38
I was covering the desk while staff was on break. A customer asked where he could find books on sex. I asked whether this was for a young person or…
So Much For So Little
It’s now clear that the three big names at Fox News are liars. But, of the three, Tucker Carlson’s story is actually kind of sad. Michael Harris writes: Back in…