Happy National Caregivers Day in Canada – Reasons for Hope
Today is National Caregiver Day in Canada. I feel spring in the air and I'd like to share some trends that I feel hopeful about - hopeful for the future…
April 2023
Happy National Caregivers Day in Canada – Reasons for Hope
Today is National Caregiver Day in Canada. I feel spring in the air and I’d like to share some trends that I feel hopeful about – hopeful for the future…
The Book on Toronto Mayoralty.
Never rush your bets. We have no idea just who and how many will be entered in the race for the Toronto mayor’s chair. The job pays just under $200,000…
Substack Roundup: "Don’t Panic"
Before the news became completely dominated by the Orange Turd being hauled into court, I saw some interesting substack columns that are worth sharing. First, Justin Ling asks us to…
Alberta premier hides behind lawsuit that hasn’t happened to dodge reporters’ difficult questions
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith hid behind a lawsuit that doesn’t exist yesterday to avoid answering reporters’ questions about her sympathetic telephone chat with an unsavoury political ally facing criminal charges.…
Reading Animal Fairm
Animal Fairm is a 2022 translation into Scots of George Orwell’s classic satire on Stalinist (and in far too many ways, modern conservative) politics and ideology. As the cover of…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Umair Haque writes about the implications of facing a deliberate decline in both environmental and economic well-being for the sole purpose of facilitating…
Looking for the Enlightened
The season finale of The Last of Us sets up a great deontological v. teleological conundrum with the big question (tiny spoiler), which ends up being an episode-long trolley problem:…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 3, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Uninsured Ontario patients denied scheduled C-sections unless they pay $6,000, midwife says #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3KqUbsX – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
The case against Iran sanctions
A mural in the holy city of Qom depicts Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, on the left and Ali Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, on…
A Small Experiment
I have a busy day ahead, so I thought I would try a little experiment with A.I., having recently been given access to the Bing Chat Bot. I shall return…
Canada Post issues mass suspension for workers exercising their right to complain
CUPW members strike at a Canada Post facility in Edmonton. Photo courtesy Edmonton and District Labour Council. For months workers at a Canada Post mail processing plant in Edmonton had…
What Goes Around
Pierre Poilievre practices the politics of personal destruction. Michael Harris writes that practitioners of that dark art have a limited appeal: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre set the bar low when…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of April 3, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of March 27, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of April 3, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: MP Han Dong says he has retained a lawyer, plans to take…
The Carbon Capture Caper.
It was a sad time a few years back when we lost an old friend in Calgary. He had spent a lifetime in the oil business and was a knowledgeable…
Last week wasn’t a good one for Alberta’s UCP – this week holds the promise of more … snow
They say a week is a long time in politics, but last week must have felt like eternity to the United Conservative Party brain trust. Deputy Premier Kaycee Madu (Photo:…
Liquid Life and the Myth of Government Protection
Liquid life is a concept some Buddhist cultures had of the young and old, typically those under 6 and over 70, whose lives weren’t seen as quite solid due to…
Smith’s 11 Minute Phone Call with the Pastor
“That’s an astounding thing to say from the Premier of the province.” – Law prof Eric Adams On May 29 Danielle Smith issued a press statement to pre-empt a CBC…
Latest. Patrician. Come to The Pilot.
New one for my exhibit at @thepilot_to starting tomorrow at 6:30! 22 Cumberland in Yorkville. @PatricianGrill pic.twitter.com/8C4GjITjgs — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 2, 2023