Legal Tweet of the Day: May 17, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Man fired by text after disclosing hepatitis C diagnosis wins $65k in human rights case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3pEV2OE – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
May 2023
Trichloroethylene Exposure Linked to Parkinson’s
Finding the source of Parkinson’s disease has been a challenge for many researchers and this year we’ve gotten a lot closer to figuring it out. There are multiple ways that…
The Face Of Pain
Pain, both physical and mental, comes in many forms; not all instances are remediable, but some are, if we really put our minds to it. The following video is of…
Mr. Kinsella’s view
The @globeandmail should do likewise. Calling neo-Nazis, mass murderers, dictators, rapists et al. "Mr." this and "Mr." that is ridiculous and sometimes offensive. Honorifics have no place in newspapers. pic.twitter.com/Rt2W2TYeOV…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Intestacy – Dying without a Last Will
There’s a popular misconception that if I die without a last will everything goes to the government. That’s actually not true. If you die without a last will in Ontario…
Legalized immorality: the scapegoating of Hassan Diab
The fate of Dr. Hassan Diab is being determined by scapegoating and by an absolutist moral belief that law is engraved in stone. This undeveloped form of morality reduces justice…
"Back to Normal" Ignores the Millions with Long Covid
Balloux is well credentialed, but, as you might imagine, I lean towards the critics of this position: From The Underground Academic who lives with Long Covid: “Apart from every other…
Neurodivergent with Hindsight
Maybe because I finally have some time to just exist without anything to plan or prepare, or maybe because I’m back in school as a student, whatever the reason, many…
Who Are Bike Lanes For?
I guess bicycles are not for children any more. When we were children, my younger brother and I explored our city of Toronto from end to end on our bicycles.…
Heckling of NDP MLA at St. Albert meeting by UCP candidate’s supporters had a nasty Trumpian tone
St. ALBERT, Alberta – I’ve been to a couple of all-candidate forums in St. Albert over the years that got pretty lively, and one in 2015 that was downright rowdy,…
Question Period
Question Period has become a parody of itself. Sitting four years on the government side back bench, it was baffling. But question period is a symptom of, or an expression…
Global warming—news old and new
I got up this morning in semi-darkness even though the sun had risen at 5:45 a.m. and the forecast was for sunny and warm. I looked out my window and…
Day 5 on VIA Rail’s The Canadian: Vancouver at last
Day five of my transcontinental journey began in my home province of British Columbia, with the Rocky Mountains having passed behind us in the darkness of night. Which, without any…
Under fascism, universal freedom is doomed
The targeting of enemies—minorities, liberals, secularists, leftists, urban naxals, intellectuals, assorted protestors—is not driven by a calculus of ordinary politics….When you legitimize yourself entirely by inventing enemies, the truth ceases…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Grounded cats.
Truth vs. lies
He didn't win. Anything, ever. His client was fired and forced return the documents she stole. She didn't get a cent. And when he represented the bigot Maxime Bernier, he…
Humans Should Rank Higher Than Drivers
Hey @CityofVancouver? this is second incident I’ve seen caused by these useless ‘slow street’ barricades installed last month. They don’t slow down traffic; they cause crashes and traffic chaos. pic.twitter.com/A4xZOwMCGi…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 16, 2023
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…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 16, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Teen sues TDSB, Toronto police after arrest in school lockdown, saying he was the ‘victim, not the perpetrator’ #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/45hs2wW – Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
UCP’s ‘Alberta Surgical Initiative’ proves to be an expensive flop, reducing surgical capacity, failing to fix long wait times
The United Conservative Party’s “Alberta Surgical Initiative” to outsource publicly funded surgeries to private facilities is an expensive flop that has diverted resources away from public hospitals and reduced provincial…