The Monarchy’s Situation in Ontario
Premier Doug Ford There has been a couple of initiativesundertaken by the Ontario Governmentrecently which might be of interest toCanadian monarchists. The first is therenaming of Ontario’s medal of merit…
July 2023
Transit Hub Addiction Clinics Benefit Everyone
When social services are difficult to get to then their services are used less, it sounds obvious but in too many places social services are very difficult to get to.…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 31, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario is lowering its markups on pot, as cannabis companies struggle to stay afloat #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://t.co/NmT8GlRT32 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Today’s tonic: “Protests during Pride. Pushback against LGBTQ events. Inside the fight galvanizing some conservative Muslims in Canada”
Counter-demonstrators in Ottawa June 9 Today’s tonic: “Protests during Pride. Pushback against LGBTQ events. Inside the fight galvanizing some conservative Muslims in Canada” by Toronto Star staff reporter Omar Mosleh.…
It Never Really Ended
If we are brutally honest with ourselves, we must acknowledge that slavery never really ended. To be sure, in the United States, Black people were released from official bondage with…
Gender Affirmation Is Care – Not Ideology
Over at “GenderReport.ca”, we find this steaming pile of verbal dung: “How Gender Ideology Imposes A Dangerous Political Agenda In Our Schools”. As is common with such articles, it is…
NATO: Against the poor of the world
Serbian men hold a poster with pictures of victims of the 1999 NATO air campaign against Serbia and Montenegro in the town of Nis. Photo by AFP. NATO and its…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of July 31, 2023
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Intellectually Dishonest
A cabinet shuffle offers us an opportunity to conduct our politics differently — something, Michael Harris writes, that we desperately need to do. But Pierre Poilievre is having none of…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 31, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 31, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Most illegal eviction fines are less than one month’s rent: Ontario NDP…
Measuring Risk in the Woods
I was up north, camping, and started chatting to neighbours. I had a mask in my pocket, but thought it would be fine to just have a brief conversation together,…
From a Trickle, To a Torrent.
Watch out Doug Ford, the liberals are going to get you. You pulled out all stops to win the two provincial by-elections last week. Local radio ads for your government…
Every alarm bell is ringing, but political reporters aren’t listening
I looked at the writings of Vaughn Palmer, a person considered by many to be the Dean of the BC Press Gallery. The province’s production of fossil fuels is accelerating,…
Saturday Photo: When the Sun’s Not Out, At Least There Are These
It’s been rainy and hot, but not so gloomy that the various sorts of sunflowers are not bursting into bloom. Lovely to see the yellow…
Covid is Still Here (likely worse in fall), and Masks Still Work
Jeff Gilchrist summarized the results of a recent study on mask mandates: “Over only a six week period in 2022, during a period of sustained respiratory viral activity in Ottawa,…
Unpeeling the Onion.
The tale has many layers as the Toronto Star continues to unpeel the doings of the last federal conservative leadership farce. The why of Patrick Brown’s ejection from the race…
Will BC Hydro make another multi-billion dollar mistake?
BC Hydro is preparing a call for power and expects to award new contracts to independent power producers in 2025. The 500 MW Revelstoke 6 is deferred again, even though…
Look up! Look way up!
Starting in the evening of July 30, until dawn July 31, may be the best chance to catch a glimpse of the Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower, as long as…
The amazing American economy
Reading a very good book recently I was once again reminded of the irrepressible nature of the American economy. The book is Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most…
AMOC – What it is and Why You Should Care
AMOC stands for Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. It’s slowing down significantly, and people in the know are pretty worried about it. According to Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, AMOC is “a near-surface…