Destroying eastern Ukraine to save it
Ukrainian soldiers in T80 tanks that were captured from Russians during a battle in Trostyanets in the eastern Donbas region of Bakhmut, Ukraine. Photo courtesy the Australian Defence Force/Flickr. Following…
July 2023
Homicide charges for those contributing to climate change?
Canadian politicians have been spending tens of billions of public dollars to accelerate fossil fuel production. Along with oil and gas executives, they are collectively guilty of committing and plotting…
A Deal They Couldn’t Refuse
Ontario and the Feds have come to an agreement on funding the Stellantis EV battery plant in Windsor. Martin Regg Cohn writes: So why did the premier and the prime…
Could This Be You?
So, you’re at the grocery store on Saturday morning, in the check-out line, and perusing the gossipy mags and debating a chocolate bar, and the air you exhale is quietly…
Poilievre’s Problems.
Federal conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has had one objective in his life since leaving the University of Calgary. He wants to be prime minister of Canada. He seemed to be…
Canadian prime minister and Alberta premier exchange vapidities in public for 5 minutes and 10 seconds
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had a five-minute-and-10-second televised conversation of remarkable vapidity in Calgary yesterday. Why is this man smiling (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Notwithstanding the…
Musical interlude
Ten Sharp – You
Affirmative action—race or socioeconomics?
The US Supreme Court recently struck down race-based affirmative action as a basis for college admissions. Americans are now busy entertaining new ideas about how to account for historical disadvantage…
Low-impact renewables and energy efficiency = JOBS
Before British Columbia’s 2017 general election, a person who would be appointed to a senior position in John Horgan’s cabinet indicated that Site C would not be cancelled. He asked,…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 7, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: OceanGate, owner of submersible that imploded during Titanic dive, suspends operations #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/3jufj4yd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from August 12, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from August 12, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: B.C. Court: Loss of “Promising” Law Career Assessed at $5.1 Million https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/08/bccourt-loss-of-promising-law-career.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
Political Theatre Writ Large
For those unfamiliar with the death of Chuckles the Clown on the Mary Tyler Show, please click here. The episode ranks as one of the funniest in television history, its…
Competition Bureau study on grocery chains strengthens case for windfall tax in Canada
The Competition Bureau’s new study is just the latest in a string of evidence that corporate profiteering has cost Canadians gravely, writes D.T. Cochrane. Photo from Flickr. A recent study…
Cognitive Decline in Children
Tern highlighted a few key points from a new study in Nature about the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2. This is all from them, so I just put the parts from…
Chow’s Impossible Job.
Not being a fan of the new Toronto mayor, all I can do is commiserate with my Toronto friends. The truth is that Olivia Chow has taken on a task…
Weekend funny stuff: from Monty Python to Mary Simon; and dogs of course
First, I haven’t seen one of these funny twisted Threads for a long time — its when someone asks a “question” on twitter and everyone replies with the wrong answers:…
Politicians suspend knowledge and common sense, scientists do not
Provincial and federal politicians talk about Canada being carbon neutral at some distant time, but continue using direct and indirect subsidies to promote higher production of fossil fuels. They pretend…
My latest: like, Canada’s own Swiftie!
Like, OMG. Like, Swifties check this out: the president of Canada, Justin Whatsisface – who is kind of super hot for a Dad, right? – has sort of slid into…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 6, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ottawa, Quebec pull advertising, escalating showdown with Facebook and Instagram #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nationalpost https://tinyurl.com/8hk3wtv2 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…