Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Margaret Walton-Roberts and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault highlight how plans to poach workers from abroad are bound to fall short of meeting our…
August 2023
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 17, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Texas woman charged with threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump’s federal election interference case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://tinyurl.com/2jxmfmmj – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
The Blood On Trump’s Hands
Jack Smith has charged Donald Trump with crimes he’s committed throughout his life — fraud and conspiracy. But he does not hold Trump responsible for the violence behind January 6th.…
How to break housing gridlock? Democratize unrepresentative public hearings
Aerial view of an unidentified newly built housing development subdivision in 1980. Photo courtesy the Columbus Metropolitan Library/Wikimedia Commons. An earlier version of this article by researchers Alex Hemingway and…
Clearing The Air
H/t Moudakis Here in Ontario, there are two reasons our air quality is compromised: this summer’s ongoing forest fires and the stench of corruption whose source is Queen’s Park. Of…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Can I make my own Will using an online form?
Beware. If you use an online form instead of a lawyer: 1. You aren’t getting personalized advice from a lawyer who has assessed your needs and interests. 2. Nobody is…
Goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement may be unreachable
The UK’s Royal Meteorological Society wrote about the deadly heatwave that affected western North America in 2021. An underlying message was to prepare for more disasters like the destruction of…
The System of Ableism Can Be Weaponized Against Anyone
Imani Barbarin is a wealth of information and so funny! If you’re new new to TikTok, and you think it’s all just dumb trends like eating Tide pods, Crutches &…
Modern Meetings.
If there were a few things we learned during the coronavirus pandemic, one of them is how to have better computer to computer meetings. I’ve watched the progress in this…
What’s next for Rachel Notley? Is there a path to the PMO for Alberta’s former NDP premier?
So what’s next for Rachel Notley? Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). The buzz grows louder by the day that sooner than later Ms. Notley is going…
Canada’s and Alberta’s Economic Future depends on our transition to Green Energy by 2035
“He also shared a few bold predictions. Investors, he said, would have to spend $400 billion to realize the Liberal plan, but there would be a net benefit to Canadians…
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Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Crawford Kilian reviews two new books on the effects of an overheating planet. Damian Carrington reports on the science tracing unprecedented heat waves…
Glop & Pail: More People Are Dying Than We Care To Account For
More People Than Expected Are Dying In 2023 For Reasons That We Are Unwilling To Consider. pic.twitter.com/BGwBySR7AK — The Vertlartnic (@TheVertlartnic) August 16, 2023 An anti-waxxer would read that headline…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 16, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Woman Is Awarded $1.2 Billion in ‘Revenge Porn’ Lawsuit #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/4zdddbwf – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Minimize Disease to Maximize Trade
We know lots of official agencies and many governments are currently promoting hand washing but not masks, or they put wear a mask if you choose to at the very…
On Becoming A Cog In The Machine
When Arnold Chan approached me about taking on his responsibilities as the acting Deputy House Leader, the role was not well defined. As with many jobs in politics, the role…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Making a Last Will
If you’re making the Last Will there are 4 things that you should think about. 1. Who do I want to leave my property to after I pass away? 2.…
Why is Niger’s junta so popular—and so feared?
Supporters of the coup with a picture of General Abdourahamane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger. Photo by Sam Mednick. Events in Niger have been moving fast. After overthrowing President Mohamed Bazoum…
Promise Denied.
When the Ontario Liberals last met in conclave in Hamilton this year, the attendees were told that the upcoming leadership vote would be one-member-one vote. No doubt many of us…