Lack of transparency at BC Hydro may conceal massive fraud
Economist Dr. Jetson Leder-Luis of Boston University studies fraud in public spending. He estimates that fraud in large projects may divert five percent of spending. On the Site C power…
September 2023
Talking to China
Winston Churchill is credited with saying “It’s better to jaw-jaw than war-war.” It is very much better indeed when two protagonists are armed with nuclear weapons, say like the U.S.…
Trying out Threads
Threads is finally available on a desktop and it has an “embed this post” button! So I am trying it out with this post — I really really hope I…
Happy Labour Day!
Our office is closed on Monday, September 4th for Labour Day. Warmest wishes to all our hardworking followers. Happy #LabourDay! – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 1, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘Pistol-whipping a white woman’: Ontario judge who made ‘racist, xenophobic’ comments is reprimanded in secret #law #legal #lawtwitter via @torontostar https://tinyurl.com/2s3p9kus – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 29, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 29, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Tax or Mandate? John Roberts As the Decider https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/06/tax-of-mandate-john-roberts-is-decider.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Word Without Thoughts
Just another short post today. There is a scene in my favourite Shakespearean play, Hamlet, in which King Claudius, who killed his brother and stole his crown, is suddenly overcome…
As West African states take greater role in mining sector, how will Canada respond?
Illegal gold mining in Ghana. Photo by Randy Olson. Canadian mining companies are some of the largest investors in West African gold. Every year, these firms generate billions in revenue…
Endgame Vision
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” ~ Proverbs 29:18 In many versions of that passage it says with prophetic vision people cast off restraint, but I think vision…
Guilbeault’s Guilt.
If, by some miracle, the twinning of the Trans Mountain pipeline is completed this year, where will the tar sands bitumen come from to fill that greedy sucker? On one…