The Social Contract
How shall we be governed? Philosophers have debated that issue since Plato and the question is more important today than ever, given the rise of right-wing extremism everywhere, especially in…
September 2023
Despite widespread abuses, Canada maintains support for Rwandan government
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on the margins of the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, August 2019. Photo courtesy the Prime Minister’s Office. For three…
Ford’s Smoke Screen.
Somebody must have told premier Doug Ford that he could use MPP Paul Calandra as a smoke screen to cover up what he is letting happen in the Greenbelt. By…
Stages of Genocide
We like to think we are way beyond barbarity and that the outrageously cruel acts of the past (many not in the too distant past) will never be anything we…
Saturday Photo: More Permanent Housing
This wasp nest suddenly appeared this week. Wasn’t there on Monday, I’m sure, but it was looming like a malevalent piñata on Thursday. Wasps are really amazing in the way…
Today’s tonic: “My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?”
Today's tonic: "My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?" by Toronto Star writer Emma Teitel. "This entire gender identity freakout rests on the…
Today’s tonic: “My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?”
Today’s tonic: “My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?” by Toronto Star writer Emma Teitel. “This entire gender identity freakout rests on the…
My latest: hero to zero
Hero to zero. That’s the transformation that takes place in politics, if you overstay your welcome. And it happens pretty fast, too. That’s why they say a week is a…
Bad Night in Thunder Bay.
The Ontario liberals are not that inept. It was like an out-of-town try-out of a major play. The first debate in the current liberal leadership contest was allowed to have…
Musical interlude
Dayseeker – Homesick
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Damian Carrington reports on a “scientific health check” showing that Earth’s life support systems are well outside what’s safe for humanity. But Jonathan…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 15, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Man found with guns and drugs after calling in overdose has sentence overturned by Saskatchewan Court of Appeal due to Good Samaritan Act #law #legal #LawTwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/33rsn25n…
Happy Rosh Hashanah!
From all of us at Wise Law, we wish everyone good health, happiness, and a sweet New Year. Happy Rosh Hashanah! – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
LASCARIS: Ukraine’s worst enemies are those who demand Russia’s strategic defeat
Ukrainian soldiers ride on the back of an armoured vehicle in the Luhansk region. Photo courtesy the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/Facebook. There is certainly a moral…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 17, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 17, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Alberta Tribunal Addresses the “Great Prima Facie Debate” on Family Status Workplace Accommodation https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/alberta-tribunal-addresses-great-prima.html – Garry J.…
Don’t Be Fooled
Global News reports that in 2018 Doug Ford instructed his Environment Minister, Rod Phillips, to make environmental legislation ineffective: When Ontario Premier Doug Ford first took office in 2018, his…
How to Profit from Pandemics
Three threads from this week outline the political and media pandemic protocol being followed around the world, the similarities and differences between prior pandemics, and how the profit motive fuels…
The Promise of Canada.
Did Justin Trudeau break the promise of Canada to followers of Pierre Poilievre? No. It is not true. For the promise of Canada is opportunity for all. That’s it. It…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 14, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: New batch of vaccines available in Ontario this fall #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/mwyrmmzp – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…