Quebec 2023. Not Germany 1933.
Quebec so far this week: • Synagogue firebombed • Imam says Jews should be exterminated • Pro-Palestinian screams “kike” at Jewish student • Professor calls Jewish student “a whore,” says…
November 2023
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 9, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: McMaster reviewing Hamilton cardiologist’s post calling for pro-Palestinian protesters to be deported #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/ms8cktaj – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Restructuring AHS – The Wrong Way
I was never particularly impressed with the AHS “Superboard” concept that was instituted in 2009 – it got some thing right (like centralizing procurement), but it also had the effect…
Connecting People, Knowledge, and the Environment in Remote Canada
The Torngat Mountains are gorgeous and after reading this article I now have another place on this beautiful planet that I want to see in person. The article isn’t just…
About That Free Speech Thing
Increasingly, it seems that free speech and freedom of expression are contingent upon whether the powers that be approve of your views. Recent events surrounding the Israel-Gaza war underscore that…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: If a family member has put money into an investment in your name and you have co-signed on changes to the investment, does the investment belong to you?
The answer will very often depend on what you and your family member intended. Did they put the investments in your name with the expectation that you would hold it…
The intensity of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza is barbaric and shocking, but its methods are not new
Palestinians transport the injured to the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023. Photo courtesy Palestinian News & Information Agency-WAFA/Wikimedia Commons. For nearly 75…
Newsflash: Covid Should Be Avoided
Studies make if very clear that Covid is really bad for us, yet we’re going to do nothing to prevent the spread. In case you didn’t know, if you have…
A People Place.
When premier Bill Davis opened Ontario Place in 1971, he noted that it was “A stimulating and permanent symbol of the work and achievement of the people of Ontario.” Today,…
Danielle Smith summons Ed Stelmach, Lyle Oberg from the Alberta political crypt to help sell the breakup of AHS
It was an interesting strategy for Premier Danielle Smith’s government to trot out former premier Ed Stelmach, the man most associated with the creation of Alberta Health Services back in…
Publishers for Palestine: Statement of solidarity
A rally in Melbourne in support of Palestine, October 17, 2023. Photo by Matt Hrkac/Wikimedia Commons. Please note this is a collective statement in solidarity with Palestine from publishers, editors,…
What would you do if you were Prime Minister?
Responding to a Reddit thread. I’d obviously what to add a lot more detail if I ever were running for office (though I know people won’t let me ever get…
In the land where money has no value
Wouldn’t you like to live in a world where money has no value? Where you could spend any amount of money on anything you like? And I don’t mean Taylor…
My latest: when there is no one left to interview
Don’t make it about you. That’s one of the first things we learned in journalism school. First-person writing wasn’t completely outlawed – but, if your story had “I” and “me”…
Deader than a doornail
According to the godfather of climate science, the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, is “deader than a doornail.”
4.25% Tax Increase! WTF Is Council Thinking?
A story in CollingwoodToday says the latest draft of the town budget puts a 4.25% increase on property taxes for 2024! WTF is council thinking, adding more costs to residents…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ajit Niranjan reports on the Copernicus Climate Change Service’s findings that 2023 is on pace to be the hottest year on record, with…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 8, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Investigation into carjackings, armed robberies in Peel leads to arrest of 20 alleged street gang members: police #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/2r8a3pt5 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
East & West, North & South: Collapse & Rebirth
“When East meets West, sparks will fly.”– Chogyam Trungpa Sparks are flying now, in the meeting of East and West, and North and South, and in the emerging renaissance, which…
Making National Seal Products Day A Thing
On the opposite side of the issue from my “friendly fire” post on October 25th, and later in the same year, my former boss, Newfoundland MP Scott Simms tabled a…