Of Campaigns, Bigotry, and Dog Whistles
So, with UCP leader Danielle Smith regularly playing dodge-em with her own statements in the past, it shouldn’t come as any big surprise that something would come bubbling to the…
2023
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Omar Mosleh discusses the growing damage being caused by repeated wildfires in Canada, while David Wallace-Wells writes that there’s no escape from…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 18, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario to take steps to break up Peel Region #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3OkHSR8 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Enforcing Ignorance
In the United States, there is a movement — and it’s gaining momentum — to make students ignorant. Exhibit A is the state of Florida. Jennifer Rubin writes: Florida Gov.…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Do children inherit parent’s debt?
Most debt doesn’t transfer from a parent’s estate to a child. If the deceased did not have enough assets to pay off the debts, the creditors may require a sale…
Inciting anti-Chinese hatred
Photo courtesy China Photos/Getty Images The Trudeau government has moved to expel Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei on the grounds that he has been involved in targeting members of Conservative MP…
Sacrificed on the Language Cross.
Don’t you love these hypocrites in Quebec who will sacrifice the future of the province’s youth on the cross of linguistic purity? Take Pierre Karl Péladeau, the denizen of Quebecor…
Today’s News and Views: from Poilievre to Penguins
First, this is such a juvenile response from Poilievre, isn’t it: This is how important foreign interference is to Pierre Poilievre. pic.twitter.com/XBfCgOe8Gm — Raoul Duke’s Salt Shaker (@RodKahx) May 17,…
Two new polls Wednesday say UCP and NDP are close to ‘statistical dead heat,’ province-wide and in Calgary
If the latest Alberta voter intention polls are right – and who would be bold enough to predict that? – Canada’s richest province could soon end up in an excruciating…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jakub Hlavka and Adam Rose examine the $14 trillion just in direct economic costs of COVID-19 in the U.S. – making clear how…
My latest: Lametti does the right thing
Let’s give credit where credit’s due. Namely: David Lametti’s proposed bail reforms are exceptionally good. Outstandingly good. It was not always thus. Since he became Canada’s Minister of Justice, David…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 17, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Man fired by text after disclosing hepatitis C diagnosis wins $65k in human rights case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3pEV2OE – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Trichloroethylene Exposure Linked to Parkinson’s
Finding the source of Parkinson’s disease has been a challenge for many researchers and this year we’ve gotten a lot closer to figuring it out. There are multiple ways that…
The Face Of Pain
Pain, both physical and mental, comes in many forms; not all instances are remediable, but some are, if we really put our minds to it. The following video is of…
Mr. Kinsella’s view
The @globeandmail should do likewise. Calling neo-Nazis, mass murderers, dictators, rapists et al. "Mr." this and "Mr." that is ridiculous and sometimes offensive. Honorifics have no place in newspapers. pic.twitter.com/Rt2W2TYeOV…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Intestacy – Dying without a Last Will
There’s a popular misconception that if I die without a last will everything goes to the government. That’s actually not true. If you die without a last will in Ontario…
Legalized immorality: the scapegoating of Hassan Diab
The fate of Dr. Hassan Diab is being determined by scapegoating and by an absolutist moral belief that law is engraved in stone. This undeveloped form of morality reduces justice…
"Back to Normal" Ignores the Millions with Long Covid
Balloux is well credentialed, but, as you might imagine, I lean towards the critics of this position: From The Underground Academic who lives with Long Covid: “Apart from every other…
Neurodivergent with Hindsight
Maybe because I finally have some time to just exist without anything to plan or prepare, or maybe because I’m back in school as a student, whatever the reason, many…
Who Are Bike Lanes For?
I guess bicycles are not for children any more. When we were children, my younger brother and I explored our city of Toronto from end to end on our bicycles.…