2023
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – The Canadian Health Coalition weighs in on the recent study showing that privatized surgeries in Quebec cost more than twice what public procedures…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 28, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Lawyer who tried to sue Ontario ‘sugar baby’ for $229M suspended for misconduct #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/42a03wP – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
The state and the future of socialism
Wojciech Fangor, “Forging the Scythes” (1954). Image courtesy the Museum of Warsaw. The following essay by Marxist economist Michael A. Lebowitz was first published in the 2013 edition of Socialist…
Election Preview
If you want to know what the next federal election will look like, take a look at Question Period in the House of Commons. Susan Delacourt writes: The Conservative leader…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 23, 2015
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 23, 2015 via Wise Law Blog: Tips on Law Blogging http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2015/01/slawtips-tips-on-law-blogging.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
The Plaint of the Pedant.
It might have given a false impression the other day when I was complaining about the stupidity of certain conservatives. I hardly have the right to be pedantic. Despite his…
$#!+ Danielle Smith says, and does: Alberta Premier touts far-right ‘bastions of freedom’ in U.S.; poses with convoy insurrectionists
It’s been more than 25 days since April Fool’s Day and we’re still learning almost daily about $#!+ Danielle Smith says … and does. This is Alberta, where it often…
Snowflakery Spreads
It is common for the hard right to accuse progressives of being snowflakes, meaning, I guess, that they are inordinately sensitive and easily offended. The shoe, however, now appears to…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Arielle Dreher reports on the findings of the U.S.’ COVID Crisis Group that the U.S. fell short of the mark in coordinating…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 27, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay:Brampton Uber driver sexually assaulted a passenger, then used her phone to give himself a tip and 5-star review, says police #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/4280zLP – Garry J.…
It May Make The Difference
Danielle Smith has received Stephen Harper’s imprimatur — backhanded though it may be. Michael Harris writes: First it was Jason Kenney, then Pierre Poilievre, and now Danielle Smith. Former prime…
The United States of paralysis
“Follow the Money.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. Political paralysis is snuffing out what is left of our anemic democracy. It is the paralysis of doing nothing while the ruling oligarchs,…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Adoptive Children
What are the legal rights of adopted children when a parent – biological or adoptive – passes away? If the Will makes a gift to “my children”, does that include…
Kids Who Go To Art Galleries Are More Generous
Raising kids is a challenge, raising kids that are conscientious and caring is even harder. From new research it’s clear that taking kids to enjoy art will help them care…
Dumbing Down with Ford.
Premier Doug Ford of Ontario is dumbing down the province. He keeps taking us down rabbit holes for the less literate, the less learned. Today’s lesson from the fount of…
COVID Update: Life Expectancy, Long Covid, and World Immunization Week
We got our semi-annual booster today so Covid is on my mind tonight. It’s still hard to grasp the impact of the Covid pandemic worldwide until you realize how many…
My latest: NO MAGA
As in politics, as in comedy: it’s all about timing. Take MAGA, for instance (please). The Make America Great Again movement indisputably revolutionized American politics. Possibly world politics, too. Whether…
Rob’s truck. For sale.
Tweaked, a bit. Rob Laird's truck. Alberta. For sale. pic.twitter.com/mHBTdCsY2L — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 26, 2023
Off with his head!
Canadians, it seems, are not particularly enamoured of Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor. According to an Angus Reid survey, 60 percent of us do not want Charles III as head…