The Ethnic Wars.
Despite the headaches it involved, I often thought it would be interesting to write a book about the ethnic battles for political advantage in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) from…
2023
With province awash in cash, premier makes no commitment to Edmonton’s mayor about help with city’s social woes
Danielle Smith’s office doesn’t really seem to have put a lot of effort into describing the Alberta premier’s meeting Tuesday with Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi. Community and Social Services Minister…
Wednesday Night Cat Blogging
Keen cats.
oregon family visit, part 5 (portland)
Our full day in Portland was almost entirely about books and food, with a little shopping-I-can’t-do-at-home thrown in. I thought I was going to do a bit of tourism —…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dyani Lewis writes that we know enough to ensure clean indoor air if we care enough to work on limiting the spread of…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 8, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario man pleads guilty to throwing gravel at Justin Trudeau during 2021 election campaign event #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3J10yRV – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates March 7, 2023
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
My latest: Judge Justin
You can’t judge yourself. More specifically, you’re not allowed to decide – or control, or influence – a case in which you are one of the main players. In law,…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is an Executor?
What is an Executor? An Executor is the person who’s the legal representative of your Estate. After you die, your Executor is responsible for taking all of the assets and…
Who Wants The Job?
Justin Trudeau is looking for someone willing to do a very tough job. Susan Delacourt writes: A new job has opened up. Wanted: someone who can restore people’s faith in…
Is this the ‘Woke’ Generation?
They thought they were doing it their way. The Ontario liberals changed their constitution. They made it just as stupid as the conservative’s constitution. They learned nothing from the other…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joshua Cohen writes that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the first sustained streak of declining global life expectancy in over 60…
Ten things to know about the 2023-24 Alberta budget
On 28 February 2023, the Danielle Smith government tabled Alberta’s 2023-2024 budget. Projecting a $2.4 billion surplus for the coming fiscal year, the budget announced some spending increases; but many…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 7, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Family accuses city of ‘negligence’ after Toronto man breaks ankle after slipping on uncleared snow #law #legal #lawtwitter https://bit.ly/3ITLdT3 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Investigation needed into foreign election meddling
Hundreds came out to the “Rally 4 Resources” event in support of the Trans Mountain pipeline at the McDougal Centre in Calgary on Tuesday April 10, 2018. Photo by Darren…
oregon family visit, part 4
We stopped briefly at my mom’s place in the morning. Allan was interested in some old family photos — from my mother’s childhood, and from family before I was born.…
We Know Who He Is
Pierre Poilievre is following what by now is a well-worn path. He’s attacking the experts. Max Fawcett writes: Take his most recent attempt to portray experts as some sort of…
oregon family visit, part 3
On Saturday, we had a lazy day at the M&M homestead. The big outing of the day was to Harry & David, the specialty food store, where we all spent…
MPs pushing the Online News Act don’t know how the Internet works
Illustration by The Project Twins Eager viewers tuned in online Monday morning to watch as Google Canada head Sabrina Geremia was called before the Parliamentary committee that passed Bill C-18,…
Paying for Our Oppression.
It will continue to happen as long as we allow it. We let politicians such as Doug Ford in Ontario oppress us. He would have been called a tyrant in…