Such Blatant Hypocrisy
Being on the right side of history is a popular desire these days, and many opportunities are afforded by Black History Month. It offers progressives and companies the chance to…
2023
Doug Ford’s Besties.
Has the label business been slipping lately? Has the Ford family fallen on hard times? One of the premier’s daughters had a wedding celebration last year and it is surprising…
Today’s Scene: "What about the squirrels?"
One of the things I love about social media is that we keep finding “some guy” who knows an awful lot of great stuff. For example, here is a Balloon…
‘We reject the premise of your question’ – an excerpt from ‘Anger and Angst, Jason Kenney’s Legacy and Alberta’s Right’
Alberta is on the cusp of a provincial election in which a United Conservative Party increasingly dominated by far-right ideologues and an ever more centrist NDP will face off to…
Tonight’s tonic: “John Tory goes up in flames as Doug Ford hides in a smokescreen”
Tonight’s tonic: “John Tory goes up in flames as Doug Ford hides in a smokescreen” “But who would have thought that Ford would be foolish enough to hobnob with high…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Ann Mallen offers a personal account of the effect of the continued COVID threat on people who are already immunocompromised, while Richard Woodbury…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 13, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Metrolinx ordered to halt tree removal, once again, at Osgoode Hall #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3E4EaFu – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of February 13, 2023
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They Make A Lot Of Noise
Pierre Poilievre is playing his victim card. He claims that the head of the CBC is picking on him. Michael Harris writes: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is now slagging the…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 13, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 13, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: The Road to a Supreme Court Clerkship Starts at Three Ivy League…
The left makes a comeback in Ecuador’s local elections
Voting in Ecuador, 2021. Photo courtesy AS/COA/AP. On February 5, a series of important votes occurred in Ecuador. Roughly 80 percent of Ecuadoreans voted on 23 provincial prefects, 221 mayors,…
John, But Not Forgotten.
Did you know that there was a time in Canadian politics when the established news media did not report on the peccadillos of politicians? We should go back to those…
The curious case of Canada’s ‘tax watchdog,’ which hasn’t barked at the scandalous RStar program
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is missing in action! Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a former registered lobbyist for the controversial RStar scheme, now in the process of implementing it (Photo: Alberta…
The RStar Debacle (Who’s going to clean up this mess?)
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” — opening scene, Star Wars The first thing I thought of when I heard the word RStar was the opening…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Maura Hohman discusses how COVID-19 has been found to cause increased heart problems in young people (among other harm to health) –…
"you guys" revisited: further thoughts on the language police
If you know, you know. In October 2020, I wrote a post about the expression you guys, and whether or not using guys as a gender-neutral term excludes transgender people:…
It’s Not Going Away
In my post about homelessness the other day, I wrote, In Toronto, a motion that would have kept warming centres open from November to April was defeated, despite shelter space…