Legal Tweet of the Day: February 1, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: B.C. woman who lost $69K to fraudster wins right to sue bank on appeal #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3wMIaq0 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
2023
Downtown T.O. Is Looking A Bit Scuzzy These Days
In fact it reminds me of when I 1st came to town in the mid 1980s, except that the porn shops have moved North on Yonge towards Bloor Street, and…
Downtown T.O. Is Looking A Bit Scuzzy These Days
In fact it reminds when of when I 1st came to town in the mid 1980s, except that the porn shops have moved North on Yonge towards Bloor Street, and…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Providing for Guardianship of your Children in your Last Will
You can definitely name somebody in your last will to have custody and guardianship of your minor children in the event both of the parents pass away. Now, the appointment…
A Multi-Headed Hydra
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that we now face an army of COVID viruses: What began as an airborne pandemic driven by a single virus has become a viral cloud roiling around…
The Engineering of a Passive Off the Grid House
A sustainable home doesn’t need to be off the gird, but for some people interested in sustainability they reach a logical conclusion that off the gird makes sense. Of course,…
Trudeau government’s support for Peruvian coup regime all about Canadian mining companies
Supporters of ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo protest his detention in Lima. Photo from Flickr. Seven weeks after Pedro Castillo was ousted as Peru’s democratically elected president, protests and blockades…
Leave Mr. Schreiner alone.
We have lots of good people with leadership potential in the liberal party. Why go for the only guy willing to take on the Ontario Green Party? The Green Party…
Day drinking with Dale and Larry: The perfect metaphor for Alberta’s UCP Government
Talk about the perfect metaphor for Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government in the year of Our Lord 2023: A couple of guys day-drinking in a 7-Eleven and yakking about it.…
NDP raised more cash in fourth quarter and all of 2022 than UCP, Elections Alberta figures show
With the release of Elections Alberta’s fourth-quarter party fund-raising disclosures today, we can now report that the NDP raised more money in every quarter of 2022 than the United Conservative…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Jumpy cats.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Richard Denniss calls out Australia’s government for its “nothing to see here” approach to an ongoing public health emergency. And Falko Tesch…
On Generational Divides
There is a huge generational conflict going on in our society today, and it’s mostly “The Boomers” versus every generation that came after them. The Boomer generation is steadily moving…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 31, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: A ‘precedent-setting’ decision rules encampment clearing would violate Charter rights #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3WLs9LG – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Reacting Instead Of Responding
I’m sure I am not alone in choosing not to watch the extensive video detailing the murder of Tyre Nichols. Granted, I have seen snippets on the news, but the…
Ontario Liberal leadership race heats up with controversial calls for Green leader defection…
Oh, it must suck a bit to be an Ontario New Democrat these days. After dropping 10 points in the popular vote (and losing about 800,000 votes) between the 2018…
Let’s Startup Airships
Silicon Valley millionaires keep trying to solve problems that don’t exist like juice pressing and “smart” appliances. So when thinkers in the valley promote solutions to actual problems it’s a…
A Voracious Thirst
If you want to know what’s to come in Washington, take a look at John Durham’s investigation. Michelle Goldberg writes: Trump’s circle insisted, falsely, that the Mueller inquiry was a…
Public opinion polls in wartime Ukraine: do they tell the full story?
Ukrainian flags fly in Dnipro, marking the graves of soldiers killed in action following the Russian invasion in February 2022. Photo by Svitlana Korableva/Instagram. Does war change geopolitical attitudes? The…
When Hypocrites Fight.
The Ontario government wants Ottawa liberals to back off in criticizing Ontario’s plans to build 50,000 homes in the Ontario Greenbelt. It shows that hypocrites never know when the other…