The Promise of Canada.
Did Justin Trudeau break the promise of Canada to followers of Pierre Poilievre? No. It is not true. For the promise of Canada is opportunity for all. That’s it. It…
2023
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 14, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: New batch of vaccines available in Ontario this fall #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/mwyrmmzp – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Experimental Rice in Bali Increases Yields & Decreases Emissions
You love rice, everyone loves rice and we need more of it. Growing populations and the impact of the climate crisis on crops raises the stakes of rice cultivation. As…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: If a family member has put money into an investment in your name and you have co-signed on changes to the investment, does the investment belong to you?
The answer will very often depend on what you and your family member intended. Did they put the investments in your name with the expectation that you would hold it…
How Vaccines Work
Poilievre wants to make it illegal to have mandated vaccinations as a condition of employment and travel. He introduced the bill last June, and a second reading in the house…
Poilievre’s Petulant Promises.
When Pierre Poilievre—the guy I think of as Little Boy Blue—gave his speech last week to conservatives in Quebec City, he was not speaking to a broad swath of Canada’s…
Police-involved deaths involving force
Data collected by Tracking (In)Justice shows disturbingly high police-involved deaths Canada’s northern region and reports police-involved fatalities in four western provinces (2.69 per 100,000) are much higher the six provinces…
The Messiah
Iggy in Ottawa, of all places. Took his shirt off, naturally.
Yet Another Inconvenient Truth
crimes against humanity a deliberate act, typically as part of a systematic campaign, that causes human suffering or death on a large scale. One hardly knows where to begin, but…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mary Van Beusekom discusses new research showing that a quarter of COVID-19 survivors are still facing impaired lung function (among other health problems)…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 13, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: B.C. premier says he’s ‘white-hot angry’ that stabbing suspect was on day pass from psychiatric hospital #law #legal #lawtwitter via @cbcnews https://tinyurl.com/mr25bryd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Climate Solution Simulator
Avoiding a bigger climate catastrophe should be a concern for everyone, but understanding how to do that could be a challenge for some. The EN Roads simulator is a way…
The Quality of Debate
The quality of regular debate in the Chamber is so poor that in order for a speech a Member makes to be heard anywhere at all, it has to be…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Estate Tax
There are 3 basic ways in which most simple Estates may be required to pay taxes. 1. If all or part of your state is being submitted to Probate, you’ll…
Information Without Action Leads to Devastation
How it feels to watch it all (Judgment Day). We know all the things we need to know! From Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding: “Want to know why even mildly symptomatic sick…
Doug’s Doom.
It won’t go away Doug. The Ontario Greenbelt will live on, long after you are gone. What Ontario’s premier does not recognize is that Ontario’s Greenbelt has its roots in…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Surfaced cats.
The Fascist Frenzy of Pierre Poilievre
It was horrible. After taking a break from Canadian politics, and the right-wing sewer that social media has become, I returned to find Pierre Poilievre cackling like a hyena.Opening his…