Which Country will be the First to Restore its Monarchy in the 21st Century?
Since the end of decolonization in the 1960s the number of monarchies in the world hasn’t changed all that much. While the expectation of modernists has been for the slow…
January 2024
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Michaels, Emily Spieler and Gregory Wagner examine how negligent pandemic policies (even when COVID-19 wasn’t being treated as a matter of general…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 31, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: York University Jewish student organization feels ‘targeted’ after teaching toolkit circulates #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews http://tinyurl.com/43pv3f4e – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Trump And The World
Where Donald Trump goes, chaos follows. With that in mind, Max Boot speculates what foreign policy would be like in a second Trump term: Every president but one since Franklin…
A Brief Attempt at University
In 1998, on the advice of my school guidance counsellor, my parents sent me on a 22-day Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School course in northern Ontario. It consisted of an…
Actors are getting organized after being locked out of commercial work in Canada
SAG-AFTRA National Vice President, Los Angeles, Michelle Hurd (centre) at an ACTRA rally in Toronto, August 25, 2023. Photo courtesy ACTRA National/Facebook. In May 2023, the Writers Guild of America…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cushioned cat.
My latest: Hamas’ friends
“Temporarily paused.” That’s what the Trudeau government said it has done with funding it gives to UNRWA, the United Nations agency that supposedly helps Palestinians – but, it is alleged,…
A clarifying moment: Canada and the ICJ ruling on genocide in Gaza
The Peace Palace, seat of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. The court is the principal judicial body of the United Nations. Photo by the United Nations/Flickr.…
Good News For Staples
Not sure it is the best for Ontario taxpayers, though. If you have been following the news here in Ontario, you will know that the government, in its deep wisdom,…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 30, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘Desperation borrowing’ due to low incomes fuels payday-style lenders: debt counsellor #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/mv5se8ss – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Colin Carlson discusses why we should be treating the climate crisis as a health emergency (while also recognizing that such a thing…
Ottawa shrugs off ICJ genocide verdict while cutting funds to Palestinian refugees
Health center operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the southern Gaza Strip. UNRWA was established by the General…
Socialism, Capitalism, Corporatism, & The Future Of Humanity: Ideology vs Reality
A few thoughts on the recent, very thoughtful and interesting discourse and debate, between Professors Brookes and Wolff, linked in the video below: To Professor Wolff:Bravo – brilliant crystalization. To…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Returning to Work from Maternity or Parental Leave
Can an employer significantly change your job duties while you are on parental leave? Pursuant to the Employment Standards Act, in most cases, an employee who takes pregnancy/parental leave is…
Has China really reached the end of its economic boom?
The US economy grew 2.5 percent in 2023 over 2022, according to the first estimate of real GDP for Q4 released this week. This was greeted with rapture by Western…
The New Impaired Driving Issue
We’re having a rash of car accidents near me. On a few posts, a left turn on a red in front of a school bus and a collision with a…
UCP claim it’s achieved a significant ‘red tape’ reduction goal isn’t backed up by meaningful facts
The United Conservative Party government patted itself on the back for eliminating one third of the province’s red tape at a poorly staged news conference yesterday in a part of…
Condensed history of BC Hydro
Repeated here is something I wrote about BC Hydro in early 2017 for The Common Sense Canadian, an online journal covering Canada’s economy and environment. The site was co-founded by…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Chris Walker discusses new research showing that over half of the increase in U.S. consumer prices over the past 6 months is pure…