History: An Update
As one who taught high school for 30 years, I have always believed in the power of education. It is the best and perhaps the only way to narrow the…
February 2024
Trudeau Donates $3.1 Billion Public Money to Ford’s Private Health Care System
Is giving public money to someone who’s committed to privatizing our health care system a good idea? The post Trudeau Donates $3.1 Billion Public Money to Ford’s Private Health Care…
Citing health issues, David Shepherd announces he won’t be joining the NDP leadership race
Citing health challenges, Edmonton-City Centre MLA David Shepherd has announced he will not be joining the Alberta NDP leadership race after all. Mr. Shepherd on the campaign trail shortly before…
Musical interlude
Timecop1983 – On The Run
The King’s Cancer Announcement and Responses
The announcement that the King had cancer was surprising for a number of reasons. For starters, the fact the Royal Family was even forthcoming about the surgery that resulted in…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 9, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Massage therapist allegedly secretly recorded client undressing in Pickering, Ont.: police #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews http://tinyurl.com/yckyacfr – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Anthony Leonardi writes about the reality that COVID-19 is intrinsically more harmful than “ordinary” respiratory viruses due to its continuing effect on the…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 17, 2007
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 17, 2007 via Wise Law Blog: Employment Law: Is Online “Adult” Activity Relevant to the Workplace http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2007/04/employment-law-is-online-adult-activity.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Proportional Representation Now
This week, the House voted down a resolution to establish a citizens’ council to study proportional representation. Max Fawcett writes: On Wednesday, the House of Commons voted against a motion…
Musings on The Lone Ranger, Tonto, and Cultural Appropriation
Yes, I get the reason some people might have been outraged that a white guy (Johnny Depp) played an indigenous person in the 2013 movie version of The Lone Ranger.…
Multifaceted Long Covid is Like the Lernaean Hydra
A huge complication of Covid is that it affects so many different parts of the body. We can’t kill it, but we can prevent it from getting in. On Wednesday,…
Eyeless in Gaza
A young woman carries her infant while walking on Rashid Street, west of Gaza City, on January 11, 2024. Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa/UNICEF/Flickr. “There is almost no kind of outrage…
Man exploits man
February 8, 2024 news item: BCE slashes 9% of workforce, puts blame at the feet of regulators and policymakers. The cuts affect about 4,800 jobs and follow the elimination of…
When The Beatles conquered America (and me)
I am reading a called ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ a history of pop music. Naturally, there was a chapter on The Beatles and their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show,…
MLA Rakhi Pancholi formally joins NDP leadership contest, says she could drop consumer carbon tax
Edmonton-Whitemud MLA Rakhi Pancholi formally joined the NDP leadership race yesterday. Candidate Kathleen Ganley (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). This was not exactly a surprise, as Ms. Pancholi, an Edmonton lawyer…
Today’s News: Speculatively smearing Biden
In nine months, we will know whether Biden and the Democrats can win the American election. Though in 2020 Biden won the popular vote by millions, he only won the…
MPs reject democratic upgrade
Canada is a very free country, but unfortunately not a very democratic one. Not when our electoral system consistently gives us governments that most of us don’t choose. For example,…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Mark Poynting reports on the latest data showing that global warming reached the 1.5 C threshold over the past year. And Adrienne…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 8, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Montreal man charged with uttering death threats against Trudeau #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/bdejstpc – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…